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Visa (V) 3-Year Sortino Ratio : 1.65 (As of Jul. 24, 2025)


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What is Visa 3-Year Sortino Ratio?

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of the downside risk over the past three years. As of today (2025-07-24), Visa's 3-Year Sortino Ratio is 1.65.


Competitive Comparison of Visa's 3-Year Sortino Ratio

For the Credit Services subindustry, Visa's 3-Year Sortino Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Sortino Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Visa's 3-Year Sortino Ratio Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Visa's 3-Year Sortino Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Visa's 3-Year Sortino Ratio falls into.


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Visa 3-Year Sortino Ratio Calculation

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset or portfolio in the last three year, focusing specifically on downside risk rather than total risk. A stock / portfolio's 3-Year Sortino Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the three-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the downside risks over the past three year.

A downside risk is a potential loss from the asset or investment. The Downside risk here is measured by the downside deviation, which is the standard deviation of negative returns.


Visa  (NYSE:V) 3-Year Sortino Ratio Explanation

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past three year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average three-year monthly excess returns divided by the standard deviation of negative returns in the three-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

Differnt from the Sharpe Ratio that penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally, the Sortino Ratio penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return. The expected returns here is set to the risk-free rate as well.


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Visa Business Description

Address
P.O. Box 8999, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94128-8999
Visa is the largest payment processor in the world. In fiscal 2023, it processed almost $15 trillion in total volume. Visa operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 160 currencies. Its systems are capable of processing over 65,000 transactions per second.
Executives
Paul D Fabara officer: CHIEF RISK OFFICER 200 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10285
Julie B Rottenberg officer: GENERAL COUNSEL C/O VISA INC, POB 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128
Ryan Mcinerney officer: PRESIDENT C/O VISA INC., PO BOX 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128
Peter M Andreski officer: GBL CORP CONTROLLER, CAO C/O VISA INC., POB 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128
Tullier Kelly Mahon officer: V.CHAIR, CHF PPL & ADM OFF C/O VISA INC., PO BOX 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128
Rajat Taneja officer: PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY C/O ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., 209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, LEGAL DEPT., REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Lloyd Carney director C/O MICROMUSE INC, 139 TOWNSEND ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Kelly Alfred F Jr director, officer: CHAIRMAN & CEO AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, 200 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10285
Chris Suh officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O CARDLYTICS, INC., 675 PONCE DE LEON AVE. NE, STE 6000, ATLANTA GA 30308
Vasant M Prabhu officer: VICE CHAIR, CFO C/O SAFEWAY INC, 5918 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Pam Murphy director 1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Kermit R Crawford director 200 WILMOT ROAD, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Teri List director 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Robert W Matschullat director C/O THE CLOROX COMPANY, 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
James H Hoffmeister officer: GBL CORP CONTROLLER, CAO C/O VISA INC., PO BOX 8999, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128