⚡ Asset Showdown Engine

V vs MA

Head-to-head financial comparison for Visa Inc (V) and Mastercard Inc (MA).

🏆 Showdown Verdict

V leads MA in 12 of 17 key financial metrics.

V: 12 wins · MA: 5 wins
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Financial Services

V

Visa Inc
$407.83
+0.23%
After hours
52-Week Range 98.5% of High
Low: $293.89 High: $409.53
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Income Winner Higher Dividend Yield
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Financial Services

MA

Mastercard Inc
$407.83
+0.23%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $407.62 (-0.06%)
52-Week Range 98.5% of High
Low: $293.89 High: $409.53
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Income Winner Higher Dividend Yield
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Financial Services

MA

Mastercard Inc
$622.57
+0.33%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $623.50 (+0.14%)
52-Week Range 98.7% of High
Low: $464.52 High: $624.66
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Valuation Winner Lower P/E & Multiples

Normalized % Return Comparison

Both assets indexed to 0.0% at the period start: ((Price_t - Price_0) / Price_0 * 100)

Benchmark:
V (Visa Inc) +22.55%
MA (Mastercard Inc) +13.97%
V leads by +8.58%
-19.3%-7.5%+4.4%+16.2%+28.0% Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Oct '26

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Direct quantitative comparison across valuation, margins, growth, and returns.

Financial Metric V MA Showdown Advantage
Valuation & Multiples
Price Current market price per share / unit $407.83 $622.57 —
Market Capitalization Total aggregate market value of equity $759.85B $544.45B 👑 V Larger
P/E Ratio (Trailing TTM) Price-to-earnings multiple (lower positive is cheaper) 33.63x 33.49x 👑 MA Cheaper
Forward P/E Price-to-projected next year earnings multiple 24.16x 25.02x 👑 V Lower
PEG Ratio P/E divided by earnings growth rate (<1.0 considered undervalued) 2.42 1.98 👑 MA Lower
Price to Sales (P/S) Price relative to trailing revenue 17.08x 15.52x 👑 MA Lower
Price to Book (P/B) Stock price relative to book equity per share 18.38x 80.88x 👑 V Lower
Profitability & Margins
Gross Profit Margin Gross revenue retained after cost of goods sold 80.18% — 👑 V Higher
Operating Margin Operating income generated per dollar of revenue 60.68% 58.33% 👑 V Higher
Net Profit Margin Net bottom-line profit generated per dollar of revenue 50.78% 46.34% 👑 V Higher
Return on Equity (ROE) Net income earned per dollar of shareholders' equity 61.26% 232.48% 👑 MA Higher
Historical Performance & Growth
Revenue Growth (YoY) Year-over-year top-line revenue expansion rate +14.36% +14.07% 👑 V Higher
1-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 30 days +9.93% +9.76% 👑 V Higher
6-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 180 days +32.84% +24.02% 👑 V Higher
1-Year % Return Historical total price return over the past 52 weeks +22.55% +13.97% 👑 V Higher
5-Year % Return Historical total price return over 5 years +83.20% +78.82% 👑 V Higher
Dividends & Risk
Dividend Yield Annual dividend distributions relative to current price 0.82% 0.55% 👑 V Higher
Beta (Volatility vs S&P 500) Market sensitivity (1.0 = equal to market, <1.0 = lower volatility) 0.82 0.81 —
52-Week High & Low Extreme trading boundaries over trailing year $293.89 – $409.53 $464.52 – $624.66 —