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Mastercard (MA) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Mastercard filings provide 18 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $136.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 5.43% to $136.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $604.0 million, a 10.42% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $597.0 million, up 13.5% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $136.0 million in Q1 2026 for Mastercard, up from $112.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $179.0 million in Q2 2025 to a low of $22.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $112.0 million (2025), compared with a mean of $118.5 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: tumbled 31.25% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 290.91% in 2023.
  • Mastercard's Share-based Compensation stood at $22.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 290.91% to $86.0 million in 2023, then grew by 25.58% to $108.0 million in 2024, then grew by 3.7% to $112.0 million in 2025, then increased by 21.43% to $136.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $136.0 million (Q1 2026), $112.0 million (Q4 2025), and $177.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.