Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Visa FY2025 Earnings

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) – Investment analysts at William Blair lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Visa in a report issued on Wednesday, July 30th. William Blair analyst A. Jeffrey now forecasts that the credit-card processor will post earnings of $11.32 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $11.24. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Visa’s current full-year earnings is $11.30 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Visa’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.84 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $3.29 EPS.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.85 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $10.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.82 billion. Visa had a net margin of 52.16% and a return on equity of 58.93%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.42 EPS.

V has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Oppenheimer increased their price objective on Visa from $390.00 to $391.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of Visa in a report on Monday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating on the stock. Truist Financial lowered their price target on shares of Visa from $400.00 to $397.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Visa in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $380.84.

Visa Trading Down 1.5%

NYSE:V opened at $345.69 on Thursday. Visa has a 52-week low of $254.51 and a 52-week high of $375.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $355.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of $346.13. The company has a market capitalization of $637.86 billion, a PE ratio of 33.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 0.92.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of V. Keystone Global Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Visa in the first quarter worth about $26,000. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. von Borstel & Associates Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new position in shares of Visa in the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Cranbrook Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Visa by 82.0% in the second quarter. Cranbrook Wealth Management LLC now owns 91 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,630 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $353.82, for a total transaction of $3,053,466.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 537 shares in the company, valued at $190,001.34. This represents a 94.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 11,636 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $375.00, for a total value of $4,363,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 26,413 shares in the company, valued at $9,904,875. This represents a 30.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 89,913 shares of company stock valued at $32,902,432. Insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 12th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.05%.

Visa Company Profile

Visa Inc operates as a payment technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. It also offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products; tap to pay, tokenization, and click to pay services; Visa Direct, a solution that facilitates the delivery of funds to eligible cards, deposit accounts, and digital wallets; Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral business-to-business cross-border payments network; Visa Cross-Border Solution, a cross-border consumer payments solution; and Visa DPS that provides a range of value-added services, including fraud mitigation, dispute management, data analytics, campaign management, a suite of digital solutions, and contact center services.