Snapshot
Visa’s market capitalisation was $655.4 billion as of September 24, 2026. In FY2025, revenue was $40.0 billion, operating income was $24.0 billion, net income was $20.1 billion, and diluted EPS was $10.20.
In Q3 FY2026, revenue was $11.6 billion, gross profit was $11.6 billion, operating income was $6.9 billion, net income was $5.6 billion, and diluted EPS was $2.97. Revenue in the TTM to Q3 FY2026 was $44.5 billion, while net income in the TTM to Q3 FY2026 was $22.6 billion.
Growth
Revenue reached $40.0 billion in FY2025, with revenue growth of 11.3% in FY2025 against FY2024. Revenue compound annual growth was 10.9% in FY2022–FY2025 and 12.9% in FY2020–FY2025. Diluted EPS was $10.20 in FY2025, increasing 4.83% in FY2025 against FY2024; diluted EPS compound annual growth was 13.4% in FY2022–FY2025.
Free cash flow was $21.6 billion in FY2025 and increased 15.4% in FY2025 against FY2024. In Q3 FY2026, revenue was $11.6 billion and was 14.4% higher in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025. Diluted EPS was $2.97 in Q3 FY2026, up 10.4% in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025, while free cash flow was $6.1 billion in Q3 FY2026 and declined 2.73% in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025.
Profitability
Gross margin was 100.0% in FY2025, unchanged by 0.0 percentage points in FY2020–FY2025. Operating margin was 60.0% in FY2025, down by 4.5 percentage points in FY2020–FY2025. Pre-tax margin was 60.5% in FY2025, down by 2.6 percentage points in FY2020–FY2025, while net margin was 50.1% in FY2025 and rose by 0.4 percentage points in FY2020–FY2025.
Return on equity was 53.3% in FY2025, compared with 37.5% in FY2021. Return on assets was 20.7% in FY2025, compared with 15.0% in FY2021. Return on invested capital was 36.5% in FY2025, compared with 25.2% in FY2021. Operating margin was 59.1% in Q3 FY2026, compared with 60.7% in Q3 FY2025.
Balance sheet
Total debt was $25.2 billion in FY2025, compared with cash and short-term investments of $22.0 billion in FY2025. Net debt was $3.2 billion in FY2025 and increased to $9.2 billion in Q3 FY2026. Debt to equity was 0.7× in Q3 FY2026, while the current ratio was 1.0× in Q3 FY2026.
Shareholders’ equity was $37.9 billion in FY2025, compared with $39.1 billion in FY2024. Working capital was $2.7 billion in FY2025, below $7.5 billion in FY2024. Book value per share was $20.51 in FY2025, compared with $21.34 in FY2024.
Cash flow & capital return
Operating cash flow was $23.1 billion in FY2025, increasing 15.6% in FY2025 against FY2024. Capital expenditure was $1.5 billion in FY2025, and free cash flow was $21.6 billion in FY2025. Free cash flow represented 107.6% of net income in FY2025.
Dividends paid were $4.6 billion in FY2025, and net share repurchases were $17.9 billion in FY2025. Capital returned to shareholders was $22.6 billion in FY2025 and $84.6 billion in FY2021–FY2025. Weighted average shares were 1.8 billion shares in FY2025, while the share count declined 5.38% in FY2020–FY2025. Free cash flow was $21.0 billion in the TTM to Q3 FY2026.
Valuation
Market capitalisation was $655.4 billion as of September 24, 2026. P/E was 30.1× as of September 24, 2026, above its 28.2× five-year median over the five fiscal years to FY2025 and below its 33.5× ten-year median over the ten fiscal years to FY2025. P/S was 14.7× as of September 24, 2026, above its 14.0× five-year median over the five fiscal years to FY2025 and above its 14.5× ten-year median over the ten fiscal years to FY2025.
P/B was 18.9× as of September 24, 2026, above its 12.6× five-year median over the five fiscal years to FY2025 and its 11.7× ten-year median over the ten fiscal years to FY2025. EV/Sales and EV/Cash flow were 14.9× and 31.6×, respectively, as of September 24, 2026; both were above their five-year and ten-year medians. Industry-median comparisons are not reported.
What changed since last quarter
Revenue was $11.6 billion in Q3 FY2026, up 3.59% in Q3 FY2026 against Q2 FY2026 and up 14.4% in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025. Diluted EPS was $2.97 in Q3 FY2026, down 5.41% in Q3 FY2026 against Q2 FY2026 but up 10.4% in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025. Free cash flow was $6.1 billion in Q3 FY2026, up 133.8% in Q3 FY2026 against Q2 FY2026 and down 2.73% in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025.
Operating margin was 59.1% in Q3 FY2026, down 5.3 percentage points in Q3 FY2026 against Q2 FY2026 and down 1.6 percentage points in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025. Net debt was $9.2 billion in Q3 FY2026, declining by $220.0 million in Q3 FY2026 against Q2 FY2026 and increasing by $5.9 billion in Q3 FY2026 against Q3 FY2025.
Open questions
- What factors caused operating margin to decline in the latest quarter despite revenue growth?
- What drove the increase in net debt relative to a year earlier?
- What explains the divergence between trailing operating cash flow and net income growth?
- What caused quarterly free cash flow to vary across the recent quarters?