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VisaV

Transaction & Payment Processing Services · San Francisco, California · In the S&P 500
High qualityPricier than peers
$413.59+0.74%After hours: $414.05 (+0.11%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 21.2% over 1 year
Visa over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$300$350$400Nov2026MarMayJulSep$413.59$300$350$400NovMarJul$413.59
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$769B
Price to earnings33.5x
Forward P/E28.6x
Dividend yield0.75%
Year to date+17.9%
One year+21.2%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorFinancials
52-week range (closes)
$295.52$414.34

Quality and valuation

How Visa compares with other financials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Visa and 7 transaction & payment processing services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: stronger than mostValuation: pricier than most

A stronger business than most financials companies, priced above most of them.

Visa trades at 28.6 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 13.0x for the 84 financials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +14.4% vs +10.2%
  • More profitable (operating margin): 61.1% vs 22.3%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 49.2% vs 20.3%
V trades at 28.6x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Transaction & Payment Processing Services peers
GPN6.6xFISV6.8xPYPL10.1xCPAY13.7xXYZ16.6xV28.6xMA30.0xAFRM38.0xSector median 13.0xGPN6.6xFISV6.8xPYPL10.1xCPAY13.7xXYZ16.6xV28.6xMA30.0xAFRM38.0xSector median 13.0x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From Visa's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 31 Mar 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 17.1% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$5bn$10bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$11.2bnQ2 ’26$0bn$5bn$10bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$11.2bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +17.1% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%15%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2517.1%Q2 ’260%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2517.1%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 64.4% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%20%40%60%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2564.4%Q2 ’260%25%50%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2564.4%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $21.2 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
$0bn$2bn$4bn$6bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.6bnQ2 ’26$0bn$2bn$5bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.6bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsVSector median
Revenue growth+14.4%+10.2%
Operating margin61.1%22.3%
Free cash flow margin49.2%20.3%
Price to earnings33.5x14.6x

Stories on Visa

Tuesday, 27 October
Earnings

Visa (V) Beats Q4 Estimates, but Its 2027 Outlook Points to Slower Growth

Visa earned $3.48 a share on an adjusted basis, beating the $3.44 expected, on revenue up 13% to $12.1 billion, but guided to slower earnings growth in fiscal 2027.

V▼ 0.6%
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Transaction & Payment Processing Services, by market value.

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MAMastercard$638.01+0.36%+11.8%$559B
PYPLPayPal$57.01+0.11%−2.3%$47.36B
XYZBlock$76.22−0.95%+17.1%$45.79B
FISVFiserv$50.02+3.18%−25.5%$26.60B
CPAYCorpay$400.94+0.75%+33.2%$26.33B
GPNGlobal Payments$96.84+12.97%+25.1%$25.63B
AFRMAffirm$73.47−1.83%−1.3%$24.91B
FISFidelity National Information Services$38.55+3.41%−42.0%$19.88B