Visa Inc. · V · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q2 2026

Visa Beats on Revenue and EPS, Raises Guidance on VAS Strength and Stablecoin Expansion

Visa delivered its strongest top-line growth since 2022 in Q2 FY2026, with revenue of $11.2 billion (+17% YoY) and EPS of $3.31, beating consensus estimates by 4.5% on revenue and 6.8% on EPS. Value-added services now represent approximately 30% of net revenue and grew 27% YoY, reflecting a structural shift beyond transaction processing toward higher-margin recurring services. Management raised full-year guidance to low-double-digit revenue growth and low-teen EPS growth, supported by a record $7.9 billion share repurchase authorization. Emerging growth engines — AI-driven agentic commerce (Visa CLI, Intelligent Commerce Connect) and stablecoin settlement infrastructure ($7 billion annualized run rate across six blockchains) — position Visa for incremental multi-billion-dollar opportunities beyond its core payments network. The stock responded with an 8.3% abnormal move on the…

Reported After market closeNYSEFinancial Services $694.91B market cap
100quality score

Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Visa Inc. functions globally as a leading technology company dedicated to payments. Its primary role is to enable the secure and efficient digital transfer of funds among a wide array of participants, including individual consumers, retail businesses, banking institutions, corporations, strategic partners, and governmental bodies. At the heart of its operations is VisaNet, a highly sophisticated transaction processing network that handles the critical functions of authorizing, clearing, and settling all payment transactions.…

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $3.31 Consensus $3
EPS surprise +6.8% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $11.23B Consensus $10.75B
Revenue surprise +4.5% Reported versus consensus

Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
V REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $9B Q2 '24 actual $9B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $9B Q3 '24 actual $9B, miss Q4 '24 estimate $9B Q4 '24 actual $10B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $10B Q3 '25 actual $10B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $11B Q4 '25 actual $11B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $11B Q1 '26 actual $11B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $11B Q2 '26 actual $11B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $11B Q3 '26 actual $12B, beat Q4 '26 estimate $12B Q1 '27 estimate $12B Q2 '27 estimate $12B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy61 ratings
Bullish5386.9%
Neutral813.1%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$370.45Current
$215Low
$348.42Average
$466High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 11, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 31, 2026
Wolfe Research Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 25, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainAug 5, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 3, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 30, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainJul 29, 2026
Susquehanna Positive PositiveMaintainJul 29, 2026
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 29, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $370.45. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
RBC CapitalDaniel Perlin$466$381.6 +25.8%Aug 31, 2026
Wolfe ResearchAnalyst unavailable$460$382.41 +24.2%Aug 25, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$406$370.42 +9.6%Aug 5, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$445$370.38 +20.1%Aug 3, 2026
Wells FargoJason Kupferberg$432$368.73 +16.6%Jul 30, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldRamsey El-Assal$410$371.14 +10.7%Jul 29, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$412$368.1 +11.2%Jul 29, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$405$367.17 +9.3%Jul 29, 2026
Piper SandlerBill Carcache$430$366.59 +16.1%Jul 29, 2026
SusquehannaAnalyst unavailable$427$366.59 +15.3%Jul 29, 2026
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Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +8.3% Event window
SPY move -0.0% Same window
Abnormal move +8.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.6× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -3.0% Up to 20 sessions
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Transcript intelligence

What changed

Revenue growth accelerated from 15% YoY in Q1 to 17% YoY in Q2 FY2026, the strongest top-line growth since 2022. Guidance was raised from maintained to low-double-digit revenue growth and low-teen EPS growth for FY2026. Stablecoin settlement annualized run rate grew from $4.6 billion in Q1 to $7 billion in Q2, with five new blockchains added: Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo. Value-added services reached approximately 30% of net revenue, growing 27% YoY. Visa launched a proof-of-concept Visa CLI tool for command-line developer payments and became a validator on Tempo blockchain and a super validator on the Canton network. A record $7.9 billion share repurchase was announced. New partnerships include TikTok (Creator Card), PayPay (Japan), X (Money), UnionPay International (Moneyexpress), Westpac, Scotiabank, Highnote, and Wells Fargo (Pismo migration).

Guidance delta

Visa raised full-year FY2026 guidance from the prior quarter's maintained stance. Management now projects low-double-digit revenue growth and low-teen EPS growth, compared with the prior quarter's unchanged low-double-digit adjusted revenue growth outlook. The raised outlook reflects stronger-than-expected value-added services growth, commercial solutions momentum, and cross-border volume strength. In Q1, guidance sentiment was characterized as maintained; in Q2, it shifted to raised.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue and EPS beat expectations, with the strongest top-line growth since 2022.
  • Value-added services now represent about 30% of net revenue, growing 27% YoY.
  • AI-driven agentic commerce and stablecoin initiatives are positioned as future multi-billion-dollar growth engines.
  • Guidance raised to low-double-digit revenue growth and low-teen EPS growth for FY2026.
  • Record $7.9 billion share repurchase underscored strong capital allocation confidence.

Management priorities

  • Scale Visa CLI and Intelligent Commerce Connect for broader agentic commerce adoption.
  • Launch additional stablecoin-linked card programs and expand settlement on new blockchains.
  • Deepen Visa Direct integrations (e.g., X Money, UnionPay Moneyexpress).
  • Continue rollout of AI-powered fraud and risk models, including the Visa Large Transaction Model.
  • Leverage Pismo platform to win more large-bank modernization deals.

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Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

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