Which is more profitable, Capital One Financial or Mastercard?

Mastercard keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Capital One Financial or Mastercard?

Mastercard grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Capital One Financial or Mastercard?

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

Which has less debt, Capital One Financial or Mastercard?

Capital One Financial would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Capital One Financial 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

Capital One Financial has less debt. Mastercard is more profitable, grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Capital One Financial	Mastercard
	$117 billion	$576 billion
	4.6%	45.6%
	+13.4%	+16.5%
	47.8×	38.5×
	Net cash	0.4 years
	1.5%	58.5%
	1.6%	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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