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Mastercard Inc

MA#11 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Financial Services · Credit Services · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$15.8Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield3.1%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$2.92Bdividend yield 0.6%
Shareholder yield3.6%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−10.4%883M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow97%payout incl. dividends 115%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 10.4% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$11.7B$2.76B$16.4B
FY2024Dec 2024$11.0B$2.45B$14.3B
FY2023Dec 2023$9.03B$2.16B$11.6B
FY2022Dec 2022$8.75B$1.90B$10.1B
FY2021Dec 2021$5.90B$1.74B$8.65B
FY2020Dec 2020$4.47B$1.60B$6.52B
FY2019Dec 2019$6.50B$1.34B$7.46B

Repurchases in FY2025 were +6.3% versus the prior year.

About Mastercard Inc

Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers products and services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other acc…

Market cap
$516B
P/E (trailing)
31.6×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US57636Q1040
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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