MA vs Peers Stock Comparison

Mastercard Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MA Mastercard Inc
$613.59 +8.1% 1M +7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$534.25B
P/E
33.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$35.08B
Div. yield
0.57%
Payment Networks Financial Services

Percentile Scorecard

MA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMA
Valuation 33 #275 of 412
Growth 68 #98 of 301
Profitability 99 #5 of 317
Financial Health 57 #171 of 400
Shareholder Returns 31 #156 of 227
Overall 58
  • MA ranked among 469 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMASPY
1 month +8.1% -0.8%
3 months +11.2% +3.5%
6 months +21.2% +7.0%
Year to date +7.5% +12.2%
1 year +7.0% +13.0%
3 years +68.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +19.0% +23.1%
5 years +82.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +12.8% +11.0%
10 years +494.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +19.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMASPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.31 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.0% -1.8%
52-week high $632.81 $779.14
52-week low $471.55 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMA
P/E now vs peer median 33.3xmedian 19.9x
P/S now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 3.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.7xmedian 6.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.0xmedian 11.8x
P/B now vs peer median 95.2xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.70median 0.88

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMA
Revenue $35.08B
Operating income $20.47B
Net income $16.26B
Free cash flow $16.70B
EPS (diluted) $18.41
Cash & equivalents $11.29B
Total debt $81.59B
Shares (diluted) 883.00M
Enterprise value $494.17B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMA
P/E 33.3x
P/FCF 32.0x
P/Operating cash flow 30.6x
P/S 15.2x
P/B 95.2x
P/Tangible book 3,685x
EV/EBITDA 22.7x
EV/EBIT 26.8x
EV/Revenue 15.6x
EV/FCF 32.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.70

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMA
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMA
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 68.6%
Operating margin 58.3%
Pretax margin 57.5%
Net margin 46.3%
FCF margin 47.6%
Operating cash flow margin 49.7%
Return on equity 263.6%
Return on assets 29.5%
Return on invested capital 59.0%
Return on capital employed 68.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMA
Debt / assets 42.7%
Debt / equity 4.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x
Debt / FCF 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 90.3%
Equity / assets 9.7%
Interest coverage 27.4x
Current ratio 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x
Altman Z-score 10.19

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMA
Dividend yield 0.6%
Net buyback yield 2.9%
Shareholder yield 3.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMA
Forward P/E 29.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.98BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMA
Held by institutions 88.6%
Institutions holding 3,581
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6%
Institutions buying 1,587
Institutions selling 1,526
Buyers to sellers 1.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Mastercard (MA) 0.57%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.