MA vs MSCI vs V Stock Comparison

Mastercard, Msci and Visa Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MA Mastercard Inc
$609.78 +7.4% 1M +6.5% 1Y
Market cap
$530.94B
P/E
33.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$35.08B
Div. yield
0.57%
Payment Networks Financial Services
4 wins
MSCI MSCI Inc.
$601.75 +9.1% 1M +10.0% 1Y
Market cap
$43.15B
P/E
31.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.43B
Div. yield
1.32%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
3 wins
V Visa Inc.
$401.94 +9.5% 1M +15.6% 1Y
Market cap
$716.66B
P/E
27.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.90B
Div. yield
0.67%
Payment Networks Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Visa leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Visa 5, Mastercard 4, Msci 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMAMSCIVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $530.94B $43.15B $716.66B V
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.1x 31.4x 27.1x V
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.1x 29.0x 29.1x MSCI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.0% +12.3% +14.8% MA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 46.3% 40.3% — MA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 59.0% 44.1% — MA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.1x — MA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.57% 1.32% 0.67% MSCI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.5% +10.0% +15.6% V
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.9%/yr -1.7%/yr +13.9%/yr V
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.7% 30.9% 22.2% V
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 53/100 49/100 MSCI

Percentile Scorecard

MAMSCIV

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

AxisMAMSCIV
Valuation 14 #809 of 940 23 #727 of 940 10 #845 of 940
Growth 66 #226 of 655 58 #275 of 655 55 #294 of 655
Profitability 99 #8 of 633 97 #19 of 633 95 #33 of 633
Financial Health 49 #363 of 714 26 #526 of 714 79 #149 of 714
Shareholder Returns 36 #457 of 709 61 #275 of 709 7 #657 of 709
Overall 53 53 49
  • MA ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • MSCI ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • V ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMAMSCIVSPY
1 month +7.4%+9.1%+9.5% -0.2%
3 months +8.4%+3.8%+9.5% +3.9%
6 months +20.1%+1.2%+30.0% +8.2%
Year to date +6.8%+4.9%+14.6% +12.9%
1 year +6.5%+10.0%+15.6% +12.3%
3 years +67.5%+26.4%+75.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +18.8%+8.1%+20.6% +23.3%
5 years +83.1%-8.2%+91.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +12.9%-1.7%+13.9% +10.9%
10 years +488.6%+656.0%+390.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year +19.4%+22.4%+17.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMAMSCIVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.7%30.9%22.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.5%31.9%19.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.260.300.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.290.320.70 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6%-43.9%-24.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.6%-6.5%-3.0% -1.2%
52-week high $632.81$643.83$414.26 $779.14
52-week low $471.55$511.84$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.

MultipleMAMSCIV
P/E now vs peer median 33.1xmedian 13.0x 31.4xmedian 13.0x 27.1xmedian 13.0x
P/S now vs peer median 15.1xmedian 3.2x 12.6xmedian 3.2x 15.6xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.6xmedian 7.4x 23.4xmedian 7.4x —median 7.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.8xmedian 10.8x 27.4xmedian 10.8x 31.1xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median 94.6xmedian 1.2x -14.3xmedian 1.2x 19.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.69median 0.87 1.89median 0.87 —median 0.87

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 monthsMAMSCIV
Revenue $35.08B $3.43B $45.90B
Gross profit – $2.85B –
Operating income $20.47B $1.91B $28.11B
Net income $16.26B $1.38B $23.50B
Free cash flow $16.70B $1.58B –
R&D – $184.30M –
EPS (diluted) $18.41 $19.14 –
Cash & equivalents $11.29B $261.00M $12.94B
Total debt $81.59B $6.72B –
Shares (diluted) 883.00M 72.30M 1.90B
Enterprise value $490.85B $41.63B $716.66B

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
MetricMAMSCIV
P/E 33.1x 31.4x 27.1x
P/FCF 31.8x 27.4x 31.1x
P/Operating cash flow 30.4x 26.7x 30.2x
P/S 15.1x 12.6x 15.6x
P/B 94.6x -14.3x 19.8x
P/Tangible book 3,662x -11.0x 82.0x
EV/EBITDA 22.6x 23.4x –
EV/EBIT 26.6x 26.0x –
EV/Revenue 15.5x 14.5x 15.6x
EV/FCF 32.6x 31.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 31.2x 30.7x 30.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.69 1.89 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMAMSCIV
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.0% 12.3% 14.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 12.4% 12.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 12.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.3% 15.4% 17.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 13.0% 10.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.7% 13.1% 17.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.7% 13.0% 10.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.2% 19.8% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 16.6% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.9% 6.4% 2.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 11.6% 4.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.9% 6.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 11.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMAMSCIV
Gross margin – 82.9% –
EBITDA margin 68.6% 61.6% –
Operating margin 58.3% 55.7% –
Pretax margin 57.5% 47.3% –
Net margin 46.3% 40.3% –
FCF margin 47.6% 45.9% –
Operating cash flow margin 49.7% 47.0% 51.7%
Return on equity 263.6% – 65.9%
Return on assets 29.5% 24.7% 24.9%
Return on invested capital 59.0% 44.1% –
Return on capital employed 68.1% 47.5% –
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.2x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.8% 3.7% 2.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMAMSCIV
Debt / assets 42.7% 120.0% –
Debt / equity 4.4x -2.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.1x –
Debt / FCF 1.5x 4.3x –
Liabilities / assets 90.3% 153.9% 61.7%
Equity / assets 9.7% -53.9% 38.3%
Interest coverage 27.4x 6.9x –
Current ratio 1.1x 0.8x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x –
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 10.15 6.21 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMAMSCIV
Dividend yield 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 3.0% 4.7% –
Shareholder yield 3.5% 6.0% 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 42.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 37.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.5% –

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.

ConsensusMAMSCIV
Forward P/E 29.1xFY2026 29.0xFY2026 29.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.99FY2026 $20.78FY2026 $13.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.4%FY2026 +20.3%FY2026 +20.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +5.3% +11.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.99BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026 $44.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.9%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.4% +9.7% +8.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMAMSCIV
Held by institutions 87.5% 92.4% 87.6%
Institutions holding 3,583 1,080 4,528
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% +3.6% +2.4%
Institutions buying 1,588 512 2,328
Institutions selling 1,527 407 1,733
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.26 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.

MAMSCIV
MA 1.00 0.38 0.87
MSCI 0.38 1.00 0.38
V 0.87 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MA, MSCI and V?

Visa (V) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mastercard (MA) $530.94B, Msci (MSCI) $43.15B, Visa (V) $716.66B.

Which stock is cheaper, MA, MSCI and V?

Visa (V) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Mastercard (MA) 33.1x, Msci (MSCI) 31.4x, Visa (V) 27.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Msci (MSCI) is cheapest (Mastercard (MA) 29.1x, Msci (MSCI) 29.0x, Visa (V) 29.1x). 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%, Msci (MSCI) +12.3%, Visa (V) +14.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mastercard (MA) has the highest net margin (Mastercard (MA) 46.3%, Msci (MSCI) 40.3%). On return on invested capital, Mastercard (MA) leads (Mastercard (MA) 59.0%, Msci (MSCI) 44.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Visa (V) returned the most: Mastercard (MA) +6.5%, Msci (MSCI) +10.0%, Visa (V) +15.6%. Over five years, Visa (V) compounded fastest (Mastercard (MA) +12.9%/yr, Msci (MSCI) -1.7%/yr, Visa (V) +13.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Msci (MSCI) has the highest dividend yield: Mastercard (MA) 0.57%, Msci (MSCI) 1.32%, Visa (V) 0.67%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Visa (V) has been the steadiest (Mastercard (MA) 22.7%, Msci (MSCI) 30.9%, Visa (V) 22.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MA, MSCI 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 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.