Mastercard (MA) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard posted quarterly Share-based Compensation of $136.0 million for Q1 2026, up 5.43% year-on-year from $129.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 21.43% on a QoQ basis from $112.0 million in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard (MA) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $136.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 5.43% year-over-year to $136.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $604.0 million (up 10.42% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $597.0 million, up 13.5% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $136.0 million, up from $112.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $179.0 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $22.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $112.0 million (2025), against an average of $118.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Share-based Compensation sank 31.25%; it then surged 290.91% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $22.0 million in 2022, then soared by 290.91% to $86.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 25.58% to $108.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 3.7% to $112.0 million in 2025, then gained by 21.43% to $136.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $136.0 million (Q1 2026), $112.0 million (Q4 2025), and $177.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 275.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 136.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 203.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 131.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 259.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 73.84 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - -
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 72.01 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 13.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 136.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 136.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 112.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 112.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 177.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 177.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 179.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 179.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 129.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 129.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 108.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 108.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 155.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 155.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 155.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 155.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 108.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 108.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 86.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 86.00 Mn