How often does MA pay dividends?

Mastercard Incorporated dividend frequency can be quarterly, monthly, semiannual, annual, or none depending on company policy. Check the payout history and event dates on this page.

What is the ex-dividend date for MA?

The ex-dividend date is the cutoff date to qualify for the next dividend payment. Investors must own MA before the ex-dividend date.

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Financial Services

Mastercard Incorporated(MA)

Live Price

Offline

$499.02

+2.07% today

1Y Change

-11.20%

Window

Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026

Market Cap: $438.59B
Revenue Growth: +16.4%
EPS Growth: +18.9%
Dividend Yield: 0.7%

Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $438.59B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $499.02 and down 11.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +16.4%, EPS growth of +18.9%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +16.4%, EPS +18.9%, free cash flow +18.2% with operating margin 59.4% and ROIC 51.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 28.4 and price/sales 12.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MA price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.

Benchmark Edge

MA vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

Relative Read

MA trails SPY

MA is 29.19 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.

MA had 12.14 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.

MA beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.

-11.20%

Normalized return

SPY

+17.99%

S&P 500

Excess Return

-29.19 pts

Relative to SPY

MA Max Drawdown

-21.27%

Trailing 1Y

SPY Max Drawdown

-9.13%

Trailing 1Y

MASPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for MA and SPY.

Year	MA	SPY	Excess	Leader
2026	-11.38%	+6.71%	-18.09 pts	SPY
2025	+2.75%	+11.19%	-8.44 pts	SPY

MA Dividend History

unknown

Dividend Yield

0.66%

Trailing 12M Payout

$0.87

Last Payout

$0.87

Ex: Apr 9, 2026 · Pay: —

Ex-Date	Record	Pay	Dividend	Adj	Frequency
Apr 9, 2026	—	—	$0.87	—	—

No upcoming dividends in the next 90 days

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