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Mastercard (MA) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 18 years of EBT Margin readings, the most recent being 57.3% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 170.0% to 57.3% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 57.04%, a 294.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 56.66%, up 250.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin hit 57.3% in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, up from 55.37% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 59.08% in Q2 2023 to a low of 49.63% in Q1 2023.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 55.37% (2025), compared with a mean of 54.64%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: soared 818bps in 2023 and later tumbled -511bps in 2024.
  • Mastercard's EBT Margin stood at 53.1% in 2022, then dropped by -4bps to 50.72% in 2023, then rose by 2bps to 51.96% in 2024, then grew by 7bps to 55.37% in 2025, then increased by 3bps to 57.3% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 57.3% (Q1 2026), 55.37% (Q4 2025), and 58.11% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.