Seaport Res Ptn Has Bullish Outlook for Visa FY2025 Earnings

Visa Inc. (NYSE:VFree Report) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Visa in a research report issued on Tuesday, January 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now forecasts that the credit-card processor will post earnings of $11.37 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $11.22. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Visa’s current full-year earnings is $11.23 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Visa’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.09 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.04 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.38 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.41 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.79 EPS.

Visa (NYSE:VGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.58 by $0.13. Visa had a return on equity of 53.16% and a net margin of 54.96%. The business had revenue of $9.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.49 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.33 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis.

V has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Visa from $279.00 to $292.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of Visa from $339.00 to $375.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Visa from $325.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Visa from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Visa from $300.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $331.92.

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Visa Trading Up 0.8 %

V stock opened at $309.24 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.28. Visa has a 1-year low of $252.70 and a 1-year high of $321.61. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $312.76 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $287.65. The company has a market capitalization of $576.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.78, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.96.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Visa

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new position in shares of Visa during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Peterson Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in Visa in the third quarter worth $26,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter worth $32,000. Reston Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Visa during the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, West Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Visa by 101.4% in the 3rd quarter. West Financial Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,171 shares of Visa stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $307.97, for a total value of $668,602.87. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 17,894 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,510,815.18. This trade represents a 10.82 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $317.78, for a total value of $2,739,263.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Visa Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 12th were issued a $0.59 dividend. This is a positive change from Visa’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.76%. Visa’s payout ratio is presently 24.25%.

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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.

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