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Earnings Preview: What To Expect From Visa In FY 2017
Visa (NYSE: V) is set to report earnings for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 on Thursday, Feburary 2nd. The company reported an 8.7% increase in operating revenue in the previous fiscal year, which translated into a 26.3% increase in earnin...
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How Increased Credit Card Usage Can Impact Visa’s Stock Price
As cash usage declines across the developed world and mobile payments become more and more prominent, Visa (NYSE: V) has a massive opportunity to grow its business. One of the biggest revenue streams for the payments company is the revenue it gen...
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How Much In U.S. Credit Card Purchases Did The Various Payment Companies Process In Q3?
Credit card purchases volumes in the U.S. were just below $790 billion for Q3 2016, with Visa garnering a market share of 52% for the period. The figures above have been taken from the quarterly earnings releases for the card payment companies...
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Visa Posts Another Strong Set Of Full Year Results
Visa (NYSE: V) reported its Q4 and full year results on Monday, October 24th. The company reported a 27.4% increase in earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter on a 19.3% increase in revenue for the quarter. Growth in transaction fees in both the...
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Visa’s Increasing Marketing Efficiency Is A Good Sign For Investors
One of the ways in which payment companies like Visa (NYSE: V) increase their revenue is by bringing in more co-branding partners into their network. These are businesses that offer discounts on their goods and services to customers who pay with ...
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Why International Markets Will Change What Drives Visa’s Top Line Going Forward
Visa (NYSE: V) has grown its revenue from $ 14.5 billion to $ 17.0 billion over the 2013 to 2015 period. Contributing to this growth has been increased revenue from transaction fees, which are fees charged for settling a transaction between a cus...
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How The Composition of Visa’s Expenses Will Change Over The Next Three Years
Visa (NYSE: V) has seen its revenue growth over the past few years come mostly from growth in international revenues and assessment fees. This is because of the coincidence of two separate trends: 1) Visa has expanded its international presence; ...
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What Was The Share Of Various Card Payment Companies In Total U.S. Credit Card Purchases For Q2 2016?
Credit card purchases volumes in the U.S. were ~$690 billion for Q2 2016, with Visa garnering a strong 55% share of the market for the period. The figures above have been taken from the quarterly earnings releases for the card payment companie...
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Comparing Visa And Master Card: Scale Makes All The Difference
Visa (NYSE: V) and Master Card (NYSE: MA) are the two biggest payment companies in the world. The table below compares them in terms of scale. As one can see from the table above, Visa has nearly twice the amount of cards in circulation as Mas...
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How Has Visa’s Cost Breakdown Changed Over The Last Five Years?
Visa (NYSE: V) has seen its expenses grow by close to 33% over the last five years. The biggest contributor to this increase has been the increase client incentives and rebates, which have increased by almost 50% over the period, resulting in t...
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How Do Visa And Master Card’s Transaction Processing Businesses Compare?
Visa (NYSE: V) and Master Card (NYSE: MA) are two of the dominant players in the payments business. Revenue from Transaction Fees is one of the biggest drivers of valuation for these two companies. The revenue is calculated as the product of to...
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Visa Earnings: One-Time Items Weigh On Bottom Line
Visa (NYSE:V) reported its fiscal Q3 results on Thursday, July 21. The company reported 3.1% year-over-year growth in its revenue, but its net income declined by a massive 76%, resulting in an EPS decline of 75%. Following the earnings, the com...
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Earnings Preview: Visa Set For A Strong Second Half Of FY16
Visa (NYSE: V) is set to report its earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 on Thursday, July 21st. The U.S. based payments company reported a 23.7% year-over-year growth in net profits on the back of a 5.4% year-over-year increase in reven...
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How Steep Increase In Profit Margins Has Driven Visa’s EPS Growth
Visa’s profit margins in 2015 have grown considerably compared to its margins in 2012. Earnings per share has also grown because of this. Since, 2012 was an outlier in terms of financial performance for Visa, since it incurred an unusual...
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What Is Visa’s Revenue & Expense Breakdown?
Have more questions about Visa? See the links below: How Much Did Visa’s Revenue & Gross Profit Grow In The Last Five Years? How Much Can Visa’s Revenue Grow In The Next Five Years? What Is Visa’s Fundamental Value ...
