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Visa (V) Competitors

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$307.39 -4.46 (-1.43%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

V vs. MA, FI, ADP, 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), Fiserv (FI), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), 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.

Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Visa received 834 more outperform votes than Mastercard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.37% of users gave Visa an outperform vote while only 72.91% of users gave Mastercard an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VisaOutperform Votes
2363
80.37%
Underperform Votes
577
19.63%
MastercardOutperform Votes
1529
72.91%
Underperform Votes
568
27.09%

Visa has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mastercard has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Visa$35.93B15.59$19.74B$9.7331.59
Mastercard$27.23B17.28$11.20B$13.2238.77

Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Visa pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mastercard pays out 20.0% 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. Visa has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Mastercard has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Visa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Mastercard had 19 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for Mastercard and 80 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Mastercard's score of 1.11 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Visa
66 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mastercard
66 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Visa54.96% 53.16% 22.08%
Mastercard 45.26%178.27%29.81%

82.2% of Visa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Mastercard shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Visa shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Mastercard shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Visa currently has a consensus price target of $321.74, indicating a potential upside of 4.67%. Mastercard has a consensus price target of $549.16, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Given Mastercard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Visa.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Visa
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Mastercard
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.96

Summary

Mastercard beats Visa on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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V vs. The Competition

MetricVisaBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$560.16B$20.46B$6.93B$19.90B
Dividend Yield0.76%2.49%2.92%3.54%
P/E Ratio31.5928.0045.1442.58
Price / Sales15.5917.10205.9818.15
Price / Cash26.3430.3024.3317.85
Price / Book14.706.185.085.66
Net Income$19.74B$515.30M$120.66M$984.91M
7 Day Performance-0.68%7.82%-1.14%-0.16%
1 Month Performance5.77%5.23%8.15%0.18%
1 Year Performance22.97%46.98%29.53%23.71%

Visa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
V
Visa
4.9007 of 5 stars
$307.39
-1.4%
$321.74
+4.7%
+23.0%$568.29B$35.93B31.5931,600Positive News
MA
Mastercard
4.8007 of 5 stars
$512.54
-1.3%
$549.16
+7.1%
+26.7%$476.78B$25.10B38.7733,400Analyst Revision
Positive News
FI
Fiserv
4.8402 of 5 stars
$217.94
+1.3%
$214.29
-1.7%
+75.6%$123.99B$383.42M41.9142,000Analyst Forecast
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.8316 of 5 stars
$298.59
+0.4%
$289.91
-2.9%
+28.9%$121.66B$19.20B31.8764,000Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
4.2526 of 5 stars
$141.83
+0.8%
$131.62
-7.2%
+19.4%$50.62B$5.28B30.2416,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.8487 of 5 stars
$85.90
-0.2%
$91.50
+6.5%
+56.8%$46.24B$9.82B34.2260,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
GPN
Global Payments
4.9295 of 5 stars
$114.83
+0.1%
$136.57
+18.9%
+1.3%$29.22B$9.65B21.6327,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.4794 of 5 stars
$225.39
+0.2%
$217.83
-3.4%
+22.7%$26.35B$6.51B38.9914,600Dividend Announcement
Positive News
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.9138 of 5 stars
$171.12
-0.3%
$188.73
+10.3%
+11.4%$12.52B$2.22B31.347,170Positive News
G
Genpact
3.1005 of 5 stars
$44.64
+0.5%
$42.33
-5.2%
+30.6%$7.87B$4.48B12.26129,100
EXLS
ExlService
4.8082 of 5 stars
$44.38
+0.2%
$42.86
-3.4%
+59.8%$7.14B$1.63B38.9354,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:V) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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