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How Mastercard Incorporated stacks up
MA · against 162 other Financial Services companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
99/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #1 of 163 · scores higher than 100% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score18 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including MA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 99?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 90% of peers. Operating margin: 58.3% vs peer median 23.3%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on invested capital: 85.3% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 99% of peers. Return on assets: 28.2% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 158 reported | 85.3% | 7.1% | 97% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 85 reported | 58.3% | 22.9% | 96% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 183 reported | 28.2% | 2.6% | 98% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 177 reported | 241.2% | 10.8% | 99% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 200 reported | 100.0% | 83.2% | 57% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 499.4B USD | 99 | 49 | |
| 2 | 2.4B USD | 98 | 65 | |
| 2 | 3.8B USD | 98 | 69 | |
| 4 | 43.3B USD | 97 | 67 | |
| 4 | 3.9B USD | 97 | 56 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score