Visa (V) Stock Price, News & Analysis

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Visa in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" V shares.
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20 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Visa's shares. Their V share price targets range from $252.00 to $326.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $290.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price.
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Visa's stock was trading at $260.35 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, V stock has increased by 6.2% and is now trading at $276.43.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The credit-card processor reported $2.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.34 by $0.07. The credit-card processor earned $8.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.55 billion. Visa had a net margin of 53.92% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 50.02%. Visa's revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.18 earnings per share.
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Visa announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 9th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 8th.
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Visa (NYSE:V) pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.75%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 23.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, V will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Visa (NYSE:V) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), iShares U.S. Industrials ETF (IYJ), Roundhill S&P Dividend Monarchs ETF (KNGS), Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL), Fidelity Disruptive Finance ETF (FDFF), Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) and Amplify Mobile Payments ETF (IPAY).

Visa's stock split before market open on Thursday, March 19th 2015. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 29th 2015. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, March 18th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

Visa announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, October 25th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $12,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

738 employees have rated Visa Chief Executive Officer Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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), Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Salesforce (CRM).

Visa's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.12%), Norges Bank (0.81%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.64%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.57%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (0.53%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Alfred F Kelly Jr, James H Hoffmeister, Julie B Rottenberg, Lloyd Carney, Peter M Andreski, Rajat Taneja, Robert W Matschullat, Robert W Matschullat, Ryan Mcinerney, Tullier Kelly Mahon and Vasant M Prabhu.
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Shares of V stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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