Visa (V) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.87 billion, representing a surprise of +3.11%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.2%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.86.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Visa performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
End of Period Connections - Total transactions: 65.44 billion versus 64.47 billion estimated by five analysts on average.
Total volume: $4,250.00 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $4,095.82 billion.
Payments volume - Total: $3,618.00 billion versus $3,583.74 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
Payments volume - CEMEA: $219.00 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $219.74 billion.
Payments volume - U.S.A: $1,766.00 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1,762.94 billion.
Payments volume - Asia pacific: $509.00 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $499.49 billion.
Payments volume - Canada: $110.00 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $111.83 billion.
Revenues- Service revenue: $4.33 billion versus $4.29 billion estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.2% change.
Revenues- Data processing revenue: $5.15 billion compared to the $5.05 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +14.8% year over year.
Revenues- Client incentive: $-3.97 billion versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $-4.05 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.5%.
Revenues- Other revenue: $1.03 billion compared to the $955.7 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +31.8% year over year.
Revenues- International transaction revenue: $3.63 billion versus $3.6 billion estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +13.7% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Visa here>>>
Shares of Visa have returned +0.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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