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Mastercard (MA) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard's Retained Earnings history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $85.0 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 16.63% year-over-year to $85.0 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $85.0 billion, up 16.63%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $85.0 billion, 16.63% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings reached $85.0 billion in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, up from $81.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $85.0 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$1.2 billion in Q1 2023.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is $30.9 billion, with a median of $19.7 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Retained Earnings: crashed 102.4% in 2023, then surged 7719.01% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$809.0 million in 2021, then surged by 6726.33% to $53.6 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 102.05% to -$1.1 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 6733.94% to $72.9 billion in 2024, then grew by 16.63% to $85.0 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's Retained Earnings are $85.0 billion (Q4 2025), $81.8 billion (Q3 2025), and -$919.0 million (Q2 2025).