Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Stock

About Mastercard Incorporated

Mastercard Incorporated is led by CEO Michael Miebach, employs 35,300 people, headquartered in Purchase, US, publicly traded since 2006.

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) stock trades at $617.42 with a market capitalization of $540.87B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.17, price-to-book of 89.23, price-to-sales of 14.19. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $464.52 and $621.65, and currently trades at or near its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.61%.

On profitability, Mastercard Incorporated generates a return on equity (ROE) of 232.46%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 64.22%, an operating margin of 59.40%, a net profit margin of 46.34%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Mastercard Incorporated reported annual revenue of $32.8B, net profit of $15.0B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 16.5%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 18.5%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.39 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.03, total assets of $54.2B, $10.6B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

MA has a beta of 0.73 (historically less volatile than the overall market).