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Visa Inc. is one of the world’s largest payments technology companies, operating a global network that connects consumers, merchants, banks, businesses, governments, and fintech partners.
Current price
$391.02
▼ −$5.04 (1.27%) today
ET&A View
Last reviewed 17 September 2026
ET&A likes the company but would prefer investors to build exposure gradually.
Visa is one of the highest-quality businesses in global financial services, combining powerful network effects, enormous transaction scale, minimal direct credit exposure, exceptionally high margins and returns on invested…
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Yes — healthy
Revenue, earnings, margins, cash generation and the balance sheet stand out.
Overall
Revenue
$44.5bn · ↑ +11% last year
Earnings
$22.4bn · ↑ +2% last year
Margins
Keeps 66% of sales as operating profit
Cash generation
$21.6bn spare cash a year · 49% of sales
Balance sheet
Debt ≈ 0.3 years of earnings
Dividend
0.7% yield · Pays out 22% of earnings · covered 4.5×
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Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $40.0bn | +11.3% | 66.4% | $20.1bn | $10.20 | $21.6bn |
| FY2024 | $35.9bn | +10.0% | 67.0% | $19.7bn | $9.73 | $18.7bn |
| FY2023 | $32.7bn | +11.4% | 67.2% | $17.3bn | $8.28 | $19.7bn |
| FY2022 | $29.3bn | — | 67.1% | $15.0bn | $7.00 | $17.9bn |
Long-term growth investors
Also suits: Investors who want a mix of growth and stability
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
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Visa Inc. is one of the world’s largest payments technology companies, operating a global network that connects consumers, merchants, banks, businesses, governments, and fintech partners. The company does not usually issue cards or lend money directly; instead, it provides the infrastructure that allows digital payments to be authorised, cleared, settled, and secured across cards, mobile wallets, online payments, contactless transactions, and other forms of money movement.
Visa’s strength comes from its global scale, trusted brand, high-margin network model, and exposure to the long-term shift from cash to digital payments. Its business benefits from consumer spending, cross-border travel, e-commerce, commercial payments, fraud prevention, data services, and value-added payment technology. As more transactions move into digital channels, Visa remains one of the most important financial technology platforms supporting global commerce.
Credit Services · USA
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As of 14 October 2026
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| FCF Yield | Members |
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Read the full ET&A methodology →The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
Highly profitable · Strong balance sheet · Strong
Context — not part of the score
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 7.2 / 10 | Strong |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 7.1 / 10 | Strong |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 9.3 / 10 | Excellent |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 9.5 / 10 | Excellent |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 8.2 / 10 | Strong |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 2.4 / 10 | Weak |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 8.3 / 10 | Strong |
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
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