Q1 Earnings Forecast for Visa Issued By KeyCorp (NYSE:V)

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) - Equities researchers at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Visa in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 18th. KeyCorp analyst A. Markgraff forecasts that the credit-card processor will earn $3.10 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Visa's current full-year earnings is $11.23 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Visa's Q2 2026 earnings at $3.05 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.09 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.35 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.60 EPS.

Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.71 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.58 by $0.13. The firm 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%. Visa's quarterly revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.33 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on the stock. Monness Crespi & Hardt restated a "neutral" rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. BNP Paribas raised Visa from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $325.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Visa from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Visa from $319.00 to $322.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on Visa from $335.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-five have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $328.41.

Visa Stock Performance

V stock traded up $5.10 on Thursday, reaching $314.88. The company's stock had a trading volume of 8,305,405 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,912,025. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $302.41 and a two-hundred day moving average of $282.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.28. The company has a market capitalization of $586.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.96. Visa has a 52 week low of $252.70 and a 52 week high of $321.61.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Visa

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Visa during the second quarter worth approximately $74,000. GYL Financial Synergies LLC increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. GYL Financial Synergies LLC now owns 46,560 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $12,221,000 after purchasing an additional 663 shares during the period. Jacobsen Capital Management raised its holdings in Visa by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Jacobsen Capital Management now owns 4,982 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $1,308,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 2.4% during the 2nd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 19,997 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $5,249,000 after purchasing an additional 466 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vinland Capital Management Gestora de Recursos LTDA. bought a new position in Visa in the second quarter worth $1,987,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,171 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $307.97, for a total value of $668,602.87. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 17,894 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,510,815.18. This represents a 10.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.19% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Visa Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th were paid a dividend of $0.59 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, November 12th. This is an increase from Visa's previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.75%. Visa's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 24.25%.

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.