Key Takeaways for Visa Stock as of July 2026
- Record Quarter: Visa’s fiscal Q3 2026 net revenue climbed 14% YoY to $11.6B and EPS rose 11% YoY to $3.32, both ahead of expectations, as quarterly payments volume crossed $4T for the first time in company history.
- Guidance Raise: Management now guides full-year EPS growth to the low end of mid-teens and revenue growth to the low end of low teens, both raised from prior expectations.
- VAS Acceleration: 34% YoY constant-dollar growth in value-added services revenue, to $3.8B, came mostly from marketing services tied to the FIFA World Cup.
- Workforce Cuts Amid Strength: Visa booked a $563M GAAP severance charge while cutting mostly tech and product roles.
Visa Stock Crosses $4 Trillion in Volume, Then Announces Layoffs
Visa (V) beat its own expectations across the board in fiscal third-quarter 2026, with net revenue up 14% year over year to $11.6 billion and EPS up 11% to $3.32. Quarterly payments volume crossed $4 trillion for the first time in company history, and processed transactions grew 10% to $72 billion. The July 28, 2026 report landed against steady U.S. consumer spending and a surge tied to the FIFA World Cup that ran through late June.
CEO Ryan McInerney put the quarter in context on the Q3 earnings call: “Quarterly payments volume grew 10% year-over-year in constant dollars to cross $4 trillion, the first time in Visa’s history.” U.S. payments volume itself grew 10% year over year, the fastest pace since fiscal 2019 outside the pandemic recovery, with both credit and debit accelerating roughly 2 points from the prior quarter.
Value-added services, the software and consulting layer Visa sells alongside its card network, grew revenue 34% year over year in constant dollars to $3.8 billion. All four VAS portfolios grew faster over the trailing 12 months than the rates Visa laid out at its Investor Day, with marketing services tied to FIFA doing much of the lifting. Visa delivered 1,200 consulting projects last quarter, more than it delivered in all of 2019.
Commercial and money movement solutions revenue grew 17% year over year in constant dollars, with commercial payments volume up 13% and Visa Direct transactions up 21% to $4 billion. That breadth matters: consumer payments and value-added services are growing right alongside commercial, not carrying the quarter alone.
Operating expenses grew 17% year over year on marketing and personnel costs, and Visa booked $563 million in GAAP severance charges tied to a workforce reduction announced on the call. “We are eliminating roles with the majority being in our technology and product teams to ensure that we are continuing to position Visa for future growth,” McInerney said. Suh added the savings would be reinvested into the stablecoin and agentic commerce initiatives already fueling this quarter’s growth, not dropped straight to the bottom line.
Management raised full-year guidance as a result, now guiding revenue growth to the low end of low teens and EPS growth to the low end of mid-teens for the year, both better than prior expectations. Suh flagged one headwind for the fourth quarter. Currency volatility is expected to return to levels last seen in fiscal Q1, a bigger drag than previously built in. That’s the trade-off sitting underneath Visa stock right now, a business firing on every cylinder while absorbing higher costs and more currency risk.
TIKR Values Visa Stock at $625, Pricing In Continued VAS Momentum
TIKR’s mid-case model values Visa at $625 by September 2030, implying a 71% total return from the current price of $367, or 14% annualized over the next four years.
A 14% annualized return over four years puts Visa stock among the strongest large-cap compounders, rewarding investors willing to hold through the currency volatility Suh flagged for the fourth quarter.
The target is reachable because the drivers behind this quarter’s 14% revenue growth look structural, not one-off: value-added services are compounding off a larger base while commercial payments volume keeps accelerating. Management is also redirecting this quarter’s severance savings straight into the same product pipeline fueling that growth.
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