Visa (NYSE:V) Announces Earnings Results

Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The credit-card processor reported $2.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.09, Zacks reports. Visa had a return on equity of 53.16% and a net margin of 54.96%.

Visa Trading Up 2.2 %

NYSE:V traded up $7.38 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $343.26. The company had a trading volume of 7,858,896 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,736,813. Visa has a 1 year low of $252.70 and a 1 year high of $344.44. The company has a market cap of $639.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a 50-day moving average of $316.43 and a 200 day moving average of $292.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.

Analyst Ratings Changes

V has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Macquarie upped their price target on Visa from $300.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. TD Cowen raised their price target on Visa from $318.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of Visa from $279.00 to $292.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of Visa from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of Visa from $311.00 to $322.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $335.52.

Insider Activity

In other Visa news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,171 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the insider now owns 17,894 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,510,815.18. The trade was a 10.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the firm'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. Corporate insiders own 0.13% 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.

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