MA vs CME vs EVTC Stock Comparison

Mastercard, Cme and Evertec Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MA Mastercard Inc
$623.47 +11.3% 1M +8.7% 1Y
Market cap
$541.87B
P/E
33.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$35.08B
Div. yield
–
Payment Networks Financial Services
5 wins
CME Cme Group Inc.
$305.71 +12.9% 1M +13.7% 1Y
Market cap
$110.23B
P/E
25.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.97B
Div. yield
–
Exchanges Financial Services
3 wins
EVTC EVERTEC, Inc.
$32.39 +17.5% 1M +4.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.88B
P/E
19.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$996.16M
Div. yield
0.01%
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Mastercard leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Mastercard 5, Evertec 3, Cme 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMACMEEVTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $541.87B $110.23B $1.88B MA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.3x 25.0x 19.3x EVTC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.7x 26.2x 7.7x EVTC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.0% +9.0% +12.4% MA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 46.3% 63.3% 9.8% CME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 59.0% 11.7% 7.8% MA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 0.2x 3.0x CME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.7% +13.7% +4.3% CME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.7%/yr +7.0%/yr -7.1%/yr MA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.6% 25.0% 41.1% MA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 62/100 63/100 EVTC

Percentile Scorecard

MACMEEVTC

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

AxisMACMEEVTC
Valuation 13 #822 of 945 42 #57 of 97 85 #16 of 98
Growth 68 #268 of 822 29 #49 of 69 55 #43 of 94
Profitability 99 #11 of 835 93 #6 of 70 83 #16 of 90
Financial Health 49 #461 of 905 54 #47 of 101 40 #63 of 105
Shareholder Returns 28 #521 of 726 90 #5 of 40 51 #31 of 62
Overall 51 62 63
  • MA ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • CME ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • EVTC ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMACMEEVTCSPY
1 month +11.3%+12.9%+17.5% -1.0%
3 months +15.5%+19.7%+8.9% +2.9%
6 months +23.7%+7.2%+9.8% +6.4%
Year to date +9.2%+11.9%+11.3% +11.4%
1 year +8.7%+13.7%+4.3% +13.1%
3 years +61.1%+42.7%-8.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year +17.3%+12.6%-2.9% +21.5%
5 years +73.8%+40.3%-30.6% +67.7%
5 years, per year +11.7%+7.0%-7.1% +10.9%
10 years +506.2%+193.7%+107.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year +19.7%+11.4%+7.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureMACMEEVTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.6%25.0%41.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.4%26.8%44.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.27-0.360.66 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.380.550.10 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6%-33.1%-55.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.5%-6.4%-2.8% -2.5%
52-week high $632.81$326.46$33.34 $779.14
52-week low $471.55$218.58$22.34 $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.

MultipleMACMEEVTC
P/E now vs peer median 33.8xmedian 13.4x 24.8xmedian 29.4x 20.2xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 3.2x 15.7xmedian 2.8x 1.9xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.1xmedian 5.9x 22.7xmedian 12.8x 9.0xmedian 15.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.5xmedian 11.1x 25.2xmedian 15.9x 9.3xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median 96.7xmedian 1.2x 4.1xmedian 2.5x 3.0xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.73median 0.89 1.81median 0.51 -0.89median 1.06

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 monthsMACMEEVTC
Revenue $35.08B $6.97B $996.16M
Gross profit – – $509.22M
Operating income $20.47B $4.58B $178.65M
Net income $16.26B $4.42B $102.12M
Free cash flow $16.70B $4.33B $208.38M
EPS (diluted) $18.41 $12.31 $1.59
Cash & equivalents $11.29B $2.20B $260.66M
Total debt $81.59B $13.69B $1.25B
Shares (diluted) 883.00M 358.64M 61.45M
Enterprise value $501.79B $98.57B $547.31M

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
MetricMACMEEVTC
P/E 33.8x 24.8x 20.2x
P/FCF 32.5x 25.2x 9.3x
P/Operating cash flow 31.1x 24.7x 8.4x
P/S 15.5x 15.7x 1.9x
P/B 96.7x 4.1x 3.0x
P/Tangible book 3,744x 4.5x 56.7x
EV/EBITDA 23.1x 22.7x 9.0x
EV/EBIT 27.2x 24.1x 16.4x
EV/Revenue 15.9x 15.8x 2.9x
EV/FCF 33.3x 25.5x 14.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.9x 24.9x 12.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.73 1.81 -0.89

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMACMEEVTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.0% 9.0% 12.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 9.2% 16.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 11.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 16.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.3% 10.1% -8.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 12.2% 8.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.7% 17.3% -27.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.7% 13.1% -23.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.2% 19.4% -25.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 13.7% -22.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.9% 6.4% 7.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 9.3% 3.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.9% 6.1% 6.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 9.4% 4.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMACMEEVTC
Gross margin – – 51.1%
EBITDA margin 68.6% 69.8% 32.7%
Operating margin 58.3% 65.7% 17.9%
Pretax margin 57.5% 82.8% 12.9%
Net margin 46.3% 63.3% 9.8%
FCF margin 47.6% 62.1% 20.9%
Operating cash flow margin 49.7% 63.5% 23.2%
Return on equity 263.6% 16.6% 15.5%
Return on assets 29.5% 2.3% 4.3%
Return on invested capital 59.0% 11.7% 7.8%
Return on capital employed 68.1% 12.3% 8.7%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.0x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.0x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.8% 1.4% 3.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMACMEEVTC
Debt / assets 42.7% 1.8% 50.5%
Debt / equity 4.4x 0.1x 1.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 0.2x 3.0x
Debt / FCF 1.5x 0.8x 6.0x
Liabilities / assets 90.3% 86.2% 74.0%
Equity / assets 9.7% 13.8% 26.0%
Interest coverage 27.4x 26.2x 2.5x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.0x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.0x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.0x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 10.29 0.57 1.75

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMACMEEVTC
Dividend yield 0.6% 3.3% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 2.9% – 6.9%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 3.3% 7.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 12.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 6.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -2.2%
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.

ConsensusMACMEEVTC
Forward P/E 29.7xFY2026 26.2xFY2026 7.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.99FY2026 $11.67FY2026 $4.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.4%FY2026 +4.2%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +18.0% +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.98BFY2026 $7.23BFY2026 $1.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.9%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +10.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.4% +6.3% +9.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMACMEEVTC
Held by institutions 88.6% 88.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding 3,581 1,691 251
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% +0.4% -1.4%
Institutions buying 1,587 822 130
Institutions selling 1,526 655 89
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.25 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MACMEEVTC
MA 1.00 0.18 0.38
CME 0.18 1.00 0.11
EVTC 0.38 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MA, CME and EVTC?

Mastercard (MA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mastercard (MA) $541.87B, Cme (CME) $110.23B, Evertec (EVTC) $1.88B.

Which stock is cheaper, MA, CME and EVTC?

Evertec (EVTC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Mastercard (MA) 33.3x, Cme (CME) 25.0x, Evertec (EVTC) 19.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Evertec (EVTC) is cheapest (Mastercard (MA) 29.7x, Cme (CME) 26.2x, Evertec (EVTC) 7.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Mastercard (MA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mastercard (MA) +16.0%, Cme (CME) +9.0%, Evertec (EVTC) +12.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cme (CME) has the highest net margin (Mastercard (MA) 46.3%, Cme (CME) 63.3%, Evertec (EVTC) 9.8%). On return on invested capital, Mastercard (MA) leads (Mastercard (MA) 59.0%, Cme (CME) 11.7%, Evertec (EVTC) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cme (CME) returned the most: Mastercard (MA) +8.7%, Cme (CME) +13.7%, Evertec (EVTC) +4.3%. Over five years, Mastercard (MA) compounded fastest (Mastercard (MA) +11.7%/yr, Cme (CME) +7.0%/yr, Evertec (EVTC) -7.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Mastercard (MA) 0.00%, Cme (CME) 0.00%, Evertec (EVTC) 0.01%. Mastercard (MA) and Cme (CME) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mastercard (MA) has been the steadiest (Mastercard (MA) 22.6%, Cme (CME) 25.0%, Evertec (EVTC) 41.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MA, CME and EVTC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Mastercard (MA) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

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.