V Stock — Visa Inc.

Visa Inc. (V)

Updated October 16, 2026.

V is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.67%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.67%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 100/100 (Safe). Total return is 3149.0% over the past 18.6 years, 2424.7 points ahead of SPY at 724.3%.

Visa Inc. operates a global payment technology network that processes credit, debit, and prepaid card transactions, while also offering related services including money movement platforms, fraud prevention, and advisory solutions for consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities. The company distributes a modest quarterly dividend and trades as an equity security with no ongoing expense ratio. This appeals to investors seeking exposure to payment processing and financial technology with some income component.

V performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 3149.0% over the past 18.6 years, 2424.7 points ahead of SPY at 724.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 21.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 17.2%.

V key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

100 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.67%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/19/2008

Distribution rate

0.67%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.67%

5-year average yield

0.71

Last close

$402.61 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$686,092,811,731

Average volume

6780000.0

Dividend

$0.67

Ex-dividend date

08/11/2026

Payment date

09/01/2026

Beta

0.771

Payout ratio

21.0%

P/E ratio

34.26

Forward P/E

24.0385

EPS

$11.75

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.67%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.67%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

V risks and drawbacks

V's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 17.2%.

Who may consider V — and who may not

V may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (V pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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