Visa (V) Competitors

Visa (NYSE:V) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Is V or GOOGL a better dividend stock?

Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Visa pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Visa has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Alphabet has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Visa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, V or GOOGL?

Visa has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer V or GOOGL?

Visa presently has a consensus price target of $380.84, indicating a potential upside of 8.78%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $211.53, indicating a potential downside of 0.05%. Given Visa's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Visa is more favorable than Alphabet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visa	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Alphabet	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	29 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, V or GOOGL?

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Visa. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Visa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Visa	$35.93B	17.86	$19.74B	$10.24	34.19
Alphabet	$350.02B	7.31	$100.12B	$9.39	22.54

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of V or GOOGL?

82.2% of Visa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Visa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor V or GOOGL?

In the previous week, Alphabet had 139 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 215 mentions for Alphabet and 76 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Alphabet's score of 1.14 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Visa	68 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alphabet	155 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	29 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is V or GOOGL more profitable?

Visa has a net margin of 52.16% compared to Alphabet's net margin of 31.12%. Visa's return on equity of 58.93% beat Alphabet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visa	52.16%	58.93%	23.38%
Alphabet	31.12%	34.31%	24.88%

Summary

Visa and Alphabet tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.