Valuation

MAMastercard

StockNYSEUnited StatesFinancialsEU retail investors: available

+0.5% today · +19.6% over a year

8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 61% of the instruments we score

Quality, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 33.9). Dividend yield 0.53%.

Mastercard (MA) valuation against sector peers: P/E 33.9 (sector median 12.7), P/B 85.1, EV/EBIT 27.7, free-cash-flow yield 2.8%, P/S 15.8.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Financials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricMASector medianvs median
P/E33.912.7 · n=299168% above
P/B85.11.6 · n=3205,270% above
P/S15.82.7 · n=312476% above
EV/EBIT27.717.2 · n=7161% above
Free-cash-flow yield2.8%8.5% · n=22367% below
Dividend yield0.53%1.84% · n=35171% below
Return on equity231.4%12.4% · n=3331,761% above
Return on invested capital92.9%15.2% · n=80510% above
Gross margin—60.4% · n=39—
Net debt / EBITDA0.610.61 · n=71near the median

Value factor: 4 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

JPMJPMorgan14.12.4——1.8%6/10
BACBank of America Corp11.31.2——2.3%6/10
MSMorgan Stanley14.72.5——2.3%3/10
GSGoldman Sachs12.32.4—−15.3%2.0%3/10
WFCWells Fargo & Company11.71.6——2.7%4/10
AXPAmerican Express17.86.1—6.4%1.1%3/10
CCitigroup16.41.1—−34.8%2.1%3/10
BLKBlackRock25.93.220.32.5%1.8%4/10
SCHWThe Charles Schwab Corporation15.63.5—7.3%1.3%5/10
CBChubb12.41.9——1.1%10/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 29 Oct 2026