NYSE:VVisa Stock Price, Forecast & News

Visa's stock was trading at $172.95 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, V shares have increased by 13.1% and is now trading at $195.67. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Visa.

Visa is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Visa.

Visa Inc (NYSE:V) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The credit-card processor reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.04. The credit-card processor earned $5.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.75 billion. Visa had a net margin of 52.26% and a return on equity of 43.45%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Visa's earnings history.

Visa announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, June 2nd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 13th. View Visa's dividend history.

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 closing bell 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.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Visa's shares. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Visa's share price to reach $207.12 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Visa.

News headlines about V stock have trended somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Visa earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Visa.

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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), Boeing (BA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Home Depot (HD) and salesforce.com (CRM).

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

Visa's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%), Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%) and Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Visa stock include Alfred F Kelly Jr, Denise M Morrison, Ellen Richey, James H Hoffmeister, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Rajat Taneja, 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 Thomasville National Bank, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, and M&R Capital Management Inc.. 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, Ryan Mcinerney, Vasant M Prabhu, and William M Sheedy. View insider buying and selling activity for Visa.

V stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Birch Capital Management LLC, and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $195.67.

Visa has a market capitalization of $380.28 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.

The official website for Visa is 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]