Visa Inc.

V · NYSE · USD

Analysis

Last 4 earnings calls · through Q3 FY2026

Visa has stopped being just a card network. Value-added services and money movement now supply most of its growth, and management is betting AI, agentic checkout and stablecoins carry the next leg.How much of value-added services growth survives without FIFA?

  • Value-added services, not card swipes, now drive Visa's growth.

    Now about 30% of revenue and growing more than 25%, it drove most of a quarter management called the strongest since 2013. These products attach to transactions Visa already processes, so they grow without issuing new cards.Which value-added services grew fastest across the last four quarters?

  • Agentic checkout and stablecoins moved from slides to live transactions.

    Visa signed OpenAI and Meta to route agent purchases over its tokens, and stablecoin settlement is running at a $7 billion annual pace, up more than half in one quarter. Management calls agentic commerce "a when, not an if."

  • Cross-border volume is growing faster than the money it earns.

    Q3 FY2026 cross-border volume rose 12% while the revenue it earned grew 6%, as Visa lapped the volatility peak and cheaper Visa Direct payouts took a bigger share. Cross-border carries Visa's best margins, so this gap is where profit thins.How much lower is the money Visa keeps on a Visa Direct payout?

Bullish
  • Services beyond the network
    The bull case is that Visa sells fraud tools, advisory, marketing and issuer processing on top of its network, and those services grow faster than card spending.
  • New rails built on tokens
    Visa argues that stablecoins and agent-initiated payments extend its network rather than replace it, because it supplies the tokens, settlement and trust those systems need.
  • Client renewals and share gains
    Renewals with large banks and co-brand partners, and wins from domestic card schemes, keep adding credentials and volume even when consumer spending only holds steady.
Bearish
  • Incentives and price concessions
    The bear case is that growth is increasingly paid for, since renewing large clients requires incentives and price concessions that leave less revenue per dollar of volume.
  • Regulation and payments nationalism
    Interchange rules, a US routing mandate and European support for domestic wallets could cap the fees Visa charges and move volume onto other networks.
  • Cross-border travel exposure
    The most profitable part of the business depends on cross-border travel and a concentrated set of large clients, both of which can swing sharply with conflict or a lost contract.
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FY2025 · USD

How Visa turned $40.0B of revenue into $24.0B of operating income.

Revenue
Data Processing Revenues$20.0B▲ 12.87% YoY
Service$17.5B▲ 8.84% YoY
International Transaction Revenues$14.2B▲ 11.85% YoY
Service, Other$4.1B▲ 26.78% YoY
Total revenue$40.0B
Gross profit$32.1B80.4%
Operating income$24.0B60.0%
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