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Forensic Analysis · Professional & Commercial Services · as of Nov 9, 2026

Mastercard Inc (MA)

A forensic read on Mastercard Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
7.7
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
210.2%
ROE
16.4%
Revenue growth

This free snapshot doesn't read filing or proxy text, so the auditor-quality and governance checks that can lower a grade were not evaluated (auditor quality, say on pay, board independence, going concern). Those checks only ever lower a grade, so the full analysis can land below the grade above but never above it — treat it as the most favourable reading, not the settled one.

Mastercard Inc earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 7.7, placing it in the Safe zone. 0 forensic signals listed from the 8 signals read.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$32.79B
Revenue Growth YoY+16.4%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+14.3%
Net Margin45.6%
Free Cash Flow$17.16B
Return on Equity210.2%
Debt / Equity2.46x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 9, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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