Visa Inc. Class A V
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Visa Inc. Class A is a mega-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Credit Services), with a market value of $677.1B, based in the USA.
It employs about 34,100 people and has been listed since Mar 19, 2008.
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.
Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 30.6 versus 18.4 for 4 direct peers — relatively expensive.
Revenue is growing 14% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 24.0 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 419.36, 16% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 73% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 48 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (1% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (36 vs 1).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (0.7% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 1.8% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLF -2.5%).
This week's news
- Mastercard Expands Agentic Commerce With New Trust Services finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Is Trending Stock Visa Inc. (V) a Buy Now? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Inside OUSD’s big stablecoin launch finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Visa’s (V) Asset-Light Cash Flow Supports Upside Re-Rating finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Visa and Mastercard handle nearly half of Europe’s card payments. The digital euro aims to change that finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Visa (V) Falls More Steeply Than Broader Market: What Investors Need to Know finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.