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Visa (V) Competitors

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$317.71 +2.83 (+0.90%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

V vs. MA, ADP, FI, PAYX, FIS, GPN, BR, JKHY, G, and EXLS

Should you be buying Visa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Visa include Mastercard (MA), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), and ExlService (EXLS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Visa vs.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Visa (NYSE:V) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Visa has higher revenue and earnings than Mastercard. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mastercard$27.23B17.80$11.20B$13.2239.94
Visa$35.93B16.47$19.74B$9.7332.65

Visa received 833 more outperform votes than Mastercard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.40% of users gave Visa an outperform vote while only 72.98% of users gave Mastercard an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MastercardOutperform Votes
1534
72.98%
Underperform Votes
568
27.02%
VisaOutperform Votes
2367
80.40%
Underperform Votes
577
19.60%

In the previous week, Visa had 12 more articles in the media than Mastercard. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Visa and 35 mentions for Mastercard. Mastercard's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Visa's score of 0.32 indicating that Mastercard is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mastercard
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Visa
10 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Mastercard pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Visa pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mastercard has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Visa has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Visa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Mastercard has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visa has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

97.3% of Mastercard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Visa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Mastercard shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Visa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Visa has a net margin of 54.96% compared to Mastercard's net margin of 45.26%. Mastercard's return on equity of 178.27% beat Visa's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mastercard45.26% 178.27% 29.81%
Visa 54.96%53.16%22.08%

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $562.76, indicating a potential upside of 6.58%. Visa has a consensus price target of $328.41, indicating a potential upside of 3.37%. Given Mastercard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Visa.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mastercard
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Visa
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Summary

Mastercard beats Visa on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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V vs. The Competition

MetricVisaBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$591.85B$19.94B$6.88B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.76%2.57%2.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio32.6527.9444.4541.22
Price / Sales16.4710.81435.8717.58
Price / Cash27.3035.3429.9221.28
Price / Book15.495.905.665.32
Net Income$19.74B$525.34M$125.52M$989.67M
7 Day Performance0.94%-0.65%3.97%-3.45%
1 Month Performance2.41%-2.17%8.68%-3.73%
1 Year Performance22.41%18.44%18.80%12.06%

Visa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
V
Visa
4.5821 of 5 stars
$317.71
+0.9%
$328.41
+3.4%
+23.6%$591.85B$35.93B32.6531,600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
MA
Mastercard
4.4217 of 5 stars
$531.43
+0.5%
$559.28
+5.2%
+25.9%$487.76B$27.23B40.0233,400Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.6445 of 5 stars
$297.46
+0.2%
$289.91
-2.5%
+26.6%$121.20B$19.20B31.6764,000Positive News
FI
Fiserv
4.5835 of 5 stars
$204.87
+0.1%
$217.50
+6.2%
+55.2%$116.55B$383.42M39.3642,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
PAYX
Paychex
4.1205 of 5 stars
$141.41
+0.3%
$131.62
-6.9%
+9.1%$50.89B$5.28B30.0616,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.9455 of 5 stars
$83.15
-1.1%
$91.50
+10.0%
+38.3%$44.76B$9.82B33.5160,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
GPN
Global Payments
4.9573 of 5 stars
$114.64
+0.4%
$137.41
+19.9%
-10.0%$29.17B$9.65B21.5127,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.7041 of 5 stars
$233.32
-0.1%
$226.71
-2.8%
+15.1%$27.27B$6.51B40.4014,600
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.4607 of 5 stars
$180.48
+0.4%
$189.00
+4.7%
+8.5%$13.17B$2.25B33.117,170Analyst Revision
G
Genpact
1.7412 of 5 stars
$44.28
-0.9%
$42.33
-4.4%
+23.4%$7.81B$4.48B12.27129,100Insider Trade
Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
3.8212 of 5 stars
$46.12
+0.4%
$42.86
-7.1%
+47.9%$7.42B$1.63B40.2954,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:V) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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