Why Visa Is Poised to Keep Popping (V)

Why Visa Is Poised to Keep Popping

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, credit card giant Visa (NYSE: V ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Visa and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Visa facts

Headquarters (founded)	San Francisco (1958)
Market Cap	$104.1 billion
Industry	Data processing and outsourced services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$10.7 billion
Management	CEO Charles Scharf CFO Byron Pollitt, Jr.
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)	11.9%
Cash / Debt	$2.8 billion / $0
Dividend Yield	0.9%
Competitors	American Express (NYSE: AXP ) Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS ) MasterCard

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 95% of the 5,126 members who have rated Visa believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Earlier today, one of those bulls, Montebleu, succinctly summed up the Visa bull case for our community:

Strong and consistent top line and bottom line. ROE is consistent and above average returns of S&P 500. Long term debt is nil. No doors to entry. The players in this industry are limited to just a few established ones. [Visa] and [MasterCard] and [American Express] will outlive most of us.

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