What is Mastercard's tax on share settlement?

Mastercard (MA) reported tax on share settlement of $204M in Q1 2026.

How has Mastercard's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?

Mastercard's tax on share settlement decreased by 26.4% year-over-year, from $277M to $204M.

What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's tax on share settlement?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's tax on share settlement has grown at a 21.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $133M to $291M.

What does tax on share settlement mean?

Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.

Mastercard MA Tax on Share Settlement

Tax on Share Settlement at other companies

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$37M+429%

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$127M-54.2%

Pathward Financial, Inc.CASH

$72.72M+60.0%

ACI WorldwideACIW

$3.84M-45.7%

Green DotGDOT

$4.88M+101%

Chime Financial, Inc. Class A Common StockCHYM

$1.54M—

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:PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation.

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 tax on share settlement?: Mastercard (MA) reported tax on share settlement of $204M in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?: Mastercard's tax on share settlement decreased by 26.4% year-over-year, from $277M to $204M.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's tax on share settlement?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's tax on share settlement has grown at a 21.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $133M to $291M.
What does tax on share settlement mean?: Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.