Visa Inc.

SWX:V Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 546.1b

Visa Valuation

Is V undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of V when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: V (CHF179.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF196.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: V is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for V?

Key metric: As V is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for V. This is calculated by dividing V's market cap by their current earnings.
What is V's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.2x
EarningsUS$19.46b
Market CapUS$607.09b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does V's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for V vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.7x
MA Mastercard
39x12.0%US$477.2b
UBSG UBS Group
21.1x25.5%CHF 85.7b
PGHN Partners Group Holding
33.1x14.5%CHF 31.8b
FI Fiserv
37.6x18.6%US$114.8b
V Visa
31.2x9.1%CHF 607.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: V is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.2x) compared to the peer average (32.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does V's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Diversified Financial Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
V 31.2xIndustry Avg. 11.4xNo. of Companies13PE01020304050+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: V is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.2x) compared to the European Diversified Financial industry average (11.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is V's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

V PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.2x
Fair PE Ratio33.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: V is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst V forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 179.50
CHF 296.75
+65.3%
7.7%CHF 337.30CHF 246.56n/a35
Dec ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 285.89
+59.3%
6.6%CHF 319.04CHF 241.05n/a35
Nov ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 276.96
+54.3%
6.7%CHF 304.71CHF 230.71n/a35
Oct ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 259.53
+44.6%
6.2%CHF 278.16CHF 212.42n/a35
Sep ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 257.21
+43.3%
7.1%CHF 279.87CHF 212.87n/a34
Aug ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 267.16
+48.8%
7.1%CHF 291.53CHF 220.85n/a34
Jul ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 275.61
+53.5%
5.7%CHF 299.66CHF 237.04n/a34
Jun ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 280.56
+56.3%
6.0%CHF 305.13CHF 236.82n/a34
May ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 281.14
+56.6%
6.6%CHF 307.95CHF 239.01n/a35
Apr ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 272.61
+51.9%
6.1%CHF 303.08CHF 235.23n/a34
Mar ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 265.42
+47.9%
5.7%CHF 289.31CHF 230.74n/a35
Feb ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 254.28
+41.7%
6.5%CHF 279.61CHF 223.00n/a35
Jan ’25CHF 179.50
CHF 241.40
+34.5%
7.4%CHF 278.05CHF 188.22n/a35
Dec ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 241.92
+34.8%
6.7%CHF 284.57CHF 192.63CHF 179.5035
Nov ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 248.42
+38.4%
6.9%CHF 293.01CHF 198.35CHF 179.5035
Oct ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 254.03
+41.5%
7.9%CHF 307.57CHF 201.39CHF 179.5033
Sep ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 244.04
+36.0%
7.5%CHF 295.87CHF 193.73CHF 179.5034
Aug ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 237.88
+32.5%
10.1%CHF 293.03CHF 143.90CHF 179.5035
Jul ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 239.09
+33.2%
5.8%CHF 269.03CHF 197.29CHF 179.5034
Jun ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 241.53
+34.6%
5.9%CHF 271.30CHF 198.95CHF 179.5034
May ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 237.33
+32.2%
9.4%CHF 268.86CHF 129.95CHF 179.5034
Apr ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 239.58
+33.5%
9.4%CHF 270.12CHF 133.68CHF 179.5034
Mar ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 239.58
+33.5%
9.4%CHF 270.12CHF 133.68CHF 179.5034
Feb ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 239.64
+33.5%
9.7%CHF 271.10CHF 134.16CHF 179.5034
Jan ’24CHF 179.50
CHF 229.73
+28.0%
10.6%CHF 269.52CHF 134.76CHF 179.5032
Dec ’23CHF 179.50
CHF 233.44
+30.0%
10.5%CHF 276.67CHF 138.34CHF 179.5031

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 14:08
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Visa Inc. is covered by 81 analysts. 33 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen BiggarArgus Research Company
David KoningBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research