Visa (V) Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street equities research 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 16 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" V shares.
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19 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Visa's shares. Their V share price forecasts range from $204.00 to $288.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $260.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% from the stock's current price.
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Visa's stock was trading at $207.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, V stock has increased by 8.5% and is now trading at $225.33.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 25th. The credit-card processor reported $2.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.12. The credit-card processor earned $7.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.79 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.95% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 50.21%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.79 EPS.
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Visa declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 12th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 11th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Visa (NYSE:V) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), iShares U.S. Industrials ETF (IYJ), UPHOLDINGS Compound Kings ETF (KNGS), ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF (IPAY), ProShares Ultra Financials (UYG), Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) and ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG ETF (LRGE).

Visa (NYSE:V) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.79%. 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 24.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, V will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.60% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Visa's stock split on Thursday, March 19th 2015. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 29th 2015. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell 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 of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, October 25th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.61%), State Street Corp (3.89%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.68%), FMR LLC (2.57%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.72%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.38%). Insiders that own company stock include Alfred F Kelly Jr, James H Hoffmeister, James H Hoffmeister, Julie B Rottenberg, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Rajat Taneja, Robert W Matschullat, Robert W Matschullat, Ryan Mcinerney, Tullier Kelly Mahon and Vasant M Prabhu.
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Shares of V stock 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 $225.33.

Visa (NYSE:V) has a market capitalization of $422.12 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 $7.48 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.