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Mastercard MA Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

American Express logo
American ExpressAXP
3.8%+0.1pp
Visa logo
VisaV
23.7%+2.2pp
PayPal Holdings, Inc. logo
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL
6.3%+0.7pp
U.S. Bancorp logo
U.S. BancorpUSB
1.1%+0.1pp
Capital One Financial logo
Capital One FinancialCOF
0.5%-0.5pp
Fidelity National Information Services logo
Fidelity National Information ServicesFIS
7%+4.6pp

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 return on assets?
Mastercard (MA) reported return on assets of 30.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Mastercard's return on assets increased by 6.9% year-over-year, from 28.9% to 30.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's return on assets has grown at a 6.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 90% to 115.5%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.