Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) Given Average Rating of “Buy” by Analysts

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) has earned an average rating of “Buy” from the thirty ratings firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twenty have given a buy recommendation and seven have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $392.6522.

V has been the subject of several analyst reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 target price on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 16th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $395.00 target price on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, January 30th.

Visa Price Performance

NYSE V opened at $309.01 on Friday. Visa has a fifty-two week low of $299.00 and a fifty-two week high of $375.51. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $327.18 and its two-hundred day moving average is $336.61. The firm has a market cap of $560.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.69 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The firm’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.75 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Visa will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were given a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.14%.

Visa News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New travel and B2B product wins: Visa partnered with Trip.com to roll out a global virtual travel card aimed at simplifying corporate and consumer travel payments across APAC — a market seeing a strong travel rebound that can boost transaction volume and cross-border fees. Visa Packs Its Bags for APAC Travel Boom: A Virtual Card Play
• Positive Sentiment: Crypto/stablecoin rails expansion: Visa and Stripe’s Bridge expanded their stablecoin-backed card program to 100+ countries, widening Visa’s addressable market for crypto-related card issuance and opening new fee streams from fintech partners. Visa (V) and Stripe’s Bridge Expand Stablecoin Card Program to 100+ Countries
• Positive Sentiment: Longer-term regional growth opportunity: A Latin America market report flags prepaid cards, wallets and SME-targeted solutions (citing Visa initiatives such as stablecoin cards) as a growth runway — supporting revenue diversification outside mature markets. Latin America Prepaid Card and Digital Wallet Intelligence Report 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary / price action: Coverage noting Visa “registered a bigger fall than the market” is descriptive of today’s weaker trading but doesn’t add new fundamentals; useful for sentiment tracking. Visa (V) Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market: Important Facts to Note
• Negative Sentiment: Short-seller attention: Reports that short sellers are targeting Visa add downside risk via higher short interest and potential trading pressure, which can amplify moves on weaker volumes or negative headlines. Why Short Sellers Are Targeting Visa (V), One of the Most Shorted Dow Stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive/industry threats: New entrants and platforms (e.g., Elon Musk’s XMoney, agency-focused processors and fintechs targeting SMB travel cards) and Mastercard’s crypto partnerships increase competitive noise; these developments could pressure margins or slow new-win cadence in niches. What is XMoney, Elon Musk’s new digital payments platform?
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/liquidity context: Visa is trading below its 50- and 200-day moving averages and on lighter-than-average volume today, which can invite momentum selling from quant/technical traders. Visa (V) Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market: Important Facts to Note

Insider Activity at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. The trade was a 52.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Visa by 0.9% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 162,544,006 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $57,711,249,000 after acquiring an additional 1,461,575 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Visa by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 82,798,151 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $29,038,140,000 after purchasing an additional 626,821 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Visa by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 44,042,586 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $15,411,395,000 after purchasing an additional 388,996 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in Visa by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 41,092,294 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $14,411,480,000 after purchasing an additional 716,218 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors grew its position in Visa by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 24,792,246 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $8,463,484,000 after purchasing an additional 193,288 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Visa Company Profile

Visa Inc is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic funds transfers and digital commerce by connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments. The firm operates one of the world’s largest payment networks, providing processing, authorization, clearing and settlement services for credit, debit and prepaid card transactions. Visa’s network-based model enables partner banks and other issuers to offer branded payment products while Visa focuses on the infrastructure, standards and technologies that move money securely and efficiently around the world.

Visa’s product and service portfolio includes card-based payment products for consumers and businesses, real-time push-payment capabilities, tokenization and authentication services, fraud and risk-management tools, data analytics and APIs for fintech and merchant integration.