What if you invested in Mastercard in 2020?
MA · Financial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Mastercard in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,574(+157.4%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,574 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $955.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Mastercard starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $304.49 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $306.47 | $1,007 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | $376.22 | $1,236 | +22.8% |
| 2023 | $362.97 | $1,192 | -3.5% |
| 2024 | $442.67 | $1,454 | +22% |
| 2025 | $550.48 | $1,808 | +24.4% |
| 2026 | $537.06 | $1,764 | -2.4% |
What this return means
$1,000 placed in Mastercard (MA) in 2020 is worth $1,619 now. The total return is +61.9% over 6.5 years, as of 2026-06-01.
That is only about 7.7% a year once you compound it across 6.5 years. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $2,574 on the same stake, edging out Mastercard by close to $955. The index compounded at about 15.7% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2025 at +24.4%, and the worst was 2023 at -3.5%. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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