Which is more profitable, Barclays or Mastercard?

Mastercard keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Barclays or Mastercard?

Mastercard grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Barclays or Mastercard?

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

Which has less debt, Barclays or Mastercard?

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

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Barclays 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

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

Side by side

	Barclays	Mastercard
	$76.0 billion	$576 billion
	24.6%	45.6%
	+5.2%	+16.5%
	8.0×	38.5×
	Net cash	0.4 years
	0.8%	58.5%
	3.9%	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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