Mastercard Incorporated

MA Financial Credit Services

Mastercard Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $32.8 billion, up 16.4% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.1%, EPS grew 22.1%, free cash flow fell 25.0% and total debt rose 29.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for five.

617.42 1.10 +0.18%
Market cap
$539.9B
P/E
33.9×
Fwd P/E
25.4×
Dividend yield
0.56%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
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Dividend safety
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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Return on invested capital

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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

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Annual newest first

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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