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).
Number of shares outstanding for Mastercard (MA)
Number of shares outstanding as of April 2023 : 965,000,000
According to Mastercard's latest financial reports and stock price the company's current number of shares outstanding is 965,000,000. At the end of 2022 the company had 965,000,000 shares outstanding. The number of outstanding shares is usually impacted by stock plits and shares buy back.
Shares outstanding history for Mastercard from 2002 to 2022
Shares Outstanding at the end of each year
| Year | Shares Outstanding | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.96 B | -1.73% |
| 2021 | 0.98 B | -1.41% |
| 2020 | 0.99 B | -1.19% |
| 2019 | 1.00 B | -2.33% |
| 2018 | 1.03 B | -2.37% |
| 2017 | 1.05 B | -2.76% |
| 2016 | 1.08 B | -3.03% |
| 2015 | 1.12 B | -2.78% |
| 2014 | 1.15 B | -4% |
| 2013 | 1.20 B | 868.55% |
| 2012 | 0.12 B | -2.36% |
| 2011 | 0.12 B | -3.05% |
| 2010 | 0.13 B | 0.82% |
| 2009 | 0.12 B | 0.31% |
| 2008 | 0.12 B | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.13 B | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 0.13 B | 35.68% |
| 2005 | 0.10 B | 64.66% |
| 2004 | 60.72 M | -39.6% |
| 2003 | 0.10 B | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 99.91 M |
Shares Outstanding for similar companies or competitors
| Company | Shares Outstanding | differencediff. | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
 Visa V | 1,884,000,000 | 95.23% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 PayPal PYPL | 1,154,000,000 | 19.59% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 Western Union WU | 386,500,000 | -59.95% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 Worldline WLN.PA | 0 | N/A | 🇫🇷 France |
 WEX WEX | 44,229,000 | -95.42% | 🇺🇸 USA |