Visa Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last year. There are currently 24 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Visa stock.
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Visa is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 27th 2021.
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Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 27th. The credit-card processor reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.12. The credit-card processor earned $5.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.54 billion. Visa had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.86% and a net margin of 49.93%. The business's revenue was down 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.39 earnings per share.
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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 35.9% and is now trading at $234.96.
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Visa announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Tuesday, June 1st. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 13th.
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Visa pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.55%. 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 18.44% next year. This indicates that Visa will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Visa shares split on 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.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Visa's stock. Their forecasts range from $220.00 to $285.00. On average, they expect Visa's share price to reach $254.46 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% 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), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FISV), Global Payments (GPN), Paychex (PAYX), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.31%), Morgan Stanley (2.11%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.38%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.22%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.17%) and Capital International Investors (1.07%). Company insiders that own Visa stock include Alfred F Kelly Jr, Denise M Morrison, James H Hoffmeister, Lloyd Carney, Lynne Biggar, Rajat Taneja, Robert W Matschullat, 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 Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Jackson Square Partners LLC, Kensico Capital Management Corp, APG Asset Management N.V., Jennison Associates LLC, TCW Group Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, and Candlestick Capital Management LP. 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, Robert W Matschullat, Ryan Mcinerney, and Tullier Kelly Mahon.
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V stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Edgewood Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Rokos Capital Management LLP, Vulcan Value Partners LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, and Lazard Asset Management LLC.
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One share of V stock can currently be purchased for approximately $234.96.

Visa has a market capitalization of $457.69 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]