Mastercard Incorporated is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in the Mastercard International Global Headquarters in Purchase, New York. The Global Operations Headquarters is located in O'Fallon, Missouri, a municipality of St. Charles County, Missouri. Throughout the world, its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card-issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the Mastercard brand debit, credit and prepaid cards to make purchases. Mastercard Worldwide has been a publicly traded company since 2006.
| Revenue (TTM) | $36.29B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $36.29B |
| EBITDA | $23.03B |
| Operating Margin | 60.50% |
| Return on Equity | 231.40% |
| Return on Assets | 24.40% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $40.95 |
| Book Value | $7.74 |
| Price-to-Book | 84.62 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 15.67 |
| EV/Revenue | 16.12 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.48 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 21.70% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 14.00% |
| Shares Outstanding | $864.66M |
| Float | $863.54M |
| % Insiders | 0.11% |
| % Institutions | 91.01% |
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MA's Q3 services revenues jump 19% and adjusted EPS rises 21.2%, but rising incentives and a premium valuation raise questions about buying shares now.
Both payments giants just rallied double digits after earnings, yet their yields sit below 1%. The real contest hides in dividend growth, buyback firepower, and what each stock charges you for growth.
CASABLANCA, Morocco--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mastercard expands mobile payment choice in Morocco with Samsung Pay.
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MA's Q3'26 earnings beat estimates as services grow 19%, while AI commerce, stablecoins and cross-border trends shape its outlook.
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Mastercard net revenue grew 14% year over year in Q3 2026. Value-added services revenue increased 19% on a currency-neutral basis.
Nine-month operating cash flow fell 6% while net income rose 18%, and the amortization of customer incentives jumped 33%. Buybacks and dividends totaled $14.2 billion through nine months, more than operating cash flow of $11.9 billion, while debt rose about $4.9 billion.
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