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Mastercard (MA) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 15 years of Debt Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.36 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 6.81% to 0.36 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.36, a 6.81% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.35, down 7.45% from a year prior.
  • Debt Ratio hit 0.36 in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, up from 0.35 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.4 in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.35 in Q4 2025.
  • Median Debt Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.38 (2024), compared with a mean of 0.38.
  • The widest YoY moves for Debt Ratio: up 5.74% in 2025, down 8.34% in 2025.
  • Mastercard's Debt Ratio stood at 0.36 in 2022, then grew by 2.01% to 0.37 in 2023, then increased by 2.61% to 0.38 in 2024, then decreased by 7.45% to 0.35 in 2025, then rose by 3.04% to 0.36 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Debt Ratio were 0.36 (Q1 2026), 0.35 (Q4 2025), and 0.36 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.