Mastercard (MA) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard posted quarterly Retained Earnings of -$928.0 million for Q1 2026, up 19.65% year-on-year from -$775.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 101.09% on a QoQ basis from $85.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard (MA) has 18 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$928.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 19.65% year-over-year to -$928.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$928.0 million (up 19.65% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $85.0 billion, up 6034.05% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at -$928.0 million, down from $85.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $85.0 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$1.4 billion in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $47.8 billion (2022), against an average of $32.1 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Retained Earnings reached 6626.55% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 102.95% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $53.6 billion in 2022, then rose by 16.71% to $62.6 billion in 2023, then sank by 102.29% to -$1.4 billion in 2024, then jumped by 6034.05% to $85.0 billion in 2025, then slumped by 101.09% to -$928.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$928.0 million (Q1 2026), $85.0 billion (Q4 2025), and -$935.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 13.12 Bn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - -928.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 26.09 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 66.79 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 33.45 Bn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn -23.59 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 25.21 Bn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -2.74 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -2.77 Bn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 1.12 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -928.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 85.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -935.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -919.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.43 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 70.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 64.96 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 62.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 60.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 57.73 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 53.61 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 51.63 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -1.23 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 47.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 45.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -791.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 41.77 Bn