Mastercard (MA) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard posted quarterly Interest Expenses of $185.0 million for Q1 2026, up 1.65% year-on-year from $182.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 16.35% on a QoQ basis from $159.0 million in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard (MA) has 18 years of Interest Expenses data on file, last reported at $185.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Expenses rose 1.65% year-over-year to $185.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $725.0 million (up 6.93% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $722.0 million, up 11.76% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $185.0 million, up from $159.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Expenses topped out at $195.0 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $110.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Expenses is $151.0 million (2023), against an average of $152.9 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Interest Expenses reached 27.45% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 13.59% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Expenses shows it stood at $127.0 million in 2022, then rose by 16.54% to $148.0 million in 2023, then rose by 24.32% to $184.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 13.59% to $159.0 million in 2025, then advanced by 16.35% to $185.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Expenses figures came in at $185.0 million (Q1 2026), $159.0 million (Q4 2025), and $186.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Expense (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 178.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 185.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 1.97 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 4.09 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn -
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 113.76 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 968.00 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 308.01 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 1.52 Bn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 113.80 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 185.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 185.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 159.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 159.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 186.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 186.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 195.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 195.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 182.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 182.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 184.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 184.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 159.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 159.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 153.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 153.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 150.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 150.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 148.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 148.00 Mn