Seaport Res Ptn Comments on Visa Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:V)

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Visa in a note issued to investors on Monday, October 7th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now forecasts that the credit-card processor will earn $2.61 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.58. The consensus estimate for Visa’s current full-year earnings is $9.92 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Visa’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.71 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.87 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on Visa from $322.00 to $319.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Visa from $290.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 20th. William Blair raised Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen cut their price objective on Visa from $320.00 to $318.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $312.04.

Visa Price Performance

Visa stock opened at $277.48 on Wednesday. Visa has a one year low of $228.03 and a one year high of $293.07. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $273.71 and a 200-day moving average price of $272.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 1.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $507.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.00, a PEG ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.96.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 23rd. The credit-card processor reported $2.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.42. Visa had a return on equity of 51.94% and a net margin of 54.72%. The business had revenue of $8.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.92 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.16 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 9th were given a dividend of $0.52 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 9th. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.75%. Visa’s payout ratio is 23.24%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.37, for a total value of $2,382,309.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 538 shares in the company, valued at approximately $148,687.06. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.19% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Visa

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Visionary Wealth Advisors raised its stake in Visa by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Visionary Wealth Advisors now owns 4,685 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,220,000 after buying an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 129,121 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $33,617,000 after buying an additional 2,160 shares during the last quarter. Ethic Inc. boosted its holdings in Visa by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 125,488 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $32,671,000 after purchasing an additional 8,616 shares during the last quarter. Putnam Investments LLC boosted its holdings in Visa by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Putnam Investments LLC now owns 2,375,085 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $618,353,000 after purchasing an additional 47,487 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Left Brain Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Visa by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Left Brain Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,619 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,806,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares during the last quarter. 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.