What Visa Investors Should Keep in Mind

By Chris Stiles • Monday, May 01 09:46 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Visa, a Business Services company whose shares moved 0.1% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Visa has moved 10.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 0.3%
V has an average analyst rating of buy and is -12.65% away from its mean target price of $266.65 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $7.47
Visa has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $9.73 and its forward P/E ratio is 23.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 14.5 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Visa is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.33 and an average P/B of 3.12
Visa Inc. operates as a payments technology company worldwide. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions.

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