NYSE:V - Visa Stock Price, Forecast & News

Visa trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "V."

Visa declared a dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, December 3rd. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Visa's Dividend History.

Visa shares split on Thursday, March 19th 2015. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 29th 2015. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, March 18th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Visa stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

Visa announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $7,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Visa Inc (NYSE:V) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The credit-card processor reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.04. The credit-card processor had revenue of $6.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.08 billion. Visa had a net margin of 52.57% and a return on equity of 42.57%. The firm's revenue was up 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.21 EPS. View Visa's Earnings History.

Visa is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Visa.

23 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Visa's shares. Their forecasts range from $176.00 to $239.00. On average, they expect Visa's share price to reach $199.91 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Visa.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 22 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Visa.

Media coverage about V stock has trended somewhat negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Visa earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the credit-card processor a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Visa.

Visa saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 28,790,000 shares, a drop of 7.1% from the November 14th total of 30,990,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,680,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Visa's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Visa include Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Worldpay (WP), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and Genpact (G).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Visa investors own include Mastercard (MA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Boeing (BA), Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AT&T (T) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Visa's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.90%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.36%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.02%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.36%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.32%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.32%). Company insiders that own Visa stock include Alfred F Kelly Jr, Denise M Morrison, Ellen Richey, James H Hoffmeister, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Ryan Mcinerney, Tullier Kelly Mahon, Vasant M Prabhu and William M Sheedy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Visa.

V stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, C WorldWide Group Holding A S, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Windacre Partnership LLC, State Street Corp, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Manning & Napier Group LLC and Waverton Investment Management Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Visa company stock in the last year include Alfred F Kelly Jr, Ellen Richey, James H Hoffmeister, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Tullier Kelly Mahon, Vasant M Prabhu and William M Sheedy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Visa.

V stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, SG Americas Securities LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and James Hambro & Partners. View Insider Buying and Selling for Visa.

Shares of V can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of V stock can currently be purchased for approximately $185.14.

Visa has a market capitalization of $364.60 billion and generates $22.98 billion in revenue each year. The credit-card processor earns $12.08 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.44 on an earnings per share basis. Visa employs 19,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Visa.

The official website for Visa is http://usa.visa.com/.

Visa's mailing address is P.O. BOX 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94128. The credit-card processor can be reached via phone at 650-432-3200 or via email at [email protected]