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Mastercard (MA) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard (MA) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$981.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 31.54% year-over-year to -$981.0 million, compared with a TTM value of -$981.0 million through Dec 2025, up 31.54%, and an annual FY2025 reading of -$981.0 million, up 31.54% over the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$981.0 million for Q4 2025 at Mastercard, down from -$935.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $75.5 billion in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$1.6 billion in Q3 2022.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is $27.2 billion, with a median of $19.7 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak annual rise in Retained Earnings hit 6726.33% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 103.7% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at -$809.0 million in 2021, then surged by 6726.33% to $53.6 billion in 2022, then grew by 16.71% to $62.6 billion in 2023, then plummeted by 102.29% to -$1.4 billion in 2024, then soared by 31.54% to -$981.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for MA at -$981.0 million in Q4 2025, -$935.0 million in Q3 2025, and -$919.0 million in Q2 2025.