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

Mastercard (MA) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 13 consecutive years, with 0.49% as the latest value for Q1 2023.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2023, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 0.49%, compared with a TTM value of 0.49% through Mar 2023, changed N/A, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.67%, up 7.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.49% for Q1 2023 at Mastercard, down from 0.51% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.62% in Q4 2019 and bottomed at 0.36% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.45%, with a median of 0.39% recorded in 2020.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit -23bps in 2020, while the deepest fall reached -23bps in 2020.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.62% in 2019, then plummeted by -37bps to 0.39% in 2020, then decreased by -5bps to 0.37% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 38bps to 0.51% in 2022, then fell by -3bps to 0.49% in 2023.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for MA at 0.49% in Q1 2023, 0.51% in Q4 2022, and 0.37% in Q2 2021.