Mastercard (MA) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard (MA) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.22 in Q2 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 40.99% year-over-year to 0.22 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.18 (up 9.72% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.16, down 6.46% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio slipped to 0.22 in Q2 2026, from 0.28 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.
• A 5-year average of 0.21 and a median of 0.19 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — FCF Payout Ratio declined 29.14% — and 2026, when it jumped 40.99%.
• Tracing MA's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.16 in 2022, then slipped by 17.12% to 0.14 in 2023, then decreased by 4.49% to 0.13 in 2024, then increased by 9.48% to 0.14 in 2025, then soared by 54.96% to 0.22 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.22 (Q2 2026), 0.28 (Q1 2026), and 0.14 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.