VFinancial Services · Credit ServicesThe 40 Wall Street analysts covering Visa, Inc. hold a median 12-month price target of $420 — +16.2% from the last close. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model, run across ~4,600 US stocks, ranks it 88 of 100 as at 8 Aug 2026 — inside the top quartile. Here, the model and the Street point the same way.
Consensus tells you what everyone already believes. The model scores Visa, Inc. on its factor families — the same systematic rank behind the Ticker Nerd portfolio.
Percentile across ~4,600 US stocks on Ticker Nerd’s systematic factor model. Higher is better. How the model is built and tested
Quality (99): The business earns solid, repeatable profits on what it owns.
Value (33): The shares cost a lot relative to the profits and assets behind them.
Size (0): Larger than most of the companies we track — more scrutinised, less often mispriced.
The rank is the raw material. Whether the rules would actually own Visa, Inc. — and when they’d sell — is the membership.
The bullish and bearish analyst opinions on V, reported as data — targets and ratings, the market's view beside the model's.
Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.
The green dot is the last close — the median target sits +16.2% from it.
Of the 20 most recent actions, 14 moved their price target up and 0 moved it down.
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | $394 → $406 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Maintains | Overweight | $410 → $445 |
| 30 July 2026 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Overweight | $412 → $432 |
| 29 July 2026 | Baird | Maintains | Outperform | $412 → $420 |
| 29 July 2026 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Outperform | $387 → $405 |
| 29 July 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Reiterates | Overweight | $410 |
| 29 July 2026 | Citigroup | Maintains | Buy | $400 → $440 |
| 29 July 2026 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Overweight | $400 → $450 |
| 29 July 2026 | Piper Sandler | Maintains | Overweight | $394 → $430 |
| 29 July 2026 | RBC Capital | Maintains | Outperform | $395 → $412 |
| 29 July 2026 | Susquehanna | Maintains | Positive | $410 → $427 |
| 29 July 2026 | UBS | Maintains | Buy | $410 → $420 |
| 29 July 2026 | Wolfe Research | Maintains | Outperform | $430 → $435 |
| 24 July 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | — |
| 24 July 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | $371 → $394 |
| 15 July 2026 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Outperform | $375 → $387 |
| 15 July 2026 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Outperform | — |
| 8 July 2026 | Barclays | Initiates | Overweight | $420 |
| 8 July 2026 | Barclays | Initiates | Overweight | — |
| 7 July 2026 | Baird | Maintains | Outperform | — |
Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.
Not the forecast itself — the direction analysts are revising it. Revision direction is one of the model's factor families.
A margin means little on its own. Each bar marks where the figure sits across the whole US universe we score.
Cheaper than 27% of US stocks
Cheaper than 11% of US stocks
Cheaper than 5% of US stocks
Cheaper than 15% of US stocks
Higher than 62% of US stocks
Higher than 44% of US stocks
Higher than 88% of US stocks
Higher than 99% of US stocks
Higher than 96% of US stocks
Higher than 94% of US stocks
Higher than 98% of US stocks
Higher than 16% of US dividend payers
Bars mark the percentile across the ~4,600 US stocks Ticker Nerd covers, among those reporting the figure.
The nearest names by industry and size, scored by the same model — like for like.
Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.
Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks, the factor behind each one, and where the market went. V appears on the weeks it earns a place.
On "Bloomberg Money," Meredith Whitney of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group discussed how credit card balances are rising in line with inflation and how many Americans are living payday to payday in their use of credit cards.
Why it matters — This item offers perspective on consumer credit card spending patterns, which relates to the broader payments environment in which Visa operates.
Zacks reports that Visa posted another earnings beat in Q3, prompting Wall Street analysts to raise their 2026-2027 forecasts for the company.
Why it matters — V watchers would care because the article balances improved analyst sentiment against ongoing concerns over Visa's premium valuation and rising regulatory risks.
Visa reported another robust quarter with double-digit revenue and EPS growth, driven by resilient consumer spending and strong cross-border activity. The article argues that Visa's integration of stablecoin and AI technologies, including partnerships with OpenAI and Meta, positions it to benefit from digital payment trends rather than be disrupted, suggesting the stablecoin threat was overstated.
Why it matters — For Visa watchers, this counters concerns that stablecoins and emerging technologies will disrupt the business, indicating the company can benefit from digital payment trends instead.
Zacks Investment Research published an Industry Outlook article highlighting Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Fidelity and WEX. The excerpt notes that these companies were featured in the article.
Why it matters — Visa is named among the companies featured in the industry outlook, so a Visa watcher would care about the sector-level context in which the company operates.
The Motley Fool discusses the differences between credit card network and card lender business models, explaining that payment processing involves multiple technology layers. It highlights that one of these layers, which card networks occupy, avoids the economically sensitive lending-based risk inherent to credit card lending.
Why it matters — A Visa watcher would care because the article contrasts the card network model, which Visa operates, with the riskier lending model, underscoring the network layer's relative insulation from credit risk.
The 40 Wall Street analysts covering Visa, Inc. have a median 12-month price target of $420, with estimates ranging from $330 to $450. These are third-party analyst estimates, not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.
Of the 40 analysts covering Visa, Inc., 37 rate it a Buy, 3 a Hold and 0 a Sell. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model ranks Visa, Inc. 88 out of 100 across roughly 4,600 US stocks as at 8 Aug 2026. None of this is personal advice — it does not consider your circumstances.
As at 8 Aug 2026, Visa, Inc. ranks 88 out of 100 on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model — a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks, built from its factor families. Its strongest factor family is Quality (99 of 100).
No one can know that. What the data says: the median 12-month target from 40 analysts implies +16.2% from the last close, and Ticker Nerd's factor model ranks Visa, Inc. 88 out of 100 as at 8 Aug 2026. Analyst targets are third-party estimates and frequently wrong; none of this is personal advice.
No analyst covering Visa, Inc. publishes a 2030 price target — Wall Street targets run 12 to 18 months out. Sites quoting a 2030 price for V are extrapolating price history, which says nothing about the business. The furthest attributed numbers are the current analyst targets: $330 to $450 over the next 12 months.
Visa, Inc. returned +8.1% over the 12 months to 10 Aug 2026, with dividends reinvested. Past performance does not indicate future returns.
Visa Inc. Class A is a global payments technology company that enables consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, and governments to move money securely and efficiently.
The most recent item we track (Bloomberg Markets and Finance, 7 Aug 2026): "Credit Card Balances at Pace with Inflation: Whitney". On "Bloomberg Money," Meredith Whitney of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group discussed how credit card balances are rising in line with inflation and how many Americans are living payday to payday in their use of credit cards.
Visa Inc. Class A is a global payments technology company that enables consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, and governments to move money securely and efficiently. Its core business centers on processing electronic payments through VisaNet, a network that supports authorization, clearing, and settlement for debit, credit, prepaid, and commercial transactions. Visa also provides related payment solutions and value-added services that help connect financial institutions and merchants across digital and physical commerce channels. The company plays a central role in the financial market by supporting everyday card payments, cross-border commerce, and digital transactions across a broad range of industries and markets. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Visa Inc. Class A is widely recognized as a leading infrastructure provider in the global payments ecosystem.
CEO Mr. Ryan M. McInerney · 34,100 employees · United States · https://www.visa.com