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Mastercard (MA) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.28 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 13.31% to 0.28 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.16, a 5.32% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.16, down 6.46% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.28 in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, up from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.42 in Q1 2024 to a low of 0.12 in Q3 2024.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.17 (2023), compared with a mean of 0.21.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: skyrocketed 142.74% in 2022 and later dropped 29.34% in 2024.
  • Mastercard's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.16 in 2022, then fell by 11.95% to 0.14 in 2023, then dropped by 6.37% to 0.13 in 2024, then rose by 8.99% to 0.15 in 2025, then skyrocketed by 87.57% to 0.28 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.28 (Q1 2026), 0.15 (Q4 2025), and 0.12 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.