Mastercard (MA) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard posted quarterly EBIT Margin of 58.43% for Q1 2026, up 120.0% year-on-year from 26.56% in Q1 2025, and up 4.79% on a QoQ basis from 55.76% in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard (MA) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 58.43% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBIT Margin rose 120.0% year-over-year to 58.43%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 57.91% (up 243.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 57.63%, up 231.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 58.43%, up from 55.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 58.84% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 51.5% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 56.77% (2024), against an average of 56.16%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBIT Margin jumped 477 bps; it then tumbled 450 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 54.74% in 2022, then fell by 6 bps to 51.5% in 2023, then increased by 2 bps to 52.58% in 2024, then grew by 6 bps to 55.76% in 2025, then increased by 5 bps to 58.43% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 58.43% (Q1 2026), 55.76% (Q4 2025), and 58.84% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 64.42%
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 58.43%
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 18.77%
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 44.55%
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 17.81%
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 26.44%
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 42.26%
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 3.39%
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 35.49%
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 24.11%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 58.43%
Dec 31, 2025 55.76%
Sep 30, 2025 58.84%
Jun 30, 2025 58.74%
Mar 31, 2025 57.23%
Dec 31, 2024 52.58%
Sep 30, 2024 54.34%
Jun 30, 2024 57.98%
Mar 31, 2024 56.77%
Dec 31, 2023 51.50%
Sep 30, 2023 58.84%
Jun 30, 2023 58.32%
Mar 31, 2023 54.56%
Dec 31, 2022 54.74%
Sep 30, 2022 54.07%
Jun 30, 2022 54.90%
Mar 31, 2022 57.09%
Dec 31, 2021 54.20%
Sep 30, 2021 54.50%
Jun 30, 2021 51.70%