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Mastercard forward PE MA

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2006.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
29.3×
10-year median
32.1×
Against its 10-year history
20th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
24.1× to 56.4×
Peer median
16.8×

Mastercard's forward PE is 29.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 32.1×, lower than on 80% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 24.1× in Jun 2026 to 56.4× in Aug 2020.

The median for 3 credit services stocks of a similar size is 16.8×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far29.3×24.1×31.0×
202531.2×29.1×35.6×
202434.1×30.2×34.3×
202331.4×26.8×33.2×
202230.7×26.6×39.9×
202138.5×34.5×50.4×
202050.8×34.9×56.4×
201946.9×27.1×46.9×
201826.6×25.1×34.0×
201729.8×26.1×32.1×
201627.0×24.3×29.8×
201530.9×26.8×32.2×
201428.7×24.3×30.1×
201329.9×21.0×29.9×
201221.0×16.8×21.7×
201118.5×15.8×19.1×
201015.7×14.8×22.8×
200921.9×14.0×21.9×
200816.2×14.5×44.1×
200736.8×27.1×41.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial - Credit Services nearest Mastercard's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
MAMastercard29.3×
VVisa28.2×
AXPAmerican Express16.8×
COFCapital One Financial8.8×
Peer median16.8×

Where Mastercard ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.