MA vs EVTC vs V Stock Comparison

Mastercard, Evertec and Visa Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
2 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
V Visa Inc.
$408.02 +12.8% 1M +17.9% 1Y
Market cap
$676.62B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.49B
Div. yield
–
Payment Networks Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Visa leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Visa 6, Evertec 3, Mastercard 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMAEVTCVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $541.87B $1.88B $676.62B V
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.3x 19.3x 29.9x EVTC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.7x 7.7x 29.5x EVTC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.0% +12.4% +14.4% MA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 46.3% 9.8% 50.8% V
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 59.0% 7.8% 38.1% MA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.0x 0.4x V
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.7% +4.3% +17.9% V
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.7%/yr -7.1%/yr +12.0%/yr V
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.6% 41.1% 22.1% V
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 63/100 52/100 EVTC

Percentile Scorecard

MAEVTCV

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

AxisMAEVTCV
Valuation 13 #822 of 945 85 #16 of 98 13 #827 of 945
Growth 68 #268 of 822 55 #43 of 94 49 #418 of 822
Profitability 99 #11 of 835 83 #16 of 90 99 #13 of 835
Financial Health 49 #461 of 905 40 #63 of 105 71 #262 of 905
Shareholder Returns 28 #521 of 726 51 #31 of 62 30 #509 of 726
Overall 51 63 52
  • MA ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • EVTC ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • V ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMAEVTCVSPY
1 month +11.3%+17.5%+12.8% -1.0%
3 months +15.5%+8.9%+14.7% +2.9%
6 months +23.7%+9.8%+31.9% +6.4%
Year to date +9.2%+11.3%+16.3% +11.4%
1 year +8.7%+4.3%+17.9% +13.1%
3 years +61.1%-8.5%+73.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +17.3%-2.9%+20.3% +21.5%
5 years +73.8%-30.6%+76.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +11.7%-7.1%+12.0% +10.9%
10 years +506.2%+107.6%+395.5% +255.2%
10 years, per year +19.7%+7.6%+17.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureMAEVTCVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.6%41.1%22.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.4%44.7%20.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.270.660.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.380.100.81 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6%-55.9%-24.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.5%-2.8%-1.5% -2.5%
52-week high $632.81$33.34$414.26 $779.14
52-week low $471.55$22.34$295.52 $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.

MultipleMAEVTCV
P/E now vs peer median 33.8xmedian 13.4x 20.2xmedian 21.5x 30.2xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 3.2x 1.9xmedian 2.2x 16.4xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.1xmedian 5.9x 9.0xmedian 15.7x 26.1xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.5xmedian 11.1x 9.3xmedian 16.4x 34.6xmedian 11.1x
P/B now vs peer median 96.7xmedian 1.2x 3.0xmedian 1.9x 20.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.73median 0.89 -0.89median 1.06 2.10median 0.89

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 monthsMAEVTCV
Revenue $35.08B $996.16M $44.49B
Gross profit – $509.22M –
Operating income $20.47B $178.65M $27.00B
Net income $16.26B $102.12M $22.59B
Free cash flow $16.70B $208.38M $21.01B
EPS (diluted) $18.41 $1.59 $11.90
Cash & equivalents $11.29B $260.66M $12.36B
Total debt $81.59B $1.25B $23.86B
Shares (diluted) 883.00M 61.45M 1.90B
Enterprise value $501.79B $547.31M $619.94B

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
MetricMAEVTCV
P/E 33.8x 20.2x 30.2x
P/FCF 32.5x 9.3x 34.6x
P/Operating cash flow 31.1x 8.4x 32.2x
P/S 15.5x 1.9x 16.4x
P/B 96.7x 3.0x 20.7x
P/Tangible book 3,744x 56.7x 95.1x
EV/EBITDA 23.1x 9.0x 26.1x
EV/EBIT 27.2x 16.4x 27.4x
EV/Revenue 15.9x 2.9x 16.6x
EV/FCF 33.3x 14.0x 35.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.9x 12.6x 32.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.73 -0.89 2.10

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMAEVTCV
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.0% 12.4% 14.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 16.2% 11.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 11.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 16.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.3% -8.4% 11.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 8.6% 9.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.7% -27.0% 11.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.7% -23.1% 11.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.2% -25.3% 14.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.5% -22.6% 14.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.9% 7.8% -3.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 3.2% 4.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.9% 6.7% -4.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 4.6% 4.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMAEVTCV
Gross margin – 51.1% –
EBITDA margin 68.6% 32.7% 63.7%
Operating margin 58.3% 17.9% 60.7%
Pretax margin 57.5% 12.9% 60.6%
Net margin 46.3% 9.8% 50.8%
FCF margin 47.6% 20.9% 47.2%
Operating cash flow margin 49.7% 23.2% 50.8%
Return on equity 263.6% 15.5% 63.8%
Return on assets 29.5% 4.3% 23.8%
Return on invested capital 59.0% 7.8% 38.1%
Return on capital employed 68.1% 8.7% 42.6%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 2.3x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.8% 3.1% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMAEVTCV
Debt / assets 42.7% 50.5% 25.2%
Debt / equity 4.4x 1.9x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.0x 0.4x
Debt / FCF 1.5x 6.0x 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 90.3% 74.0% 62.8%
Equity / assets 9.7% 26.0% 37.2%
Interest coverage 27.4x 2.5x 34.8x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.7x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.4x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.8x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 10.29 1.75 8.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMAEVTCV
Dividend yield 0.6% 0.6% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 2.9% 6.9% 2.9%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 7.5% 3.6%
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.

ConsensusMAEVTCV
Forward P/E 29.7xFY2026 7.7xFY2026 29.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.99FY2026 $4.20FY2026 $13.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.4%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 +20.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +7.9% +11.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.98BFY2026 $1.03BFY2026 $44.21BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.9%FY2026 +10.4%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.4% +9.0% +8.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMAEVTCV
Held by institutions 88.6% 100.0% 87.6%
Institutions holding 3,581 251 4,526
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% -1.4% +2.4%
Institutions buying 1,587 130 2,327
Institutions selling 1,526 89 1,732
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.46 1.34

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.

MAEVTCV
MA 1.00 0.38 0.87
EVTC 0.38 1.00 0.37
V 0.87 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MA, EVTC and V?

Visa (V) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mastercard (MA) $541.87B, Evertec (EVTC) $1.88B, Visa (V) $676.62B.

Which stock is cheaper, MA, EVTC and V?

Evertec (EVTC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Mastercard (MA) 33.3x, Evertec (EVTC) 19.3x, Visa (V) 29.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Evertec (EVTC) is cheapest (Mastercard (MA) 29.7x, Evertec (EVTC) 7.7x, Visa (V) 29.5x). 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%, Evertec (EVTC) +12.4%, Visa (V) +14.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Visa (V) has the highest net margin (Mastercard (MA) 46.3%, Evertec (EVTC) 9.8%, Visa (V) 50.8%). On return on invested capital, Mastercard (MA) leads (Mastercard (MA) 59.0%, Evertec (EVTC) 7.8%, Visa (V) 38.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Visa (V) returned the most: Mastercard (MA) +8.7%, Evertec (EVTC) +4.3%, Visa (V) +17.9%. Over five years, Visa (V) compounded fastest (Mastercard (MA) +11.7%/yr, Evertec (EVTC) -7.1%/yr, Visa (V) +12.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Visa (V) has been the steadiest (Mastercard (MA) 22.6%, Evertec (EVTC) 41.1%, Visa (V) 22.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Visa (V) leads on 6. 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.