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Mastercard (MA) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard's FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 52.84% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 716.0% year-over-year to 52.84%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 51.61%, up 169.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 51.61%, 169.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 52.84% in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, down from 63.76% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 68.25% in Q3 2024 to a low of 22.86% in Q1 2024.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 47.64%, with a median of 48.31% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: crashed -1661bps in 2023, then skyrocketed 2075bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 58.8% in 2021, then decreased by -15bps to 49.7% in 2022, then rose by 21bps to 60.14% in 2023, then decreased by 0bps to 59.99% in 2024, then dropped by -12bps to 52.84% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's FCF Margin are 52.84% (Q4 2025), 63.76% (Q3 2025), and 56.1% (Q2 2025).