In the last trading session, 5.5 million shares of the Visa Inc (NYSE:V) were traded, and its beta was 0.94. Most recently the company’s share price was $357.84, and it changed around $2.36 or 0.66% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $693.91B. V currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $375.51, offering almost -4.94% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $252.70, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 29.38% since then. We note from Visa Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 6.26 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 6.54 million.
Visa Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.58. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 43 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 11 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 8 recommended V as a Hold, whereas 23 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight.
Visa Inc (NYSE:V) trade information
Instantly V has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.66% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 375.51 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 4.71%. The company’s shares are currently up 13.23% year-to-date, but still down -3.47% over the last five days. On the other hand, Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is -1.99% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 29.18 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 5.24 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $385.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 7.18% from its current value. Analyst projections state that V is forecast to be at a low of $361 and a high of $425.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 13.34%. Visa Inc earnings are expected to increase by 12.72% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 12.69% per year for the next five years.
V Dividends
Visa Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-28. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.64 percent and its annual dividend per share was 2.29. It is important to note, however, that the 0.64% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 0.67 per year.
Visa Inc (NYSE:V)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.56% of Visa Inc shares, and 90.73% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 91.25%. Visa Inc stock is held by 5582.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 8.8872% of the shares, which is about 143.08 million shares worth $37.56 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 7.9224% or 127.55 million shares worth $33.48 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.