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Mastercard (MA) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 1.91% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 7.0% year-over-year to 1.91%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.91%, up 7.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.1%, 19.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 1.91% in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, up from 1.81% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 1.99% in Q1 2025 to a low of 1.01% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.59%, with a median of 1.66% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: crashed -39bps in 2021, then soared 42bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 1.23% in 2021, then grew by 27bps to 1.55% in 2022, then grew by 8bps to 1.68% in 2023, then rose by 10bps to 1.84% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 1.91% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's Return on Equity are 1.91% (Q4 2025), 1.81% (Q3 2025), and 1.86% (Q2 2025).