What is Mastercard's operating cash flow?

Mastercard (MA) reported operating cash flow of $3B in Q1 2026.

How has Mastercard's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?

Mastercard's operating cash flow increased by 26.0% year-over-year, from $2.38B to $3B.

What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's operating cash flow?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's operating cash flow has grown at a 16.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.46B to $17.65B.

What does operating cash flow mean?

Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.

Mastercard MA Operating Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow at other companies

American ExpressAXP

$3.8B-20.2%

VisaV

$3.01B-35.9%

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$1.13B-2.2%

Pathward Financial, Inc.CASH

$232.95M+23.7%

U.S. BancorpUSB

$1.34B+535%

Capital One FinancialCOF

$6.02B+29.1%

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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CapEx$154.0M-3.1%

Free cash flow$2.8B+28.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$432B-10.7%

Enterprise value$443.06B-10.5%

P/E27.8×-9.1×

P/S12.7×-3.9×

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:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

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 operating cash flow?: Mastercard (MA) reported operating cash flow of $3B in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?: Mastercard's operating cash flow increased by 26.0% year-over-year, from $2.38B to $3B.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's operating cash flow?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's operating cash flow has grown at a 16.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.46B to $17.65B.
What does operating cash flow mean?: Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.