Mastercard Incorporated MA

567.65 1.57 0.28% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$494.4B
P/E
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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Return on assets

Mastercard Incorporated's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 29.8%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (29.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.6% (fiscal 2017) to 30.0% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 2.29% and above the Financial sector median of 1.19%.

Return on assets, annual

Annual

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 29.3% 0.84
FY2024 28.4% 0.86
FY2023 27.6% 1.58
FY2022 26.0% 1.62
FY2021 24.4% 3.97
FY2020 20.4% (9.60)
FY2019 30.0% 4.64
FY2018 25.4% 5.80
FY2017 19.6% (3.67)
FY2016 23.2% (0.88)

Against its own ten years

Low 19.6% High 30.0%
Ten-year median 25.4%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
MA Mastercard Incorporated 29.8%
V Visa Inc. compare 23.2%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 14.3%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 6.03%
AXP American Express Company compare 3.75%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 2.83%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 1.53%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 1.25%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 0.68%
Credit Services industry median 2.29%
Financial sector median 1.19%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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