What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for Visa FY2025 Earnings?

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 earnings estimates for Visa in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, May 6th. Zacks Research analyst K. Dey now expects that the credit-card processor will post earnings of $11.32 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $11.24. The consensus estimate for Visa’s current full-year earnings is $11.30 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Visa’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.98 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $3.44 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $3.46 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on V. Evercore ISI started coverage on Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. They set an “in-line” rating and a $330.00 price target for the company. Macquarie reduced their target price on shares of Visa from $400.00 to $380.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $362.38.

Visa Stock Performance

V opened at $352.95 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Visa has a 12-month low of $252.70 and a 12-month high of $366.54. The business has a 50 day moving average of $336.98 and a 200-day moving average of $326.72. The stock has a market cap of $655.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.58, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 0.96.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.08. Visa had a net margin of 54.27% and a return on equity of 54.79%. The company had revenue of $9.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.57 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.51 EPS. Visa’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Visa

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. CenterBook Partners LP raised its stake in Visa by 126.7% during the first quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 93,298 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $32,697,000 after buying an additional 52,136 shares during the last quarter. Arjuna Capital raised its position in shares of Visa by 11.9% in the 1st quarter. Arjuna Capital now owns 13,010 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $4,559,000 after acquiring an additional 1,382 shares in the last quarter. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board lifted its stake in shares of Visa by 82.0% in the 1st quarter. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board now owns 3,409 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,195,000 after purchasing an additional 1,536 shares during the period. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. boosted its position in shares of Visa by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. now owns 5,471 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,917,000 after purchasing an additional 216 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG grew its stake in Visa by 2.2% during the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 9,572,117 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,354,644,000 after purchasing an additional 206,361 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other Visa news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $363.00, for a total value of $3,129,060.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 537 shares in the company, valued at approximately $194,931. This represents a 94.14 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 39,350 shares of Visa stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.41, for a total transaction of $13,395,133.50. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 26,413 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,991,249.33. This trade represents a 59.84 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 121,948 shares of company stock worth $41,548,282 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

Visa Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 13th will be paid a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 13th. Visa’s payout ratio is 23.72%.

About Visa

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.