MA vs UI vs COF Stock Comparison

Mastercard, Ubiquiti and Capital One Financial Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
UI Ubiquiti Inc.
$599.82 +6.9% 1M -19.4% 1Y
Market cap
$36.30B
P/E
37.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.27B
Div. yield
0.57%
Networking Equipment Technology
4 wins
COF Capital One Financial Corp
$203.46 +1.7% 1M -9.0% 1Y
Market cap
$124.82B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
1.57%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionMAUICOFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $530.94B $36.30B $124.82B MA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.1x 37.8x 12.0x COF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.1x 31.8x 10.0x COF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.0% +27.2% — UI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 46.3% 29.3% — MA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 59.0% 72.8% — UI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.57% 0.57% 1.57% COF
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.5% -19.4% -9.0% MA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.9%/yr +14.4%/yr +5.9%/yr UI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.7% 53.8% 31.5% MA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 69/100 — UI

Percentile Scorecard

MAUICOF

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

AxisMAUICOF
Valuation 14 #809 of 940 29 #80 of 112 78 #79 of 360
Growth 66 #226 of 655 89 #13 of 109 –
Profitability 99 #8 of 633 99 #2 of 104 –
Financial Health 49 #363 of 714 75 #30 of 116 –
Shareholder Returns 36 #457 of 709 51 #40 of 81 18 #279 of 341
Overall 53 69 –
  • MA ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • UI ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • COF ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMAUICOFSPY
1 month +7.4%+6.9%+1.7% -0.2%
3 months +8.4%+12.0%-4.2% +3.9%
6 months +20.1%-37.8%+5.9% +8.2%
Year to date +6.8%+8.4%-16.1% +12.9%
1 year +6.5%-19.4%-9.0% +12.3%
3 years +67.5%+414.1%+108.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +18.8%+72.7%+27.7% +23.3%
5 years +83.1%+95.6%+33.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year +12.9%+14.4%+5.9% +10.9%
10 years +488.6%+1,057.3%+172.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year +19.4%+27.7%+10.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMAUICOFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.7%53.8%31.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.5%59.5%35.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.261.641.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.29-0.36-0.28 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6%-70.0%-46.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.6%-44.7%-21.1% -1.2%
52-week high $632.81$1,084.50$257.94 $779.14
52-week low $471.55$515.44$176.10 $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.

MultipleMAUICOF
P/E now vs peer median 33.1xmedian 13.0x 37.8xmedian 33.2x 12.0xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 15.1xmedian 3.2x 11.1xmedian 2.8x 1.9xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.6xmedian 7.4x 29.6xmedian 20.0x —median 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.8xmedian 10.8x 39.9xmedian 29.8x 4.1xmedian 10.9x
P/B now vs peer median 94.6xmedian 1.2x 25.2xmedian 3.0x 1.1xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.69median 0.87 1.15median 1.17 1.45median 1.34

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 monthsMAUICOF
Revenue $35.08B $3.27B –
Gross profit – $1.51B –
Operating income $20.47B $1.19B –
Net income $16.26B $960.30M –
Free cash flow $16.70B $908.94M –
R&D – $204.17M –
EPS (diluted) $18.41 $15.85 $16.91
Cash & equivalents $11.29B $522.58M –
Total debt $81.59B $180.81M –
Shares (diluted) 883.00M 60.57M 621.10M
Enterprise value $490.85B $34.84B $124.82B

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
MetricMAUICOF
P/E 33.1x 37.8x 12.0x
P/FCF 31.8x 39.9x 4.1x
P/Operating cash flow 30.4x 39.1x –
P/S 15.1x 11.1x 1.9x
P/B 94.6x 25.2x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 3,662x 25.2x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 22.6x 29.6x –
EV/EBIT 26.6x 30.1x –
EV/Revenue 15.5x 10.9x –
EV/FCF 32.6x 39.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow 31.2x 38.4x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.69 1.15 1.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMAUICOF
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.0% 27.2% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 19.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 35.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 25.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.3% 41.8% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 29.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 19.7% 34.9% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.7% 33.1% –
EPS growth (1Y) 23.2% 34.8% 889.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 33.0% 8.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.9% 45.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 103.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.9% 44.9% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 95.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMAUICOF
Gross margin – 46.2% –
EBITDA margin 68.6% 36.8% –
Operating margin 58.3% 36.2% –
Pretax margin 57.5% 36.1% –
Net margin 46.3% 29.3% –
FCF margin 47.6% 27.8% –
Operating cash flow margin 49.7% 28.4% –
Return on equity 263.6% 72.7% –
Return on assets 29.5% 49.1% –
Return on invested capital 59.0% 72.8% –
Return on capital employed 68.1% 89.1% –
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.7x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.0x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.8% 0.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMAUICOF
Debt / assets 42.7% – –
Debt / equity 4.4x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x – –
Debt / FCF 1.5x – –
Liabilities / assets 90.3% 34.5% 83.7%
Equity / assets 9.7% 65.5% 16.3%
Interest coverage 27.4x – –
Current ratio 1.1x 2.9x –
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.5x –
Cash ratio 0.5x 1.0x –
Altman Z-score 10.15 33.57 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMAUICOF
Dividend yield 0.6% 0.6% 1.6%
Net buyback yield 3.0% – –
Shareholder yield 3.5% 0.6% 1.6%
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.

ConsensusMAUICOF
Forward P/E 29.1xFY2026 31.8xFY2027 10.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.99FY2026 $18.88FY2027 $20.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.4%FY2026 +18.4%FY2027 +4.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +9.2% +12.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.99BFY2026 $4.12BFY2027 $66.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.9%FY2026 +25.9%FY2027 +24.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.4% +5.9% -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMAUICOF
Held by institutions 87.5% 4.9% 86.5%
Institutions holding 3,583 354 2,111
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% +8.0% +1.7%
Institutions buying 1,588 163 1,049
Institutions selling 1,527 139 758
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.17 1.38

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.

MAUICOF
MA 1.00 -0.04 0.45
UI -0.04 1.00 0.21
COF 0.45 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MA, UI and COF?

Mastercard (MA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mastercard (MA) $530.94B, Ubiquiti (UI) $36.30B, Capital One Financial (COF) $124.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, MA, UI and COF?

Capital One Financial (COF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Mastercard (MA) 33.1x, Ubiquiti (UI) 37.8x, Capital One Financial (COF) 12.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Capital One Financial (COF) is cheapest (Mastercard (MA) 29.1x, Ubiquiti (UI) 31.8x, Capital One Financial (COF) 10.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ubiquiti (UI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mastercard (MA) +16.0%, Ubiquiti (UI) +27.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mastercard (MA) has the highest net margin (Mastercard (MA) 46.3%, Ubiquiti (UI) 29.3%). On return on invested capital, Ubiquiti (UI) leads (Mastercard (MA) 59.0%, Ubiquiti (UI) 72.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mastercard (MA) returned the most: Mastercard (MA) +6.5%, Ubiquiti (UI) -19.4%, Capital One Financial (COF) -9.0%. Over five years, Ubiquiti (UI) compounded fastest (Mastercard (MA) +12.9%/yr, Ubiquiti (UI) +14.4%/yr, Capital One Financial (COF) +5.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Capital One Financial (COF) has the highest dividend yield: Mastercard (MA) 0.57%, Ubiquiti (UI) 0.57%, Capital One Financial (COF) 1.57%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mastercard (MA) has been the steadiest (Mastercard (MA) 22.7%, Ubiquiti (UI) 53.8%, Capital One Financial (COF) 31.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MA, UI and COF?

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 4. 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.