Global Paymentsvs.Mastercard
GPN 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 23× larger than Global Payments by market cap; year to date, Global Payments leads (+6.9% vs +0.7%).
Side by side
| GPN | MA | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $21.7B | $508B |
| Price | $82.20 | $589.14 |
| Today | −0.7% | +2.5% |
| Return YTD | +6.9% | +0.7% |
| Return 1Y | −6.5% | −0.3% |
| Since July 13, 2026 | +7.0% | +9.6% |
| P/E | — | 31.2 |
| P/S | 2.1 | 14.5 |
| P/B | 0.9 | 90.5 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since July 13, 2026: the change in the closing price from the first session with a close for both companies. Sectivia records these closes itself, starting June 26, 2026.
The two companies
Global PaymentsGPN
Merchant acquiring: getting payments accepted and managed across every channel a business sells through. Fiserv and Block are the direct rivals.
Full GPN profile →MastercardMA
The second card network, in a near-duopoly with Visa. Capital-light and fee-based.
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