Seaport Res Ptn Has Pessimistic Outlook of Visa Q2 Earnings

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Visa in a report released on Tuesday, October 29th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now anticipates that the credit-card processor will earn $2.67 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.71. The consensus estimate for Visa’s current full-year earnings is $11.12 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Visa’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.81 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.03 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $11.22 EPS.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.58 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $9.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.49 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 53.16% and a net margin of 54.96%. The business’s revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.33 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on V. Compass Point began coverage on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. They set a “buy” rating and a $319.00 price objective for the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised shares of Visa from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Bank of America increased their price target on Visa from $279.00 to $308.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 17th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Visa from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $320.07.

Visa Stock Performance

V opened at $289.89 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $528.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.96. Visa has a 1 year low of $232.99 and a 1 year high of $296.34. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $280.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $273.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.37.

Visa Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. This is a boost from Visa’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.81%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 21.38%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $148,687.06. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.19% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Visa

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. WFA Asset Management Corp grew its holdings in Visa by 4.6% in the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 2,263 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $632,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Visa by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,176 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,119,000 after purchasing an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 7.5% during the first quarter. First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. now owns 39,308 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $10,970,000 after buying an additional 2,736 shares during the last quarter. Accel Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 12.5% in the first quarter. Accel Wealth Management now owns 901 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $252,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, RBA Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Visa by 0.6% during the 1st quarter. RBA Wealth Management LLC now owns 21,599 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $6,028,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Company Profile

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.