Visa Inc (NYSE:V) price closed higher on Tuesday, March 18, and jumping 0.07% above its previous close.
A look at the daily price movement shows that the last close reads $334.55, with intraday deals fluctuated between $332.36 and $335.76. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 0.949 while its P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period read 34.20. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $366.54 and 52-week low of $252.70. The stock subtracted -5.38% on its value in the past month.
Visa Inc, which has a market valuation of $654.00 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Jan-29. The company stock has a Forward Dividend ratio of 2.22, while the dividend yield is 0.66%. It is understandable that investor optimism is growing ahead of the company’s current quarter results.
Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give V a short term outlook of 50% Buy on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Buy.
Here is a look at the average analyst rating for the stock as represented on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock is strong buy or strong sell respectively. Specifically, 24 analysts have assigned V a recommendation rating as follows: 1 rate it as a Hold; 22 advise Buy while 0 analyst(s) assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged the Visa Inc (V) stock as Underweight, with 1 recommending Sell. In general, analysts have rated the stock Buy, a scenario likely to bolster investors out for an opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dive deeper into the stock’s performance we see the positive picture represented by the PEG ratio, currently standing at 2.71. The overview shows that V’s price is at present -3.21% off the SMA20 and -0.94% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 41.85, with weekly volatility standing at 1.93%. The indicator jumps to 1.93% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Visa Inc (NYSE:V)’s beta value is holding at 0.97, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 6.71. Considering analysts have assigned the stock a price target range of $318-$375 as the low and high respectively, we find the trailing 12-month average consensus price target to be $332.5. Based on this estimate, we see that current price is roughly 5.01% off the estimated low and -12.02% off the forecast high. Investors will no doubt be excited to see the share price rise to $332.5, which is the median consensus price, and at that level V would be 0.68% from current price.
An analysis of the Visa Inc (NYSE:V) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 6.63 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 7.71 million.
Current records show that the company has 1.73B in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 12.01% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 79.50%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-02-28, stood at 24.23 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 3.82. From this we can glean that short interest is 141.00 of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in February fall slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 26.98 million. But the 5.93% upside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of last trading, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.
