What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Forecast for Visa Q1 Earnings?

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Visa in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 29th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now expects that the credit-card processor will post earnings per share of $2.73 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.61. The consensus estimate for Visa’s current full-year earnings is $11.12 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Visa’s Q1 2026 earnings at $2.97 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.01 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.17 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.47 EPS.

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

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. William Blair raised Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on Visa from $326.00 to $339.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Mizuho lifted their price objective on Visa from $279.00 to $292.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday. Compass Point started coverage on Visa in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. They set a “buy” rating and a $319.00 price target for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Visa from $322.00 to $326.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $320.70.

Visa Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:V opened at $290.74 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $529.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.88, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a quick ratio of 1.37, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. Visa has a 52 week low of $239.20 and a 52 week high of $296.34. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $281.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $273.63.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Visa

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of V. POM Investment Strategies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 970.0% during the 2nd quarter. POM Investment Strategies LLC now owns 107 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Reston Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the 3rd quarter worth $31,000. TruNorth Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 211.9% during the 2nd quarter. TruNorth Capital Management LLC now owns 131 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 52.9% during the 1st quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC now owns 133 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the 2nd quarter worth $35,000. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 538 shares in the company, valued at $148,687.06. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.19% of the company’s stock.

Visa Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. This is a positive change from Visa’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.81%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is 24.25%.

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.