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

Mastercard's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.46% for Q4 2025.

For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.46%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.46%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.46%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
Return on Sales reached 0.46% in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, up from 0.46% in the prior quarter.
In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.51% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.41% in Q1 2023.
Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.45%, with a median of 0.45% recorded in 2023.
Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: increased 9bps in 2021, then fell -10bps in 2023.
A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.46% in 2021, then fell by -5bps to 0.43% in 2022, then fell by -2bps to 0.43% in 2023, then increased by 5bps to 0.45% in 2024, then grew by 3bps to 0.46% in 2025.
Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's Return on Sales are 0.46% (Q4 2025), 0.46% (Q3 2025), and 0.46% (Q2 2025).

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