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MA (Mastercard) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 77.33 (As of Jun. 24, 2025)


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What is Mastercard Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-24), Mastercard's current share price is $557.53. Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $7.21. Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 77.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MA' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.9   Med: 50.76   Max: 81.85
Current: 75.19

During the past years, Mastercard's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 81.85. The lowest was 20.90. And the median was 50.76.

MA's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
100% of 412 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 0.975 vs MA: 75.19

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Mastercard's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $7.332. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $7.21 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Mastercard Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Mastercard Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Mastercard Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 60.98 56.02 50.99 61.86 73.94

Mastercard Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 68.50 62.19 69.21 73.94 75.99

Competitive Comparison of Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Credit Services subindustry, Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Mastercard Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=557.53/7.21
=77.33

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Mastercard's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Mastercard's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=7.332/134.9266*134.9266
=7.332

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Mastercard Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 5.647 100.684 7.568
201509 5.574 100.392 7.491
201512 5.401 99.792 7.303
201603 4.972 100.470 6.677
201606 5.321 101.688 7.060
201609 5.695 101.861 7.544
201612 5.232 101.863 6.930
201703 5.224 102.862 6.852
201706 5.485 103.349 7.161
201709 6.077 104.136 7.874
201712 5.188 104.011 6.730
201803 5.442 105.290 6.974
201806 5.060 106.317 6.422
201809 5.580 106.507 7.069
201812 5.233 105.998 6.661
201903 5.047 107.251 6.349
201906 4.929 108.070 6.154
201909 4.900 108.329 6.103
201912 5.850 108.420 7.280
202003 5.376 108.902 6.661
202006 6.444 108.767 7.994
202009 5.808 109.815 7.136
202012 6.420 109.897 7.882
202103 6.377 111.754 7.699
202106 6.520 114.631 7.674
202109 6.812 115.734 7.942
202112 7.461 117.630 8.558
202203 7.214 121.301 8.024
202206 6.375 125.017 6.880
202209 6.605 125.227 7.117
202212 6.588 125.222 7.099
202303 5.622 127.348 5.957
202306 5.837 128.729 6.118
202309 6.721 129.860 6.983
202312 7.419 129.419 7.735
202403 7.778 131.776 7.964
202406 8.013 132.554 8.156
202409 8.089 133.029 8.204
202412 7.100 133.157 7.194
202503 7.332 134.927 7.332

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Mastercard  (NYSE:MA) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Mastercard Business Description

Address
2000 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY, USA, 10577
Mastercard is the second-largest payment processor in the world, having processed close to $10 trillion in volume during 2024. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
Executives
Sandra A Arkell officer: Controller 3005 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL 60515
Michael Miebach officer: Chief Product Officer 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
Edward Grunde Mclaughlin officer: President, Operations & Tech 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
Craig Vosburg officer: President, North America 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
J. Mehra Sachin officer: Chief Financial Officer HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Venkata R Madabhushi officer: Chief Marketing Officer WELLPOINT, INC., 120 MONUMENT CIRCLE, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Foundation Mastercard 10 percent owner 250 YONGE STREET, SUITE 2400, TORONTO A6 M5B 2L7
Hai Ling officer: Co-President, Intl Markets 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
Timothy H Murphy officer: General Counsel 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
Raj Seshadri officer: President, Data & Services 880 CARILLON PARKWAY, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716
Ajay Bhalla officer: President Cyber & Intelligence 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
Richard K Davis director 800 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Raghuvir Malhotra officer: Co-President, Intl Markets 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
Linda Pistecchia Kirkpatrick officer: President, North America 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY 10577
Harit Talwar director 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015