Which is more profitable, Mastercard or Royal Bank of Canada?

Mastercard keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Mastercard or Royal Bank of Canada?

Mastercard grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Mastercard or Royal Bank of Canada?

Royal Bank of Canada costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Mastercard or Royal Bank of Canada?

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

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Mastercard vs Royal Bank of Canada 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. Royal Bank of Canada is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Mastercard	Royal Bank of Canada
	$576 billion	$280 billion
	45.6%	30.6%
	+16.5%	+10.9%
	38.5×	19.6×
	0.4 years	22.5 years
	58.5%	1.0%
	0.7%	2.2%

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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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