What is Mastercard's sales & marketing?

Mastercard (MA) reported sales & marketing of $153M in Q1 2026.

How has Mastercard's sales & marketing changed year-over-year?

Mastercard's sales & marketing increased by 0.7% year-over-year, from $152M to $153M.

What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's sales & marketing?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's sales & marketing has grown at a 0.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $895M to $929M.

What does sales & marketing mean?

Costs of selling products and services including sales force compensation, commissions, marketing campaigns, trade shows, and customer acquisition expenses.

Mastercard MA Sales & Marketing

Sales & Marketing at other companies

American ExpressAXP

$1.48B-0.4%

VisaV

$545M+43.0%

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$518M+6.1%

U.S. BancorpUSB

$217M+19.2%

ACI WorldwideACIW

$30.24M-6.1%

Green DotGDOT

$59.31M-0.6%

Segments

By segment

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Payment Solutions$153M+0.7%

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:MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense.

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 sales & marketing?: Mastercard (MA) reported sales & marketing of $153M in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's sales & marketing changed year-over-year?: Mastercard's sales & marketing increased by 0.7% year-over-year, from $152M to $153M.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's sales & marketing?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's sales & marketing has grown at a 0.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $895M to $929M.
What does sales & marketing mean?: Costs of selling products and services including sales force compensation, commissions, marketing campaigns, trade shows, and customer acquisition expenses.