Mastercard (MA) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard posted quarterly Capital Expenditures of $181.0 million for Q1 2026, down 8.59% year-on-year from $198.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 48.14% on a QoQ basis from $349.0 million in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard (MA) has 18 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $181.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Capital Expenditures fell 8.59% year-over-year to $181.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $709.0 million (up 1.72% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $726.0 million, up 0.83% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 stood at $181.0 million, down from $349.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $423.0 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $10.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $166.0 million (2022), against an average of $176.4 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Capital Expenditures reached 231.37% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 90.65% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at $209.0 million in 2022, then soared by 102.39% to $423.0 million in 2023, then declined by 19.39% to $341.0 million in 2024, then grew by 2.35% to $349.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 48.14% to $181.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $181.0 million (Q1 2026), $349.0 million (Q4 2025), and $10.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 383.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 181.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 1.15 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 553.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 231.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn -22.29 Bn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - -
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 67.55 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 400,000.00

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 181.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 181.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 349.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 349.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 10.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 10.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 169.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 169.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 198.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 198.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 341.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 341.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 107.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 107.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 51.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 51.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 221.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 221.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 423.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 423.00 Mn