Which is more profitable, Mastercard or Banco Santander?

Mastercard keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Mastercard or Banco Santander?

Mastercard grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Mastercard or Banco Santander?

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

Which has less debt, Mastercard or Banco Santander?

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

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Mastercard vs Banco Santander 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. Banco Santander is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Mastercard	Banco Santander
	$576 billion	$176 billion
	45.6%	23.5%
	+16.5%	+3.4%
	38.5×	11.3×
	0.4 years	13.4 years
	58.5%	0.8%
	0.7%	2.1%

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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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