NYSE:V - Visa Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Visa announced a dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders 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.

Shares of Visa split on the morning of Thursday, March 19th 2015. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 29th 2015. The newly issued shares were distributed 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 of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback $7,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Visa is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Visa.

Visa will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

25 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Visa's shares. Their forecasts range from $181.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Visa's share price to reach $210.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Visa.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Visa.

Headlines about V stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Visa earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the credit-card processor a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Visa.

Visa saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 32,040,000 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the November 28th total of 28,790,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 1.9% 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), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Home Depot (HD), Boeing (BA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AT&T (T) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Visa's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.26%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Strs Ohio (0.08%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.07%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.06%) and Close Asset Management Ltd (0.06%). 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Columbus Circle Investors, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Baxter Bros Inc., Strs Ohio, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., PGGM Investments, Milestone Resources Group Ltd, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, State of Michigan Retirement System, WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc., Chapman Investment Management LLC and Close Asset Management Ltd. 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 $205.00.

Visa has a market capitalization of $403.71 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]