Visa (V) Competitors

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V vs. AMZN, GOOGL, NVDA, PYPL, and TSLA

Should you be buying Visa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Visa include Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), NVIDIA (NVDA), PayPal (PYPL), and Tesla (TSLA).

How does Visa compare to Amazon.com?

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

Visa has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 232 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 323 mentions for Amazon.com and 91 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.79 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Visa	65 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amazon.com	178 Very Positive mention(s)	63 Positive mention(s)	34 Neutral mention(s)	29 Negative mention(s)	11 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

82.2% of Visa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Visa shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Visa has a net margin of 51.68% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 12.22%. Visa's return on equity of 65.00% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visa	51.68%	65.00%	24.62%
Amazon.com	12.22%	19.92%	9.86%

Visa currently has a consensus target price of $387.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $313.09, suggesting a potential upside of 16.43%. Given Visa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Visa is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visa	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
Amazon.com	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	56 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Visa. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, 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	$43.03B	13.68	$20.06B	$11.48	28.24
Amazon.com	$716.92B	4.03	$77.67B	$8.36	32.16

Summary

Visa beats Amazon.com on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Visa compare to Alphabet?

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

Visa has a net margin of 51.68% compared to Alphabet's net margin of 37.92%. Visa's return on equity of 65.00% beat Alphabet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visa	51.68%	65.00%	24.62%
Alphabet	37.92%	38.99%	27.41%

Visa currently has a consensus price target of $387.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $407.86, suggesting a potential upside of 4.80%. Given Visa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
Alphabet	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	47 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Visa. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, 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	$43.03B	13.68	$20.06B	$11.48	28.24
Alphabet	$422.50B	11.14	$132.17B	$13.11	29.69

In the previous week, Alphabet had 96 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 187 mentions for Alphabet and 91 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Alphabet's score of 0.98 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Visa	65 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alphabet	132 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Visa has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the broader market.

Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Visa pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 6.7% 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.

Summary

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

How does Visa compare to NVIDIA?

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

NVIDIA has higher revenue and earnings than Visa. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVIDIA, 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	$43.03B	13.68	$20.06B	$11.48	28.24
NVIDIA	$215.94B	24.68	$120.07B	$4.90	44.76

Visa has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the broader market.

Visa currently has a consensus price target of $387.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. NVIDIA has a consensus price target of $275.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.50%. Given NVIDIA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Visa.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visa	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
NVIDIA	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	48 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.04

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 256 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 347 mentions for NVIDIA and 91 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.87 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Visa	65 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NVIDIA	223 Very Positive mention(s)	36 Positive mention(s)	50 Neutral mention(s)	28 Negative mention(s)	9 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Visa pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NVIDIA pays out 0.8% 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 NVIDIA 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.

82.2% of Visa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of NVIDIA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Visa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NVIDIA has a net margin of 55.60% compared to Visa's net margin of 51.68%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 97.37% beat Visa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visa	51.68%	65.00%	24.62%
NVIDIA	55.60%	97.37%	70.68%

Summary

NVIDIA beats Visa on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Visa compare to PayPal?

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Visa (NYSE:V) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

PayPal pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. PayPal pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Visa pays out 23.3% 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 increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. PayPal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

68.3% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Visa shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of PayPal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Visa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Visa has a net margin of 51.68% compared to PayPal's net margin of 15.00%. Visa's return on equity of 65.00% beat PayPal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PayPal	15.00%	25.02%	6.30%
Visa	51.68%	65.00%	24.62%

Visa has higher revenue and earnings than PayPal. PayPal 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
PayPal	$33.73B	1.18	$5.23B	$5.33	8.47
Visa	$43.03B	13.68	$20.06B	$11.48	28.24

In the previous week, PayPal had 17 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 108 mentions for PayPal and 91 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat PayPal's score of 0.35 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PayPal	35 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	18 Negative mention(s)	11 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Visa	65 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

PayPal presently has a consensus price target of $56.42, suggesting a potential upside of 25.03%. Visa has a consensus price target of $387.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. Given PayPal's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than Visa.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PayPal	5 Sell rating(s)	32 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07
Visa	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

PayPal has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Visa has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Visa beats PayPal on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Visa compare to Tesla?

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

Visa has a net margin of 51.68% compared to Tesla's net margin of 3.95%. Visa's return on equity of 65.00% beat Tesla's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tesla	3.95%	4.89%	2.93%
Visa	51.68%	65.00%	24.62%

Visa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tesla. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, 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
Tesla	$94.83B	17.57	$3.79B	$1.09	407.03
Visa	$43.03B	13.68	$20.06B	$11.48	28.24

66.2% of Tesla shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Visa shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.9% of Tesla shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Visa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Tesla had 133 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 224 mentions for Tesla and 91 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Tesla's score of 0.85 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tesla	125 Very Positive mention(s)	35 Positive mention(s)	37 Neutral mention(s)	18 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Visa	65 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Tesla presently has a consensus price target of $398.42, suggesting a potential downside of 10.20%. Visa has a consensus price target of $387.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. Given Visa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Visa is more favorable than Tesla.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tesla	5 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.34
Visa	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Tesla has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Visa has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Visa beats Tesla on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Metric	Visa	Financial Transaction Services Industry	Business Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$588.48B	$29.20B	$6.42B	$22.92B
Dividend Yield	0.83%	3.03%	3.06%	4.02%
P/E Ratio	28.24	32.85	31.66	29.03
Price / Sales	13.68	8.20	443.61	24.74
Price / Cash	24.44	15.79	22.61	19.21
Price / Book	15.89	5.57	6.18	4.66
Net Income	$20.06B	$1.08B	$200.46M	$1.07B
7 Day Performance	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1.09%
1 Month Performance	6.39%	9.63%	6.09%	4.17%
1 Year Performance	-8.14%	-8.16%	44.83%	29.27%

Visa Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
V Visa	4.8961 of 5 stars	$324.21 +1.7%	$387.25 +19.4%	-9.7%	$588.48B	$43.03B	28.24	34,100	Positive News Analyst Revision
AMZN Amazon.com	4.5094 of 5 stars	$275.55 +1.3%	$313.09 +13.6%	+41.2%	$2.96T	$716.92B	32.90	1,576,000	Trending News Analyst Revision
GOOGL Alphabet	4.0975 of 5 stars	$388.89 +1.5%	$405.94 +4.4%	+162.3%	$4.70T	$422.50B	29.62	190,820	Trending News Analyst Revision
NVDA NVIDIA	4.9626 of 5 stars	$197.37 -0.6%	$275.25 +39.5%	+84.4%	$4.79T	$215.94B	40.23	42,000	Trending News
PYPL PayPal	4.7189 of 5 stars	$45.95 -8.8%	$56.55 +23.1%	-35.4%	$41.35B	$33.17B	8.49	23,800	Earnings Report Dividend Announcement Analyst Forecast

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