Mastercard Incorporated MA

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$494.4B
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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Return on invested capital

Mastercard Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 70.5%, down 6.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (77.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 49.2% (fiscal 2021) to 181.3% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 4.09% and above the Financial sector median of 4.85%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 77.3% 14.34
FY2024 62.9% (2.20)
FY2023 65.1% 3.22
FY2022 61.9% 12.69
FY2021 49.2% (14.10)
FY2020 63.3% (32.72)
FY2019 96.0% (65.30)
FY2018 161.3% 1.72
FY2017 159.6% (21.69)
FY2016 181.3% 26.56

Against its own ten years

Low 49.2% High 181.3%
Ten-year median 77.3%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MA Mastercard Incorporated 70.5%
V Visa Inc. compare 38.0%
AXP American Express Company compare 20.0%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 16.9%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 16.8%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 7.92%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 4.64%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 4.26%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 2.16%
Credit Services industry median 4.09%
Financial sector median 4.85%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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