Visa Inc. (NYSE: V)
Quality Value Investing Research Report | $V Updated Coverage | September 2024
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In this updated coverage research report, we’ll reexamine the QVI Real-Time Stock Picks financials sector holding, Visa Inc. V 0.00%↑ to see if it continues to meet Quality Value Investing’s criteria based on our checklist analysis of the business’s current wealth and the share price’s present value.
Visa Inc. | Current Wealth
Value Proposition
Visa is a dividend-paying large-cap stock in the financials sector’s transaction & payment processing services industry. It was added to the QVI Real-Time Stock Picks on October 12, 2022, at a $175.44 cost basis per share, adjusted for dividends.
Visa Inc. operates as a payment technology company in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California USA.
Economic Moat
Morningstar assigns Visa a wide moat rating based on its view of the company’s full-circle network effect, where plugged-in consumers make payment networks more appealing to merchants, thus making the network more convenient for consumers.
QVI’s Value Proposition Elevator Pitch for V:
Visa is a household name in global electronic payment processing, where half its revenues drop to the bottom line. Now, that’s a dynamic business model, if not highway robbery
QVI’s value proposition rating for Visa: Bullish.
Returns on Management
Revenue Growth and Net Profit Margin
Per the table below, Visa’s trailing three-year annualized revenue growth was double-digit positive, still underperforming the S&P 500 topline growth of 18.6%. In contrast, the company’s revenue growth of 9.70% beat the broader market’s 4.6% for the most recently reported twelve months.
Further down the income statement, Visa had a super-double-digit positive net profit margin from an 80.20% gross margin, quintupling the S&P 500’s net of 10.70% from a gross of 40.90%.
Returns on Equity and Invested Capital
Visa’s senior management produced a high double-digit return on equity, or ROE, above QVI’s targeted threshold and the S&P 500’s ROE of 17.40%.
Stock buyback programs often elevate ROE. For example, during the quarter ending on June 30, 2024, the company repurchased $5.52 billion of its outstanding shares. The board of directors had announced a cumulative $25 billion buyback program in January.
Visa’s return on invested capital, or ROIC, outperformed QVI’s threshold and the broader market’s 22.40% return. Moreover, the company’s ROIC exceeded its weighted average cost of capital, or WACC, demonstrating that its senior executives are outstanding capital allocators. (Source of WACC: GuruFocus)
QVI’s business fundamentals rating for Visa: Bullish.
Next, we’ll look at the company’s enterprise downsize risks, the stock price’s present value, share price downside risks, and the investment thesis, each exclusive to Quality Value Investing’s premium (paying) subscribers.