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Mastercard (MA) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 18 years of EBITDA Margin readings, the most recent being 58.43% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin rose 120.0% to 58.43% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 57.91%, a 243.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 57.63%, up 231.0% from a year prior.
  • EBITDA Margin hit 58.43% in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, up from 55.76% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 58.84% in Q3 2023 to a low of 51.5% in Q4 2023.
  • Median EBITDA Margin over the past 5 years was 56.77% (2024), compared with a mean of 56.16%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: soared 477bps in 2023 and later plummeted -450bps in 2024.
  • Mastercard's EBITDA Margin stood at 54.74% in 2022, then dropped by -6bps to 51.5% in 2023, then rose by 2bps to 52.58% in 2024, then increased by 6bps to 55.76% in 2025, then rose by 5bps to 58.43% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBITDA Margin were 58.43% (Q1 2026), 55.76% (Q4 2025), and 58.84% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.