Visa Inc. (V): Price and Financial Metrics

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Visa Inc. (V) Company Bio

Visa operates as a retail electronic payments network worldwide. The company facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. Visa was founded in 1958 and is based in San Francisco, California.

V Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation

Below please find a table outlining a discounted cash flow forecast for V, in which we model out valuation assuming a variety of terminal growth rates. To summarize, we found that Visa Inc ranked in the 18th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that the most conservative analysis suggests this stock will yield negative results -- and thus may be a potential short opportunity. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Visa Inc ended up being:

• As a business, V is generating more cash flow than 96.72% of positive cash flow stocks in the Financial Services.
• The business' balance sheet reveals debt to be 4% of the company's capital (with equity being the remaining amount). Approximately only 15.24% of US stocks with free cash flow have a lower reliance on debt in their capital structure.
• V's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 3%; for context, that number is higher than 45.67% of tickers in our DCF set.

For other companies in the Financial Services that have a similar discounted cashflow valuation profile (and ensuing price forecasts) as V, try ATAX, CNFR, GSHD, PROS, and SPNT.