Visa Inc. Class A is a credit services business with stocks listed in the US. Visa shares (V) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was US$277.19 – an increase of 3.58% over the previous week. Here's how to invest if you're based in Australia.
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Visa's shares were split on a 4:1 basis on 18 March 2015. So if you had owned 1 share the day before the split, the next day you would own 4 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Visa shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 75% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Visa shares which in turn could have impacted Visa's share price.
| 52-week range | US$214.8753 - US$290.96 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | US$277.7516 |
| 200-day moving average | US$257.8514 |
| Target price | US$307.53 |
| PE ratio | 30.971 |
| Dividend yield | US$2.01 (0.75%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | US$8.95 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $277.19
| 1 week (2024-05-03) | 3.24% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-04-10) | 0.99% |
| 3 months (2024-02-09) | 0.27% |
| 6 months (2023-11-10) | 13.02% |
| 1 year (2023-05-09) | 18.83% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-05-09) | 43.62% |
| 3 years (2021-05-07) | 19.42% |
| 5 years (2019-05-10) | 72.48% |
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Valuing Visa stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Visa's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Visa's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 31x. In other words, Visa shares trade at around 31x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Visa's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.7083. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Visa's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Visa's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is US$23.9 billion (£19.1 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Visa's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
Over the last 12 months, Visa's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$214.8753 up to US$290.96. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Visa's is 0.953. This would suggest that Visa's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
| Revenue TTM | US$34.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 66.56% |
| Gross profit TTM | US$31.9 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 16.02% |
| Return on equity TTM | 46.53% |
| Profit margin | 53.87% |
| Book value | 19.452 |
| Market capitalisation | US$567.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 21.36% of net profits
Recently Visa has paid out, on average, around 21.36% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.75% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Visa shareholders could enjoy a 0.75% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Visa's case, that would currently equate to about $2.01 per share.
While Visa's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Visa is investing more in its future growth.
Visa's most recent dividend payout was on 2 June 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 May 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Visa.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 17.36
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Visa's overall score of 17.36 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 14th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Visa is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 2.61/100
Visa's environmental score of 2.61 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Visa is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 11.33/100
Visa's social score of 11.33 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Visa is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 8.93/100
Visa's governance score puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Visa is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 3/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Visa scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Visa hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.
Visa Inc. Class A was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 17.36 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 14.2 |
| Environmental score | 2.61 |
| Environmental score percentile | 3 |
| Social score | 11.33 |
| Social score percentile | 3 |
| Governance score | 8.93 |
| Governance score percentile | 3 |
| Level of controversy | 3 |
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. The company also provides acceptance solutions, which include Cybersource that provides modular and value-added services for connecting merchants to payment processing; risk and identity solutions, such as Visa Advanced Authorization, Visa Secure, Visa Risk and Decision Manager, Visa Consumer Authentication Service, and payment-decisioning solutions for fraud prevention; and Visa Consulting and Analytics, a payment consulting advisory services. It provides its services under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, V PAY, and PLUS brand names. The company serves merchants, financial institutions, and government entities. Visa Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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