Visa Stock Climbs 7.3% On A 7-Day Winning Streak
Shares of Visa (V) have closed higher in each of the last 7 sessions, a cumulative gain of 7.3%. That added about $49.1 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $725.0 billion. The stock closed at $385.45 on Friday, October 9, its highest close of the past year.
The Streak Next To The S&P 500
Returns for V and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Friday, October 9 and including dividends:
| Return Period | V | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 2.8% | 0.6% |
| 7 Days (Current Streak) | 7.3% | 2.1% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 5.0% | 3.0% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 7.9% | 4.2% |
| Year To Date | 10.6% | 15.1% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 10.6% | 17.0% |
Is This Move About Visa Or The Market?
Over the same 7 trading days, the S&P 500 returned +2.1% including dividends, so the run is mostly Visa’s own story rather than the market’s. 3 other S&P 500 stocks are currently on winning streaks of 7 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is up 7.9%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 56 sessions of that window it was essentially flat (+0.6%).
Do The Fundamentals Support The Run?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 14.4% over the last twelve months, against a median of 10.2% for S&P 500 Financials stocks; its operating margin is 65.6%, versus a median of 26.9%; and the stock trades at 32.1 times trailing earnings against a median of 13.8. The numbers make the run harder to justify: a multiple well above the median. At this price, the stock is asking a lot of the business.
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Streaks End. Discipline Compounds
A run like this is genuinely useful information: something about this business has the market’s full attention. But streaks are where discipline gets tested, because the urge to chase strength is strongest right before it pauses.
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