Visa - V Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" V shares.
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22 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Visa's stock. Their V share price forecasts range from $204.00 to $310.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $259.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price.
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Visa's stock was trading at $207.76 at the start of the year. Since then, V shares have increased by 10.8% and is now trading at $230.13.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The credit-card processor reported $2.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.01 by $0.17. The credit-card processor had revenue of $7.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.70 billion. Visa had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.95% and a net margin of 50.28%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.81 earnings per share.
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Visa declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Investors of record on Friday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 9th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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Visa (NYSE:V) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.78%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 25.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, V will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.87% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Visa shares split on Thursday, March 19th 2015. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 29th 2015. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, March 18th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

Visa declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, October 25th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

738 employees have rated Visa Chief Executive Officer Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

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

Visa's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.44%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.27%), Sustainable Growth Advisers LP (0.21%), C WorldWide Group Holding A S (0.17%), Cottage Street Advisors LLC (0.17%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Alfred F Kelly Jr, James H Hoffmeister, James H Hoffmeister, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Rajat Taneja, Robert W Matschullat, Robert W Matschullat, Ryan Mcinerney and Tullier Kelly Mahon.
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One share of V stock can currently be purchased for approximately $230.13.

Visa (NYSE:V) has a market capitalization of $432.87 billion and generates $29.31 billion in revenue each year. The credit-card processor earns $14.96 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.15 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 26,500 workers across the globe.

Visa's mailing address is P.O. BOX 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94128. The official website for the company is usa.visa.com. The credit-card processor can be reached via phone at (650) 432-3200 or via email at ir@visa.com.