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Mastercard MA Free cash flow yield

Free cash flow yield at other companies

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6.9%
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3.6%+0.6pp
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13.2%+4.0pp
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Capital One FinancialCOF
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11.2%+5.3pp
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Global PaymentsGPN
5.7%-4.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.4B+15.8%
Operating income$4.9B+18.3%
Net income$3.9B+18.4%
EPS (diluted)$4.35+21.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$7.9B+4.4%
Total debt$19.0B+0.8%
Total equity$6.7B+0.7%
Total assets$52.4B+8.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$3.0B+26.0%
CapEx$154.0M-3.1%
Free cash flow$2.8B+28.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$435.6B-10.8%
Enterprise value$446.65B-10.6%
P/E28×-9.2×
P/S12.8×-4.0×

Profitability

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Operating margin57.9%+2.4pp
Net margin45.9%+0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity232.6%+43.6pp
Debt / equity2.8×0.0×
Current ratio-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Mastercard’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Mastercard’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Mastercard's free cash flow yield?
Mastercard (MA) reported free cash flow yield of 4% in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Mastercard's free cash flow yield increased by 32.8% year-over-year, from 3% to 4%.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's free cash flow yield has grown at a 9.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.9% to 12.9%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.