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Mastercard (MA) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard's Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $4.7 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 3.56% year-over-year to $4.7 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $16.9 billion, up 20.36%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $16.9 billion, 20.36% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached $4.7 billion in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, down from $5.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $5.5 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $1.4 billion in Q1 2021.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $3.1 billion, with a median of $3.0 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: decreased 19.1% in 2021, then soared 62.07% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $3.1 billion in 2021, then decreased by 5.74% to $2.9 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 36.22% to $3.9 billion in 2023, then rose by 14.09% to $4.5 billion in 2024, then rose by 3.56% to $4.7 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's Free Cash Flow are $4.7 billion (Q4 2025), $5.5 billion (Q3 2025), and $4.6 billion (Q2 2025).