Which is more profitable, Mastercard or Nasdaq?

Mastercard keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Mastercard or Nasdaq?

Mastercard grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Mastercard or Nasdaq?

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

Which has less debt, Mastercard or Nasdaq?

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

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Mastercard vs Nasdaq stock

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

In one sentence

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

Side by side

	Mastercard	Nasdaq
	$576 billion	$60.2 billion
	45.6%	21.6%
	+16.5%	+8.0%
	38.5×	33.7×
	0.4 years	2.9 years
	58.5%	7.3%
	0.7%	1.2%

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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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