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 20× larger than Global Payments by market cap; year to date, Global Payments leads (+21.2% vs +5.0%).
Side by side
| GPN | MA | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $24B | $491B |
| Price | $92.96 | $598.47 |
| Today | −0.9% | −0.2% |
| Return YTD | +21.2% | +5.0% |
| Return 1Y | +5.6% | +1.0% |
| P/E | — | 30.2 |
| P/S | 2.4 | 14.0 |
| P/B | 1.0 | 87.5 |
Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close
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.
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The second card network, in a near-duopoly with Visa. Capital-light and fee-based.
Full MA profile →More GPN & MA comparisons
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