Mastercard Incorporated, based in Purchase near New York, is a listed payment service provider and employed around 18,600 people in 2019. Alongside VISA, Mastercard is one of the two major international companies for payment cards (credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards).
Mastercard issues licenses to banks all over the world for the issuance of their cards (issuing licenses) and for the recruitment of contractors (acquiring licenses). The acceptance of the Mastercard is around 35 million contracting companies and around one million cash payment offices worldwide (as of 2014).
P/S ratio for Mastercard (MA)
P/S ratio as of April 2024 (TTM): 17.2
According to Mastercard's latest financial reports and stock price the company's current price-to-sales ratio (TTM) is 17.1911. At the end of 2023 the company had a P/S ratio of 15.9.
P/S ratio history for Mastercard from 2006 to 2023
PS ratio at the end of each year
| Year | P/S ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.9 | 6% |
| 2022 | 15.0 | -19.36% |
| 2021 | 18.6 | -19.83% |
| 2020 | 23.3 | 30.58% |
| 2019 | 17.8 | 36.89% |
| 2018 | 13.0 | 1.46% |
| 2017 | 12.8 | 22.82% |
| 2016 | 10.4 | -7.11% |
| 2015 | 11.2 | 6.91% |
| 2014 | 10.5 | -34.46% |
| 2013 | 16.0 | 95.8% |
| 2012 | 8.19 | 16.22% |
| 2011 | 7.05 | 33.09% |
| 2010 | 5.30 | -18.71% |
| 2009 | 6.52 | 76.07% |
| 2008 | 3.70 | -46.72% |
| 2007 | 6.95 | 73.77% |
| 2006 | 4.00 |
P/S ratio for similar companies or competitors
| Company | P/S ratio | P/S ratio differencediff. | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
 Visa V | 16.9 | -1.83% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 PayPal PYPL | 2.29 | -86.66% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 Western Union WU | 1.06 | -93.82% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 Worldline WLN.PA | 0.6722 | -96.09% | 🇫🇷 France |
 WEX WEX | 3.82 | -77.77% | 🇺🇸 USA |