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The kingpins of the payment processing universe, Visa NYSE: V and Mastercard NYSE: MA, continue to show strength as the macroeconomic environment works in their favor. Amid rising interest rates over the past few years, one thing that has remained relatively strong is consumer spending.
Strong earnings send Visa Incorporated (V) shares higher.
Square, Cash App and Visa partnered with New Orleans nonprofit organization Propeller to provide local food and beverage businesses with technology and support to help them succeed.
Visa (V) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
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Visa Inc. V shares are trading marginally higher on Friday.
V expects net revenues to witness low-double-digit growth on an adjusted constant-dollar basis in fiscal 2025.
Visa Inc. continues to demonstrate strong financial performance, with Q1 '25 earnings beating expectations, driven by increased payment volumes and robust digital card use trends. Despite higher COGS, Visa's growth outlook remains positive, supported by increasing global payment volume and digital payment adoption, with management projecting low-teens EPS growth in FY '25. Visa's valuation appears fair, trading at the midpoint of its 5-year historical range, making it a reasonable-looking investment for robust mid-term returns.
Visa's fiscal first-quarter results noted significant growth in payments done digitally, and in tokens and credentials issued by the payments network. Payments volume grew by 9% in the latest quarter, as the U.S. was up 7%, and cross-border volume was up by 11%.