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MA (Mastercard) Debt-to-Equity : 2.47 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Mastercard Debt-to-Equity?

Mastercard's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $750 Mil. Mastercard's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $17,608 Mil. Mastercard's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $7,440 Mil. Mastercard's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.47.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mastercard's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22   Med: 1.56   Max: 2.92
Current: 2.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Mastercard was 2.92. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 1.56.

MA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
69.61% of 441 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 1.1 vs MA: 2.47

Mastercard Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mastercard's Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Chart

Mastercard Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.45 1.98 1.90 2.23 2.26

Mastercard Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-Equity 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 2.47 2.26 2.16 2.10 2.47

Competitive Comparison of Mastercard's Debt-to-Equity

For the Credit Services subindustry, Mastercard's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Mastercard's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mastercard's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Mastercard Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Mastercard's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Mastercard's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

* 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  (NYSE:MA) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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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 over $9 trillion in volume during 2023. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
Executives
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
Sandra A Arkell officer: Controller 3005 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL 60515
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
Craig Vosburg officer: President, North America 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
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
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