V vs. MA, ACN, SPGI, FISV, FIS, GPN, BR, FLT, WEX, and EXLS
Should you be buying Visa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Visa include Mastercard (MA), Accenture (ACN), S&P Global (SPGI), Fiserv (FISV), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), WEX (WEX), and ExlService (EXLS).
Visa vs.
Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Visa has a net margin of 50.95% compared to Mastercard's net margin of 42.33%. Mastercard's return on equity of 169.12% beat Visa's return on equity.
Visa pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Visa pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mastercard pays out 22.8% 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.
In the previous week, Mastercard had 10 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Mastercard and 8 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Mastercard's score of 0.53 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Visa has higher revenue and earnings than Mastercard. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Visa has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mastercard has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.9% of Visa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Mastercard shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Visa shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Mastercard shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Visa presently has a consensus price target of $260.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. Mastercard has a consensus price target of $417.27, indicating a potential upside of 12.62%. Given Visa's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Visa is more favorable than Mastercard.
Visa received 836 more outperform votes than Mastercard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.62% of users gave Visa an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Mastercard an outperform vote.
Summary
Visa and Mastercard tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding V and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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