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Mastercard (MA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 64.72% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 1175.0% to 64.72% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 64.72%, a 1175.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 66.64%, up 681.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 64.72% in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, up from 61.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 64.72% in Q1 2026 to a low of 42.51% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 54.62% (2024), compared with a mean of 53.98%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -354bps in 2025 and later soared 1175bps in 2026.
  • Mastercard's Return on Capital Employed stood at 51.11% in 2022, then grew by 11bps to 56.49% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 54.79% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 61.03% in 2025, then increased by 6bps to 64.72% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 64.72% (Q1 2026), 61.03% (Q4 2025), and 56.6% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.