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

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) - Investment analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Visa in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 18th. KeyCorp analyst A. Markgraff expects that the credit-card processor will post earnings per share of $2.64 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 2025 earnings at $2.67 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.78 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.10 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $11.20 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on V. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Visa from $311.00 to $322.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on Visa from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Visa from $279.00 to $292.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on Visa from $335.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their target price on shares of Visa from $318.00 to $325.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $328.41.

Visa Stock Up 0.9 %

NYSE V traded up $2.83 during trading on Friday, reaching $317.71. 24,301,439 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,982,761. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $303.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $282.54. The stock has a market cap of $591.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.96. Visa has a 1 year low of $252.70 and a 1 year high of $321.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.28.

Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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. Visa had a net margin of 54.96% and a return on equity of 53.16%. The company had revenue of $9.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.49 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.33 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Visa Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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 represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.74%. This is an increase from Visa's previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. Visa's dividend payout ratio is currently 24.25%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,171 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $307.97, for a total transaction of $668,602.87. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 17,894 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,510,815.18. This represents a 10.82 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Visa

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Peterson Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Visa during the 3rd quarter valued at $26,000. POM Investment Strategies LLC grew its stake in shares of Visa by 970.0% during the second quarter. POM Investment Strategies LLC now owns 107 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Reston Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Visa during the third quarter worth about $31,000. Fairway Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Visa in the second quarter worth about $39,000. Finally, West Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Visa by 101.4% in the third quarter. West Financial Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.

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.