Visa Stock Forecast, Price & News

28 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Visa stock.
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Visa is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 28th. The credit-card processor reported $1.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.14. The credit-card processor earned $5.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.52 billion. Visa had a net margin of 49.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.22%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.46 EPS.
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Visa's stock was trading at $172.95 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, V shares have increased by 25.3% and is now trading at $216.63.
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Visa declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 26th. Investors of record on Friday, February 12th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, March 1st. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 11th.
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Visa pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.60%. Visa has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Visa is 25.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Visa will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.91% next year. This indicates that Visa will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Visa's stock 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 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.

28 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Visa's stock. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $270.00. On average, they expect Visa's share price to reach $224.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price.
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738 employees have rated Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. has an approval rating of 94% among Visa's employees. This puts Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Visa include Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Paychex (PAYX), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Genpact (G), CoreLogic (CLGX) and Maximus (MMS).
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Visa trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "V."

Visa's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.53%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.99%), FMR LLC (3.24%), Morgan Stanley (2.09%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.14%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.02%). Company insiders that own Visa stock include Alfred F Kelly Jr, Denise M Morrison, James H Hoffmeister, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Rajat Taneja, Ryan Mcinerney, Tullier Kelly Mahon, Vasant M Prabhu and William M Sheedy.
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V stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jennison Associates LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have sold Visa company stock in the last year include Alfred F Kelly Jr, James H Hoffmeister, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Rajat Taneja, and Ryan Mcinerney.
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V stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Viking Global Investors LP, Egerton Capital UK LLP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, FIL Ltd, Sands Capital Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, and Clearbridge Investments LLC.
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Shares of V can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of V stock can currently be purchased for approximately $216.63.

Visa has a market capitalization of $422.93 billion and generates $21.85 billion in revenue each year. The credit-card processor earns $10.87 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.04 on an earnings per share basis.

Visa employs 20,500 workers across the globe.

Visa was founded in 1958.

The official website for Visa is usa.visa.com.

Visa is headquartered at P.O. BOX 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94128.

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]