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Mastercard Inc. (MA)$498.54

Market Cap: 509.59 BCurrency: USD

Research Snapshot

Static fundamentals, valuation context, and investor signals for Mastercard Inc. (MA).

FINANCIAL
CREDIT SERVICES
DCF ready

Valuation

29.1x

EV/FCF, 3.4% FCF yield

Quality

193.5%

ROIC, 52.3% FCF margin

Growth

6.8%

5Y sales (revenue) CAGR

Balance sheet

0.0x

Debt/equity, 1.0x current ratio

Superinvestors

19

Top: Valley Forge Capital Management (22.0%)

Strengths to research

  • Free cash flow compounded at 20.0% over five years.
  • Return on equity is strong at 193.5%.
  • Free cash flow margin is healthy at 52.3%.
  • Debt/equity looks manageable at 0.0x.

Watchouts

No major valuation, balance sheet, or growth watchouts were detected by the static screen.

Annual data: 10 periods
Quarterly data: 24 periods
Stock snapshot: May 25, 2026
Static dataset: May 25, 2026

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for MA.

Grade B
80
/ 100
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Peer Comparison

Target stock against 8 market-cap comparable peers.

Heat map: red worst to green best
MA
Target
Mastercard Inc.$509.6B30.2x29.1x193.5%6.8%52.3%N/A-0.5xN/A
VVisa Inc.$668.2BN/A30.2x52.9%12.9%53.9%N/A-0.7xN/A
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.$701.9B15.3x-2.4x15.7%8.7%-81.0%N/AN/AN/A
BACBank of America Corp.$309.7B13.6x31.4x4.9%5.7%11.2%N/AN/AN/A
AXPAmerican Express$194.8B20.3x12.7x12.1%13.5%38.7%N/AN/AN/A
MSMorgan Stanley$192.2B19.7x-23.6x3.7%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
HDBHDFC Bank Ltd.$187.8B23.8x17.6x5.0%23.4%51.6%N/AN/AN/A
GSGoldman Sachs Group$173.9B19.4x-0.2x13.7%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BXBlackstone Group$166.3B30.6x38.7x14.2%18.8%31.5%N/AN/AN/A

Financial Charts

No financial data available for MA (annual).

19 superinvestors own MA

Current quarter ownership and quarter-over-quarter share changes.

Superinvestor ownership
FundSharesValue% PortfolioQoQ Change
Chuck Akre

Akre Capital Management

2,281,106$1.1B18.64%0.0%
Thomas Russo

Gardner Russo & Quinn

1,555,141$777M9.15%0.0%
Polen Capital Management

Polen Capital Management

1,541,388$770M5.33%0.0%
Valley Forge Capital Management

Valley Forge Capital Management

1,487,496$743M22.02%▲ +7.3%
AltaRock Partners

AltaRock Partners

522,836$261M6.33%▼ -0.4%
Jensen Investment Management

Jensen Investment Management

490,929$245M4.84%0.0%
John Armitage

Egerton Capital

459,652$230M2.55%0.0%
Thomas Gayner

Markel Group

207,540$104M0.87%0.0%
Triple Frond Partners

Triple Frond Partners

175,472$88M9.11%0.0%
Nicolai Tangen

AKO Capital

155,592$78M1.52%0.0%
Wallace Weitz

Weitz Large Cap Equity Fund

147,000$73M5.13%0.0%
Bill Nygren

Oakmark Select Fund

118,615$59M0.08%0.0%
Stephen Mandel

Lone Pine Capital

57,201$29M0.23%0.0%
Guy Spier

Aquamarine Capital

40,000$20M14.77%0.0%
Francois Rochon

Giverny Capital

28,066$14M0.51%0.0%
Yacktman Asset Management

Yacktman Asset Management

11,670$6M0.08%0.0%
Christopher Bloomstran

Semper Augustus

658$329,0000.04%0.0%
Mairs & Power Growth Fund

Mairs & Power Growth Fund

520$260,0000.00%0.0%
Glenn Greenberg

Brave Warrior Advisors

422$211,0000.01%0.0%