What is Mastercard's G&A?

Mastercard (MA) reported G&A of $3.04B in Q1 2026.

How has Mastercard's G&A changed year-over-year?

Mastercard's G&A increased by 20.5% year-over-year, from $2.52B to $3.04B.

What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's G&A?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's G&A has grown at a 12.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.09B to $11.32B.

Overhead costs not directly tied to production or sales — corporate management, legal, accounting, office rent, insurance, and other administrative functions.

Mastercard MA G&A

G&A at other companies

VisaV

$450M+7.4%

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$491M-2.4%

ACI WorldwideACIW

$40.22M+45.8%

Chime Financial, Inc. Class A Common StockCHYM

$70.47M+49.4%

CorpayCPAY

$203.8M+29.8%

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$440.93B-12.9%

Enterprise value$451.98B-12.4%

P/E28.3×-8.9×

P/S13×-3.7×

Profitability

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Operating margin57.9%+2.4pp

Net margin45.9%+0.7pp

FCF margin52.4%+0.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity232.6%+43.6pp

Debt / equity2.8×0.0×

Current ratio1×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Mastercard in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense.

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 G&A?: Mastercard (MA) reported G&A of $3.04B in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's G&A changed year-over-year?: Mastercard's G&A increased by 20.5% year-over-year, from $2.52B to $3.04B.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's G&A?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's G&A has grown at a 12.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.09B to $11.32B.
What does G&A mean?: Overhead costs not directly tied to production or sales — corporate management, legal, accounting, office rent, insurance, and other administrative functions.