What is Mastercard's investment purchases?

Mastercard (MA) reported investment purchases of $68M in Q1 2026.

How has Mastercard's investment purchases changed year-over-year?

Mastercard's investment purchases decreased by 42.9% year-over-year, from $119M to $68M.

What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's investment purchases?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's investment purchases has grown at a 6.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $389M to $501M.

What does investment purchases mean?

Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.

Mastercard MA Investment Purchases

Investment Purchases at other companies

American ExpressAXP

$1.98B+728%

VisaV

$0—

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$5.92B-0.8%

Pathward Financial, Inc.CASH

$0-100%

U.S. BancorpUSB

$7.76B+269%

Capital One FinancialCOF

$5.68B+100%

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$453.81B-3.8%

Enterprise value$464.86B-3.5%

P/E29.2×-5.6×

P/S13.4×-2.2×

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:PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt.

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 investment purchases?: Mastercard (MA) reported investment purchases of $68M in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's investment purchases changed year-over-year?: Mastercard's investment purchases decreased by 42.9% year-over-year, from $119M to $68M.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's investment purchases?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's investment purchases has grown at a 6.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $389M to $501M.
What does investment purchases mean?: Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.