Zacks Research Has Bearish Estimate for Visa Q1 Earnings

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Visa in a research note issued to investors on Monday, November 11th. Zacks Research analyst K. Dey now anticipates that the credit-card processor will post earnings per share of $2.64 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.68. The consensus estimate for Visa’s current full-year earnings is $11.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Visa’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.68 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.83 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.03 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $11.19 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.99 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.02 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.16 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.39 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $12.57 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $14.21 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on V. TD Cowen lifted their target price on Visa from $318.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $325.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Visa from $319.00 to $322.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Mizuho upped their price target on shares of Visa from $279.00 to $292.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price objective on Visa from $319.00 to $326.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Visa currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $321.74.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of V opened at $309.82 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a current ratio of 1.28. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $284.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of $274.92. The stock has a market cap of $564.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.86, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.95. Visa has a one year low of $244.11 and a one year high of $312.44.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.58 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $9.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.49 billion. Visa had a net margin of 54.96% and a return on equity of 53.16%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.33 earnings per share.

Visa Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be issued a $0.59 dividend. This is an increase from Visa’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is presently 21.38%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.37, for a total transaction of $2,382,309.40. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 538 shares in the company, valued at approximately $148,687.06. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.19% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Visa

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of V. WFA Asset Management Corp grew its position in Visa by 4.6% in the first quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 2,263 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $632,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Visa by 46.9% in the 1st quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 50,328 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $14,046,000 after purchasing an additional 16,078 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 16.0% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 58,506 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $16,328,000 after purchasing an additional 8,086 shares during the period. Cozad Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Visa by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Cozad Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,519 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,261,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors LP raised its holdings in Visa by 137.2% in the 1st quarter. Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors LP now owns 1,907 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $532,000 after buying an additional 1,103 shares during the period. 82.15% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.