Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	51.40	V's P/E(ttm) is ranked lower than 74% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 11.30 vs. V: 51.40 )	V' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 15.91   Max: 114.54 Current: 51.4 15.91 114.54
P/B	5.37	V's P/B is ranked lower than 87% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 1.35 vs. V: 5.37 )	V' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 1.88   Max: 6.28 Current: 5.37 1.88 6.28
P/S	11.10	V's P/S is ranked lower than 94% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 2.29 vs. V: 11.10 )	V' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 6.37   Max: 30.2 Current: 11.1 6.37 30.2
PFCF	119.08	V's PFCF is ranked lower than 76% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 6.12 vs. V: 119.08 )	V' s 10-Year PFCF Range Min: 15.85   Max: 2224.25 Current: 119.08 15.85 2224.25
EV-to-EBIT	54.25	V's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than 68% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 16.25 vs. V: 54.25 )	V' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 9.2   Max: 46.3 Current: 54.25 9.2 46.3
PEG	3.57	V's PEG is ranked higher than 85% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.55 vs. V: 3.57 )	V' s 10-Year PEG Range Min: 1.44   Max: 2.29 Current: 3.57 1.44 2.29
Shiller P/E	55.23	V's Shiller P/E is ranked lower than 75% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 10.04 vs. V: 55.23 )	V' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 47.82   Max: 52.5 Current: 55.23 47.82 52.5

Dividend & Buy Back

		vs industry	vs history
Dividend Yield	0.66	V's Dividend Yield is ranked lower than 53% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 2.45 vs. V: 0.66 )	V' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range Min: 0.19   Max: 0.78 Current: 0.66 0.19 0.78
Dividend Payout	0.5	V's Dividend Payout is ranked higher than 91% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.56 vs. V: 0.5 )	V' s 10-Year Dividend Payout Range Min: 0.12   Max: 0.28 Current: 0.5 0.12 0.28
Dividend growth (3y)	20.3	V's Dividend growth (3y) is ranked higher than 96% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: -2.60 vs. V: 20.3 )	V' s 10-Year Dividend growth (3y) Range Min: 0   Max: 20.3 Current: 20.3 0 20.3
Yield on cost (5-Year)	0.70	V's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked lower than 51% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 2.90 vs. V: 0.70 )	V' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range Min: 0.19   Max: 0.78 Current: 0.7 0.19 0.78
Share Buyback Rate	12.4	V's Share Buyback Rate is ranked higher than 88% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: -0.50 vs. V: 12.4 )	V' s 10-Year Share Buyback Rate Range Min: 0   Max: 12.4 Current: 12.4 0 12.4

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Net Current Asset Value	147.7	V's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked higher than 97% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 2.50 vs. V: 147.7 )	V' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range Min: 77.7   Max: 123.8 Current: 147.7 77.7 123.8
Price/Tangible Book	32.7	V's Price/Tangible Book is ranked higher than 97% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 1.60 vs. V: 32.7 )	V' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range Min: 18.2   Max: 2046.3 Current: 32.7 18.2 2046.3
Price/DCF (Projected)	3.7	V's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked lower than 76% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.50 vs. V: 3.7 )	V' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range Min: 2.3   Max: 2.3 Current: 3.7
Price/Median PS Value	1.5	V's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than 75% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 1.00 vs. V: 1.5 )	V' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.7   Max: 1.2 Current: 1.5 0.7 1.2
Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value	2.8	V's Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value is ranked higher than 97% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.70 vs. V: 2.8 )	V' s 10-Year Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value Range Min: 1.7   Max: 1.7 Current: 2.8
Price/Graham Number	10.1	V's Price/Graham Number is ranked higher than 97% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. V: 10.1 )	V' s 10-Year Price/Graham Number Range Min: 3.7   Max: 94.4 Current: 10.1 3.7 94.4
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	1.80	V's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 54% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 8.45 vs. V: 1.80 )	V' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 2.2   Max: 10.9 Current: 1.8 2.2 10.9
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	14.64	V's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 88% of the 68 Companies in the Global Credit Services industry. ( Industry Median: 19.78 vs. V: 14.64 )	V' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: 1.2   Max: 30.1 Current: 14.64 1.2 30.1

Business Description

Visa Inc. is a Delaware Corporation. It is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. It owns, manages and promotes a portfolio of well-known, widely-accepted payment brands, including Visa, Visa Electron, PLUS and Interlink, which it licenses to its clients for use in their payment programs. It offer a wide range of branded payments product platforms, which its clients, primarily financial institutions, use to develop and offer credit, debit, prepaid and cash access programs for their customers (individuals, businesses and government entities. It provides transaction processing and value-added services to its clients through VisaNet, Visa Debit Processing Services and Visa Processing Services. It promotes and enforces a common set of operating regulations adhered to by its clients to ensure the efficient and secure functioning of its payments network and the maintenance and promotion of its brands. It operates an open-loop payments network, a multi-party system in which Visa connects financial institutions - issuing financial institutions that issue cards to cardholders, and acquiring financial institutions that have the banking relationship with merchants - and manage the exchange of information and value between them. It is subject to regulation of the payments industry in many countries in which its cards are used. The Company's clients are also subject to numerous regulations applicable to banks and other financial institutions in the United States and elsewhere, and consequently such regulations affect its business. In recent years, its business has come under increasing regulatory scrutiny. It is subject to regulation of the payments industry in many countries in which its cards are used. The Company's clients are also subject to numerous regulations applicable to banks and other financial institutions in the United States and elsewhere, and consequently such regulations affect its business. In recent years, its business has come under increasing regulatory scrutiny.
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