Which is more profitable, Aflac or Mastercard?

Mastercard keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Aflac or Mastercard?

Mastercard grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Aflac or Mastercard?

Aflac costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Aflac or Mastercard?

Aflac would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Aflac vs Mastercard stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Aflac is cheaper for its profits and has less debt. Mastercard is more profitable and grows faster.

Side by side

	Aflac	Mastercard
	$63.1 billion	$576 billion
	21.0%	45.6%
	−4.8%	+16.5%
	17.3×	38.5×
	0.4 years	0.4 years
	10.2%	58.5%
	2.0%	0.7%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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