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Price Correction On The Cards For Visa’s Stock?
Visa’s (NYSE: V) stock has rallied more than 40% since the beginning of 2019 thanks to the payment company’s strong performance in each of the last four quarters. While the company’s outlook over coming years remains strong, we believe that inves...
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Can Visa Repeat Its Strong Fiscal 2019 Revenue Growth In 2020?
Visa (NYSE: V) closed its fiscal year 2019 (ending September) on a strong note with net revenues growing by 11.5% to $23 billion despite macroeconomic uncertainties surrounding the U.S.-China trade deal as well as Brexit. The company generates ne...
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Visa’s Acquisition Spree Is Part Of A Well-Thought-Out Strategy
Since the beginning of fiscal 2019, Visa (NYSE: V) stock has been defying overall market trends to steadily head upwards. The payment industry leader saw its stock gain nearly 20% since October 2018 even as market indices managed single-digit gro...
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Visa’s Fiscal Q3 Revenues To Witness Strong Growth Despite Slow Network Volume Gains
Visa (NYSE: V) is expected to release its fiscal third quarter results after market close on Tuesday, July 23, and Trefis expects softness in retail sales figures for U.S. and Europe to impact the payment company’s top line. Visa’s r...
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What Do Distributed Ledger Technologies Offer To Visa and Mastercard?
Investor interest in cryptocurrencies has seen a series of highs and lows over recent years. While distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) can potentially disrupt several existing industries, cryptocurrencies remained largely out of favor with inv...
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Visa Will Remain Payments Industry Leader By Rapidly Growing Cross-Border Payments Business
Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) were in a long-drawn tussle earlier this year to acquire Earthport, as both payment giants look for ways to tap into the growing cross-border payments business. In the Trefis interactive dashboard, How Do...
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Visa Reaffirms Full Year Net Revenue Expectations Despite A Drop In Payments Volume
Visa (NYSE:V) released its second quarter results on April 24, with net revenues remaining flat sequentially at $5.5 billion. The company’s EPS came in at $1.31, growing by 17% over the prior year quarter and remaining flat sequentially. Vi...
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Is Visa’s Second Bid for Earthport Too High?
While the second offer is being evaluated by Earthport’s shareholders, Visa (NYSE:V) has received acceptance of 268 million shares, representing around 41% of the share capital . The offer will be considered as accepted when Bidco (a wholly owned...
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What Does Visa Stand to Gain by Acquiring Earthport?
Visa (NYSE:V) made a second offer for Earthport on 8th February of 37 pence per Earthport share, valuing the deal at $320 million. This deal has been a power tussle between the top two payment networks of the world, namely, Visa and Mastercard. T...
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What Is Visa’s Fundamental Value Based On Expected 2019 Performance?
Visa (NYSE:V) has performed strongly in recent quarters, beating street estimates for the previous four quarters. In fiscal Q1, the company posted a 13% growth in net revenues. For full year fiscal 2019, the company’s management has guided ...
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Key Takeaways From Visa’s Q1
Visa (NYSE:V) released its Q1 earnings on January 30, with 13% growth in net revenues, 21% growth in EPS and a 68% operating margin. In the previous quarter, the company’s management had guided for low double-digit revenue growth, a single ...
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Why Did Amex’s U.S. Credit Card Purchase Volume Decline In Q3 Despite Strong Industry Conditions?
The U.S. credit card processing industry swelled to a record $934 billion in size over Q3 2018, as upbeat consumer sentiment continued to drive discretionary spending for a second consecutive quarter. This represents an increase of more than 10% ...
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Payments Volume Growth Boosts Visa’s 2018 Earnings; Visa Direct And Contact-Less Cards To Drive Its Future Value
Visa (NYSE: V), the US-based financial services company, reported a solid financial performance for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2018, with its revenue rising 12% on the back of global payment volumes growth. The company’s adjusted ea...
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Will Payment Volume Growth Continue To Drive Visa’s Results?
Visa (NYSE: V), the US-based financial services company, is set to release its fourth quarter and full year financial results on 24th October 2018. The company has had a good year, with its stock surging almost 25% year-to-date due to double digi...
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Here’s Why We Believe Visa Is Worth $145 Per Share
American financial services company Visa (NYSE: V) has had a good year so far. The stock has surged almost 25% since the beginning of the year as the company continues to witness solid revenue growth backed by double digit growth in payments vol...
