Mastercard/$MA
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About Mastercard
Mastercard is the second-largest payment processor in the world, having processed close to $11 trillion in volume during 2025. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
- Ticker
- $MA
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 39,800
- Headquarters
- Purchase, United States
- Website
- www.mastercard.com
Mastercard Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$507B
31.85
$18.18
0.74
$3.37
0.60%
Price and volume
Market cap
$507B
Beta
0.74
52-week high
$601.62
52-week low
$464.52
Average daily volume
3M
Dividend rate
$3.37
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.061
Quick ratio
0.666
Long term debt to equity
395.719
Total debt to equity
439.583
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
17.96%
Interest coverage (TTM)
28.08%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
22,201
Gross margin (TTM)
100.00%
Net profit margin (TTM)
46.34%
Operating margin (TTM)
59.88%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
19.41%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$880,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
24.06%
Return on equity (TTM)
241.20%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
31.854
Price to revenue (TTM)
14.751
Price to book
90.63
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-54.37
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
32.396
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.09%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
17.879
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.58%
Forward dividend yield
0.60%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
16.01%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
22.61%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
14.14%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
13.16%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
19.45%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
18.22%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
15.28%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
16.53%
What the Analysts think about Mastercard
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Mastercard stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Mastercard stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Robust transaction volume growth: Mastercard’s gross dollar volume jumped 8% year-over-year to $2.9 trillion in Q2 2026, demonstrating scalable network usage (Reuters).
Strong net revenue expansion: Net revenue climbed 14% year-over-year to $9.3 billion in Q2 2026, topping estimates and reflecting robust demand across its payment network (Reuters).
Value-added services momentum: Revenue in the value-added services and solutions segment increased 20% year-over-year in Q2 2026, highlighting growth diversification beyond core processing fees (Reuters).
Merchant litigation risk: A US judge preliminarily approved a $200 billion settlement in decades-long swipe-fee litigation against Mastercard and Visa, potentially capping future interchange revenues and increasing liabilities (Bloomberg Law).
Regulatory probe: The UK Financial Conduct Authority opened an investigation into Mastercard’s digital wallet funding and usage for suspected anti-competitive conduct, posing risks of fines and stricter regulatory constraints (Bloomberg).
Slowing cross-border growth: Cross-border travel spending growth slowed to just 2% year-over-year in late April 2026, down from an 8% rise in Q1, signaling a potential headwind to Mastercard’s international volume expansion (Bloomberg).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 21 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing Mastercard
AllGBPUSDEUR
Fund name | Fund size | $MA weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector£UIFS | £1.8B | 5.68% |
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector$IUFS | $2.4B | 5.57% |
iShares Digitalisation$DGTL | $793M | 3.02% |
iShares Digitalisation£DGIT | £586M | 3.02% |
iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor£IUQF | £1.5B | 2.29% |
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