Visa Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 (WHO). Since then, V shares have increased by 17.1% and is now trading at $202.61.
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29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Visa is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Visa Inc (NYSE:V) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 28th. The credit-card processor reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.05. The credit-card processor had revenue of $4.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.85 billion. Visa had a net margin of 51.37% and a return on equity of 40.65%. Visa's revenue was down 18.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.37 earnings per share.
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Visa declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th.
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Visa shares 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 issued 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.

29 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Visa's stock. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Visa's stock price to reach $214.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price.
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Visa saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 26,250,000 shares, a drop of 26.8% from the July 30th total of 35,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Visa include Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Servcs (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), Genpact (G), WEX (WEX), Corelogic (CLGX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and MAXIMUS (MMS).
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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), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Paypal (PYPL), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), 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 Vanguard Group Inc. (7.58%), BlackRock Inc. (6.50%), FMR LLC (4.06%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.08%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.87%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.83%). 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.
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V stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Provident Trust Co., C WorldWide Group Holding A S, and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC. 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, and William M Sheedy.
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V stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, FIL Ltd, Fisher Asset Management LLC, WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Allen Investment Management LLC, and Rafferty Asset Management 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of V stock can currently be purchased for approximately $202.61.

Visa has a market capitalization of $393.55 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]