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Visa (V) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know

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Visa (V - Free Report) closed at $178.24 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.5% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.33%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.1%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.27%.

Coming into today, shares of the global payments processor had lost 10.28% in the past month. In that same time, the Business Services sector lost 15.34%, while the S&P 500 lost 11.67%.

Investors will be hoping for strength from Visa as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be October 25, 2022. The company is expected to report EPS of $1.87, up 15.43% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $7.57 billion, up 15.44% from the year-ago period.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Visa. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.2% lower. Visa is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.

Digging into valuation, Visa currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 21.42. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 15.89, which means Visa is trading at a premium to the group.

We can also see that V currently has a PEG ratio of 1.28. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. Financial Transaction Services stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 0.96 based on yesterday's closing prices.

The Financial Transaction Services industry is part of the Business Services sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 159, putting it in the bottom 37% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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