Visa Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  245.68
 Dividend  1.79
 Earnings  7.54
 Cash-flow  9.45
 Book value  16.60
 Equity  16.98

Visa is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Visa is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Visa stock dividend

Visa paid a total dividend of 2,896 million USD last year, for a market value of 397,510 millions (Market Cap 397,356 millions). Visa dividend per share is 1.79 USD, and his stock market price 245.68 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Visa has a dividend yield of 0.73%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Visa stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Visa

Visa Dividend Payout

About the ability of Visa to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.79 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.73%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Visa payout on ernings is currently 23.74%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Visacan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Visa is USD 9.45 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.79, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Visa, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Visa payout

Visa Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Visa's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present0.73%1.7923.74%1,618
20220.87%1.8124.49%1,646
20210.69%1.5025.25%1,692
20200.59%1.2924.52%1,687
20190.64%1.2020.87%1,713
20180.76%1.0023.58%1,760
20170.68%0.7825.91%1,818
20160.85%0.6632.20%1,886
20150.71%0.5626.67%1,951

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Visa dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Visa stock dividend history

Visa Stock performance

Finally, last moth Visa showed a return of 3.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 23.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Financial Services firms.

Visa stock and market return