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Mastercard (MA) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard (MA) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.14 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 5.69% year-over-year to 0.14, compared with a TTM value of 0.16 through Dec 2025, down 6.14%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.16, down 6.14% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.14 for Q4 2025 at Mastercard, up from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.42 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.31 in Q3 2021.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.18, with a median of 0.17 recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 34.35% in 2021, then soared 140.27% in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.31 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 155.73% to 0.17 in 2022, then dropped by 16.04% to 0.14 in 2023, then fell by 11.23% to 0.13 in 2024, then increased by 5.69% to 0.14 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for MA at 0.14 in Q4 2025, 0.13 in Q3 2025, and 0.16 in Q2 2025.