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Mastercard (MA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.61% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 6.0% year-over-year to 0.61%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.61%, up 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.67%, 7.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.61% in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, up from 0.57% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.61% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.36% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.5%, with a median of 0.53% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -12bps in 2021, then grew 11bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.43% in 2021, then rose by 19bps to 0.51% in 2022, then increased by 11bps to 0.56% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 0.55% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 0.61% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's Return on Capital Employed are 0.61% (Q4 2025), 0.57% (Q3 2025), and 0.55% (Q2 2025).