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Mastercard (MA) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 18 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $2.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 29.15% to $2.8 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $17.6 billion, a 18.71% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $16.9 billion, up 20.36% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $2.8 billion in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, down from $4.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $5.7 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $1.5 billion in Q1 2024.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $3.1 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $3.3 billion.
  • The widest YoY moves for Free Cash Flow: up 60.72% in 2024, down 19.79% in 2024.
  • Mastercard's Free Cash Flow stood at $2.9 billion in 2022, then increased by 28.23% to $3.7 billion in 2023, then rose by 21.2% to $4.5 billion in 2024, then rose by 3.56% to $4.7 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 39.44% to $2.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $2.8 billion (Q1 2026), $4.7 billion (Q4 2025), and $5.7 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.