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 22× larger than Global Payments by market cap; year to date, Global Payments leads (−1.8% vs −7.7%).
Side by side
| GPN | MA | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $20.8B | $465B |
| Price | $77.66 | $534.02 |
| Today | +2.1% | +1.4% |
| Return YTD | −1.8% | −7.7% |
| Return 1Y | −6.4% | −6.5% |
| P/E | — | 29.9 |
| P/S | 2.4 | 13.7 |
| P/B | 0.9 | 69.3 |
Data as of 2026-07-13 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Global PaymentsGPN
A merchant-acquiring and payment-technology company that helps businesses accept and manage payments across channels. Competes directly with Fiserv and Block.
Full GPN 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
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