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Mastercard Inc. dividends

Mastercard paid $3.37 a share over the last four quarters, a 0.55% yield. The dividend per share has gone up 3 years in a row.

Dividend, last four quarters$3.37a 0.55% yield
Latest dividend$0.87for Q2 FY2026
Rises in a row3 yearsthe dividend per share went up
Growth a year, 5 yearsn/a+16.7% over 10 years
Paid out of free cash flow18%18% of profit
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Dividend per share is the cash a company pays for each share you own, here added up for each fiscal year.
  2. Yield is the yearly dividend over the share price: what $100 of stock pays you in a year.
  3. Payout is the share of profit, or of free cash flow, paid out. Below 100% the dividend is covered; above it the company paid more than it made that year.
  4. A dividend that grows year after year is often a sign of a steady business. A very high yield can mean the market expects a cut.

Dividend per share

The dividend went from $0.06 in FY2007 to $3.15 in FY2025.

Each column is the regular dividend per share for one fiscal year, or one quarter on Quarters, on today's share count after any split. A paler column is a period with more or fewer payments than usual. Hover or tap for the change on the period before.

Is the dividend covered?

FY2007 to FY2025

In FY2025 Mastercard earned $16.52 a share and paid $3.15: the dividend took 19% of profit.

Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share

Three columns a year on one dollar scale: what the company earned, what cash it had left after investing, and what it paid out, each per share. A dividend column taller than the other two was paid out of savings or borrowing that year.

How much of earnings it pays out

share of each year

The dividend stayed below the year's profit every year shown; in FY2025 it took 18% of profit.

Of net profitOf free cash flow

The share of each year's net profit (blue) and free cash flow (green) paid as dividends. The dashed line is 100%: above it, the company paid more than it made that year.

Yield at each year's end

FY2007 to FY2025

The yield is 0.55% today, above its middle year of 0.5% in the years shown.

That year's dividend per share over the share price at the fiscal year's end. The dashed line is the middle year. A higher yield than usual can come from a lower share price or a bigger dividend; the columns above tell which.

How it compares

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    Every year and quarter as a table

    Dividends by fiscal year

    Fiscal yearDividend per shareDividends paidOf net profitOf free cash flow
    FY2025$3.15$2.76 billion18%16%
    FY2024$2.74$2.45 billion19%17%
    FY2023$2.37$2.16 billion19%19%
    FY2022$2.04$1.90 billion19%18%
    FY2021n/a$1.74 billion20%19%
    FY2020n/a$1.60 billion25%23%
    FY2019$1.39$1.34 billion17%17%
    FY2018$1.08$1.04 billion18%18%
    FY2017$0.91$942.0 million24%18%
    FY2016$0.79$837.0 million21%19%
    FY2015$0.67$727.0 million19%18%
    FY2014$0.49$515.0 million14%16%
    FY2013$0.29$255.0 million8%6%
    FY2012$0.12$132.0 million5%5%
    FY2011$0.06$77.0 million4%3%
    FY2010$0.06$79.0 million4%5%
    FY2009$0.06$79.0 million5%6%
    FY2008$0.06$79.0 millionn/a23%
    FY2007$0.06$74.0 million7%11%
    Dividend per share as each annual report states it, beside the cash paid to shareholders that year and that cash over net profit and free cash flow.
    Read moreAbove 100%, the company paid out more than its profit or free cash flow that year.

    Dividends by quarter

    QuarterQuarter endedDividend per share
    Q2 FY202630 June 2026$0.87
    Q1 FY202631 March 2026$0.87
    Q4 FY202531 December 2025$0.87 *
    Q3 FY202530 September 2025$0.76
    Q2 FY202530 June 2025$0.76
    Q1 FY202531 March 2025$0.76
    Q4 FY202431 December 2024$0.76 *
    Q3 FY202430 September 2024$0.66
    Q2 FY202430 June 2024$0.66
    Q1 FY202431 March 2024$0.66
    Q4 FY202331 December 2023$0.66 *
    Q3 FY202330 September 2023$0.57
    Regular dividend per share for each fiscal quarter, one dividend to a quarter where the filings allow it.
    Read moreA quarter marked * is the year less its first three quarters.