Visa Inc.

NYSE:V Stock Report

Market Cap: US$656.0b

Visa Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Visa has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 13.3%, while the Diversified Financial industry saw earnings growing at 13.3% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 12.2% per year. Visa's return on equity is 62.4%, and it has net margins of 51.2%.

Key information

13.26%

Earnings growth rate

15.47%

EPS growth rate

Diversified Financial Industry Growth6.15%
Revenue growth rate12.24%
Return on equity62.35%
Net Margin51.21%
Next Earnings Update28 Jul 2026

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Jul 06

Visa Is Fundamentally Robust, But I'll Wait For Better Entry Points

Summary Visa demonstrates robust performance and adaptability amid accelerating digital payments and macroeconomic volatility. V's deep banking ties, e-wallet integration, and defensive business model drive resilience and growth in the evolving digital economy. Untapped potential in emerging markets and strong liquidity position support ongoing operations and dividend sustainability. Despite bullish technicals and solid fundamentals, current valuation appears stretched, warranting patience for a better entry point. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
Narrative Update • Jun 26

V: AI And Stablecoin Commerce Will Extend Network Strength Despite Fee Headwinds

Visa’s analyst price targets have been adjusted by single digit to low double digit amounts in recent weeks, with some firms raising targets by $9 to $10 and others trimming them by $11 to $50, as analysts reassessed discount rates, long term P/E assumptions and other valuation inputs instead of making major changes to growth or margin expectations. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on Visa highlights a mix of optimism and caution, with multiple fresh initiations and price target moves clustering around changes to discount rates and long term P/E inputs rather than large shifts in growth forecasts.
Analysis Article • Jun 16

Visa (V) Stock Could Be 24.6% Undervalued After OpenAI And Stablecoin Push

Visa (V) has put AI driven commerce and programmable money at the center of its story, with new capabilities around agentic payments, stablecoin settlement and tokenized deposits drawing fresh attention to Visa stock. See our latest analysis for Visa. Visa stock has been in focus after the OpenAI partnership and new AI, stablecoin and token capabilities, yet the share price is still down year to date, with long term total shareholder returns remaining solid over three and five years. If...
Narrative Update • Jun 09

V: Stablecoin And AI Initiatives Will Sustain Network Advantage Into New Partnerships

Visa's analyst price target has been nudged higher by about $0.09, with analysts citing slight adjustments in discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and expected future P/E as the basis for the change. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on Visa shows a mix of fresh bullish initiations, target increases, and meaningful target cuts.
Narrative Update • May 26

V: Preferred List Support Will Sustain Network Advantage Into New Partnerships

Visa's analyst fair value target has been adjusted slightly higher to about $399 as analysts factor in updated assumptions for discount rate, growth, profitability and future P/E, following a mix of recent target increases and reductions across Wall Street coverage. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Visa highlights a mix of higher and lower price targets, along with fresh initiations, which together help explain why the overall analyst fair value estimate has shifted only modestly.
Narrative Update • Apr 30

V: Preferred List Support And New Partnerships Will Sustain Network Advantage

Visa's analyst price target is effectively unchanged, with a slight move to $395.71, as analysts balance revised fair value and P/E expectations against updated assumptions for revenue growth and profit margins. Analyst Commentary Recent research shows a mix of optimism and caution around Visa, with several firms adjusting price targets and ratings in both directions.
New Narrative • Apr 18

Visa 04-2026

Visa executes steadily on its three-pillar strategy: Consumer Payments volume growing 8-9% in constant dollars driven by secular cash-to-card conversion and cross-border recovery; CMS at ~20% initially decelerating to ~12% by FY30; VAS sustaining 20-25% growth before decelerating to ~15% by FY32 as the business matures. The DOJ antitrust case resolves with a monetary settlement and limited routing adjustments — painful but not structurally disruptive to the debit network economics.
New Narrative • Apr 11

Visa and the Case for Patience in Premium Businesses

When considering the hypothetical question of what I would buy in the aftermath of another global financial crisis–type event, a few key criteria come to mind. The ideal company should be financially sound, likely to be indiscriminately sold off alongside other financial stocks and well positioned to recover strongly regardless of the future direction of the economic system.
Narrative Update • Apr 03

V: Preferred List Support And New Partnerships Will Sustain Network Moat

Visa's analyst price target has been trimmed by about $3 to roughly $397, as analysts fine tune fair value, growth, and P/E assumptions following a mix of target cuts and fresh bullish initiations across recent research. Analyst Commentary Recent research shows a split view on Visa, with some firms trimming price targets while others are initiating or reinstating coverage with constructive ratings and inclusion on preferred lists.
New Narrative • Mar 28

Visa - A Fundamental and Historical Valuation

Business Overview Key Metrics Total: 9.5/17 +2✅✅ Projected Operating Margin: 65.63% +0 ⚠️ Projected 5-Year Revenue CAGR: 9.43% +2 ✅✅ Last 5-Year ROIC: 39.70% +1 ✅ Estimated Cost of Capital: 6.26% (lower than ROIC) -1 ❌ Last 5-Year Shares Outstanding CAGR: +0.15% +1 ✅ Projected 5-Year EPS CAGR: 12.38% +1 ✅ Projected 5-Year Dividend CAGR: 12.50% +1.5 ✅ Estimated Debt Rating: Aa3 +2 ✅✅ Morningstar Moat: Wide +0 ⚠️ Morningstar Uncertainty: Medium Business Valuation To calculate the intrinsic value of the company I'll use multiple methods: Discounted Cash Flows (DCF) - Intrinsic value is estimated by projecting its free cash flows over the next 10 years and discounting them to present value using the estimated cost of capital ; EPS Growth - the fair value is estimated by projected the Earnings Per Share CAGR for the next 5 Years and then, given its current and historic values of PE, come up with a PE for the 5th Year. This will give us its price 5 Years from now using the formula: Price = EPS x PE that we then discount using the estimated cost of capital; Historical P/E - we assume mean reversion to the historical P/E values; Historical EV/EBITDA - we assume mean reversion to the historical EV/EBITDA values.
Narrative Update • Mar 19

V: Cross Border Partnerships And Preferred List Status Will Sustain Network Moat

Visa analyst price targets have edged higher to $400.20, with analysts citing continued inclusion on preferred idea lists, recent upgrades, and generally constructive views on large card networks as reasons to maintain a premium P/E assumption. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Visa reflects a mix of optimism around execution and resilience, alongside some valuation and sector level caution.
Narrative Update • Mar 05

V: Stablecoin Settlement And Cross Border Partnerships Will Sustain Network Moat

The analyst price target for Visa has been reduced by about $0.60 to roughly $400, as analysts refine their discount rate and P/E assumptions while still highlighting recurring inclusion on preferred idea lists and multiple Buy ratings as support for the long-term story. Analyst Commentary Recent research shows a mix of optimism around Visa long term positioning alongside some valuation and regulatory caution.
Narrative Update • Feb 19

V: Stablecoin Expansion Will Sustain Cross Border Network Moat

The analyst price target for Visa has been adjusted modestly higher to $400.81, with analysts pointing to a mix of fresh Buy and Outperform upgrades, its relative value compared to Mastercard, and generally supportive views from recent research updates. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Visa offers a mix of supportive and cautious views, with several firms updating ratings and price targets in both directions.
Narrative Update • Feb 05

V: Stablecoin Settlement And Advisory Work Will Sustain Cross Border Network Moat

Our analyst price target for Visa has been trimmed by about US$1 to reflect a slightly lower fair value and P/E assumption, even as analysts highlight constructive views following recent upgrades and mixed target resets across the Street. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on Visa reflects a mix of upbeat ratings shifts and recalibrated price targets, giving you a more balanced picture of how analysts are thinking about valuation, execution and growth prospects.
Narrative Update • Jan 22

V: Stablecoin Settlement Push Will Sustain Defensible Cross Border Network Moat

Visa's analyst price target has been adjusted slightly higher to about US$398 from roughly US$396. Analysts point to steady assumptions around revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E as the key drivers of the updated view.
Narrative Update • Jan 08

V: Stablecoin Expansion And Cross Border Strength Will Sustain Defensible Network Moat

Analysts have made a modest upward adjustment to their fair value estimate for Visa to about US$395.85. This change is supported by recent initiations that highlight the company's network scale, central role in payments processing, and strong cross border trends as key factors for their higher price targets.
Narrative Update • Dec 22

V: Stablecoin Expansion Will Sustain Durable Network Moat In Coming Years

Analysts have nudged their blended price target on Visa slightly lower by about $0.45 per share to roughly $395, as a modestly higher discount rate partially offsets improving expectations for revenue growth, profit margins, and the long term earnings multiple. This outlook is supported by recent Buy and Overweight initiations that highlight the company's network scale, brand strength, and favorable cross border and pricing trends.
Narrative Update • Dec 08

V: Stablecoin Expansion And Cross-Border Trends Will Sustain Durable Network Moat

We raise our fair value estimate for Visa modestly to approximately $396 from about $391, as analysts highlight the company’s durable network moat, improving revenue growth and margin outlook, and supportive cross border and pricing trends despite isolated downgrades tied to litigation concerns. Analyst Commentary Street research remains broadly constructive on Visa, with several firms initiating coverage at positive ratings and lifting price targets, even as a couple of downgrades surface around litigation and near term earnings constraints.
Analysis Article • Nov 01

Visa (NYSE:V) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.67

Visa Inc. ( NYSE:V ) will increase its dividend from last year's comparable payment on the 1st of December to $0.67...
Seeking Alpha • Apr 24

Visa: 3 Reasons To Buy, 3 Reasons To Hold, Earnings Preview

Summary Visa boasts a 97.8% gross margin, turning almost all operating cash into free cash flow due to low capex, making it highly profitable. In this article, I summarize how Visa works and why it can keep growing at a fast pace despite its massive size. I point out why Q2 earnings are crucial for Visa, as we will see how the company prepares to handle its operations in a changing trade environment. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Visa makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:V Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Mar 2643,02722,03311,9280
31 Dec 2541,39120,59211,4840
30 Sep 2540,00019,85311,0780
30 Jun 2538,89320,06010,7360
31 Mar 2537,62119,64210,5000
31 Dec 2436,80219,70510,3660
30 Sep 2435,92619,45710,1180
30 Jun 2434,91818,8189,8280
31 Mar 2434,14118,1089,4500
31 Dec 2333,35117,7009,1900
30 Sep 2332,65316,9899,0470
30 Jun 2331,83116,2398,8470
31 Mar 2330,98315,4848,6240
31 Dec 2230,18714,8648,3180
30 Sep 2229,31014,6308,0250
30 Jun 2228,08214,2747,3320
31 Mar 2226,93713,4557,1600
31 Dec 2125,47712,8416,8430
30 Sep 2124,10512,0086,6120
30 Jun 2122,64710,5656,4520
31 Mar 2121,35410,3376,0900
31 Dec 2021,47910,3596,0240
30 Sep 2021,84610,4756,2270
30 Jun 2022,88211,3316,3200
31 Mar 2023,88512,0346,4340
31 Dec 1923,52511,9326,3870
30 Sep 1922,97711,6506,1620
30 Jun 1922,27411,4786,1900
31 Mar 1921,67410,7356,0340
31 Dec 1821,25310,3805,9260
30 Sep 1820,6099,9425,7060
30 Jun 1820,0309,2645,3750
31 Mar 1819,3559,0045,2000
31 Dec 1718,7596,9035,0020
30 Sep 1718,3586,4674,8200
30 Jun 1717,7646,2794,7230
31 Mar 1716,8294,7024,4020
31 Dec 1615,9785,9904,1520
30 Sep 1615,0825,9294,0180
30 Jun 1614,3925,5603,8190
31 Mar 1614,2806,8423,8980
31 Dec 1514,0636,6853,8450
30 Sep 1513,8806,3133,8340

Quality Earnings: V has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: V's current net profit margins (51.2%) are lower than last year (52.2%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: V's earnings have grown by 13.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: V's earnings growth over the past year (12.2%) is below its 5-year average (13.3% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: V earnings growth over the past year (12.2%) exceeded the Diversified Financial industry 9.1%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: V's Return on Equity (62.4%) is considered outstanding.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/10 04:04
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/10 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/09/30

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • 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 57 analysts. 36 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
Harshita RawatBernstein