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

Mastercard's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.15 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 8.99% year-over-year to 0.15; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.16, down 6.46%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.16, 6.46% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.15 in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, up from 0.13 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 0.3 in Q3 2021.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.18, with a median of 0.17 recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: surged 142.51% in 2022, then fell 29.93% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.3 in 2021, then surged by 154.15% to 0.16 in 2022, then decreased by 17.12% to 0.14 in 2023, then decreased by 0.53% to 0.13 in 2024, then rose by 8.99% to 0.15 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.15 (Q4 2025), 0.13 (Q3 2025), and 0.15 (Q2 2025).