About Mastercard Incorporated
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) is a Industrials company in the Services-Business Services, NEC industry with a market capitalisation of $529.2B. The stock trades at 32.97x trailing earnings and yields 0.56%.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Services-Business Services, NEC
- Market cap
- $529.2B
- P/E ratio
- 32.97
- EPS (TTM)
- $16.52
- Revenue (TTM)
- $32.8B
- Free cash flow
- $17.2B
- Profit margin
- 45.6%
- Dividend yield
- 0.56%
- Shares outstanding
- 122.5M
Financial health: Strong8.5/10
8 strengths, 1 concern. Weakest points: debt to equity.
- Debt to equity: 2.46 (Concern, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 2.46x equity is high against the 0.5x benchmark. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: 0.5y (Strong, benchmark < 4 years) — Net debt of $8.4B is 0.5x annual free cash flow — under a year of cash flow to repay.
- Current ratio: 1.03 (Watch, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 1.03x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 193.5% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 193.5% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 78.1% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 78.1% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 45.6% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 45.6% of revenue into profit, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $17.2B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $17.2B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 16.4% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 16.4% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: 16.3% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed 16.3% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Payout ratio: 18.4% (Strong, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 18.4% of earnings as dividends, leaving room to keep paying.