Fiservvs.Mastercard
FI vs MA · both in Payment rails & networks, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The networks and processors that take a fee every time a card is swiped — the fee engine.
Mastercard is about 14× larger than Fiserv by market cap; Fiserv trades at the lower P/E (9.5 vs 29.9); year to date, Mastercard leads (−7.7% vs −15.5%).
Side by side
| FI | MA | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $34.3B | $465B |
| Price | — | $534.02 |
| Today | — | +1.4% |
| Return YTD | −15.5% | −7.7% |
| Return 1Y | +23.2% | −6.5% |
| P/E | 9.5 | 29.9 |
| P/S | 1.6 | 13.7 |
| P/B | 1.4 | 69.3 |
Data as of 2026-07-13 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
FiservFI
A payments and financial-technology backbone: it processes card transactions for banks and runs the Clover point-of-sale system for merchants. Fee-per-transaction economics.
Full FI profile →MastercardMA
The second global card network, a near-duopoly with Visa. Fee-based, capital-light and highly profitable, expanding into data and value-added services.
Full MA profile →More comparisons in Payment rails & networks
See where FI and MA sit in the full Banks, payments & capital markets map — every segment from suppliers to end markets.Open the Finance value chain →