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Mastercard Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $32.8 billion, up 16.4% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +14.0%
- EPS
- +21.6%
- Free cash flow
- −10.3%
- Total debt
- +26.1%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Return on assets
Mastercard Incorporated's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 30.4%, up 1.2 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 1.94% and above the Financial sector median of 1.15%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| 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
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| MA Mastercard Incorporated | 30.4% |
| V Visa Inc. compare | 24.2% |
| AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare | 14.4% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare | 5.86% |
| AXP American Express Company compare | 3.98% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial compare | 2.71% |
| COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare | 1.58% |
| SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare | 1.30% |
| ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare | 0.69% |
| Credit Services industry median | 1.94% |
| Financial sector median | 1.15% |
| 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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