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

Mastercard (MA) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.46% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.46%, compared with a TTM value of 0.46% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.46%, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.46% for Q4 2025 at Mastercard, up from 0.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.51% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.41% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.45%, with a median of 0.45% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales increased 9bps in 2021, then fell -10bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for MA at 0.46% in Q4 2025, 0.46% in Q3 2025, and 0.46% in Q2 2025.