Mastercard (MA) Shares Repurchased (2011 - 2026)

Mastercard posted quarterly Shares Repurchased of $4.0 billion for Q1 2026, up 58.3% year-on-year from $2.5 billion in Q1 2025, and up 13.41% on a QoQ basis from $3.6 billion in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) Shares Repurchased (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard (MA) has 16 years of Shares Repurchased data on file, last reported at $4.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Shares Repurchased rose 58.3% year-over-year to $4.0 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $13.2 billion (up 14.79% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $11.7 billion, up 7.06% from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased for Q1 2026 stood at $4.0 billion, up from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Shares Repurchased topped out at $4.0 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.6 billion in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Repurchased is $2.4 billion (2023), against an average of $2.6 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Shares Repurchased jumped 89.18%; it then plunged 30.79% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Shares Repurchased shows it stood at $2.4 billion in 2022, then fell by 24.11% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then soared by 84.99% to $3.4 billion in 2024, then climbed by 4.99% to $3.6 billion in 2025, then increased by 13.41% to $4.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Repurchased figures came in at $4.0 billion (Q1 2026), $3.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares Repurchased (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 7.90 Bn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 4.04 Bn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 1.91 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 2.79 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 1.50 Bn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn -
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 900.00 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 147.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 191.40 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 4.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 4.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 2.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 2.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.39 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.93 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.93 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.64 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.99 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.83 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.83 Bn