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VISA INC. V

· Technology · Services-Business Services, NEC

FY2025 10-K, filed 2025-11-06
SEC EDGAR

Filing evidence summary

Mixed evidenceCoverage 5/5 core metrics

Operating margin changed -5.7 percentage points from the prior annual period.

Backward-looking filed evidence under visible rules - not a rating, forecast or investment advice. Missing data is never scored.

Evidence signals

  • Operating margin compressed

    Operating margin changed -5.7 percentage points from the prior annual period.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: more than +1 percentage point constructive; below -1 point caution. Period end 2025-09-30.

  • No current rule-based risk flags

    9 filing-based checks were evaluable.

    Why this surfaced

    The full financial analysis shows each value, threshold, and sector limitation.

  • Revenue expanded

    Latest reported annual revenue changed +11.3% from the prior reported annual observation.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: above +2% constructive; below -2% caution; otherwise monitor. This is not labeled one-year growth when filing periods have a gap. Period end 2025-09-30.

  • Free cash flow was positive

    Latest reported free cash flow was $21.6B.

    Why this surfaced

    Free cash flow = operating cash flow minus capital expenditures; positive is supporting evidence, not a valuation conclusion. Period end 2025-09-30.

Core trend metrics

Latest annual revenue growth
+11.3%
as of 2025-09-30
Latest annual operating margin
60.0%
as of 2025-09-30
Free cash flow
$21.6B
as of 2025-09-30
Debt / equity
0.52x
as of 2025-09-30
ROIC snapshot
32.6%
period varies

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Where to look next

Risk checks

0of 9 rule-based checks flagged

Financial movement

  • Cash→ flat
  • Long-term debt→ flat
  • Inventory→ flat
  • Receivables→ flat
  • Current assets→ flat

Source & freshness

Source
SEC EDGAR XBRL
Fetched
2026-10-07
Latest period end
2025-09-30
Filings
EDGAR ↗

Reported segment mix

figures as filed · share of the filed sum · change vs the prior period in the same filing
Fiscal year ending 2025-09-3010-K filed 2025-11-06prior period 2024-09-30 from the same filingView filing
By product or service
Revenue
  • Data Processing Revenues$20B
    share n/a
    +12.9% yoy
  • Service$17.5B
    share n/a
    +8.8% yoy
  • Client Incentives-$15.8B
    share n/a
    +14.4% yoy
  • International Transaction Revenues$14.2B
    share n/a
    +11.9% yoy
  • Value Added Services$10.9B
    share n/a
    +23.9% yoy
  • Service Other$4.05B
    share n/a
    +26.8% yoy

member sum exceeds the consolidated figure: this axis carries more than one breakdown, so shares are not computed.

By geography
Revenue
  • Outside the United States$24.4B
    60.9%
    +15.2% yoy
  • United States$15.6B
    39.1%
    +5.8% yoy

Members sum to the consolidated $40B for this period.

Latest quarter
Quarter ending 2026-06-3010-Q filed 2026-07-29prior period 2025-06-30 from the same filingView filing
  • Data Processing Revenues$6.04B
    share n/a
    +17.3% yoy
  • Service$4.92B
    share n/a
    +13.7% yoy
  • Client Incentives-$4.68B
    share n/a
    +17.8% yoy
  • International Transaction Revenues$3.85B
    share n/a
    +6.1% yoy
  • Value Added Services$3.8B
    share n/a
    +35.7% yoy
  • Service Other$1.5B
    share n/a
    +45.5% yoy

Change is against the same quarter a year earlier, as reported in the same 10-Q.

Source: SEC DERA Financial Statement and Notes data sets. Dimensional XBRL facts on the business-segment, product/service and geographic axes; the engine keeps the accession of every figure. Descriptive and educational, not advice.

Peer percentiles

latest fiscal year ending 2025-09-30 · among 4,075 US-listed filers · 810 in Technology
MetricValuevs all filersvs sector
Revenue
latest fiscal-year revenue as filed
$40.0B
97thof 3,256
top third
97thof 772
top third
Revenue growth
latest fiscal-year revenue vs the prior fiscal year
11.3%
64thof 3,094
middle third
55thof 738
middle third
Operating margin
operating income ÷ revenue
60.0%
98thof 2,783
top third
99thof 745
top third
Net margin
net income ÷ revenue
50.1%
94thof 3,221
top third
97thof 764
top third
Free-cash-flow margin
(operating cash flow − |capex|) ÷ revenue
53.9%
96thof 2,647
top third
99thof 694
top third
Return on equity
net income ÷ stockholders' equity (positive equity only)
52.9%
96thof 3,529
top third
94thof 715
top third
Stock comp ÷ revenue
stock-based compensation ÷ revenue · lower is ranked higher
2.2%
50thof 2,860
middle third
66thof 722
middle third
Days sales outstanding
receivables ÷ revenue × 365 · lower is ranked higher
29 days
74thof 2,378
top third
85thof 709
top third
Net debt ÷ operating cash flow
net debt ÷ operating cash flow (OCF > 0) · lower is ranked higher
0.1×
78thof 1,531
top third
75thof 335
top third
Cash conversion
operating cash flow ÷ net income (net income > 0)
1.1×
31stof 2,250
bottom third
24thof 427
bottom third
Cash-flow accrual ratio
(net income − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets · lower is ranked higher
-3.1%
39thof 3,862
middle third
28thof 772
bottom third
Balance-sheet accrual ratio
change in net operating assets ÷ average net operating assets · lower is ranked higher
-17.3%
79thof 3,310
top third
80thof 680
top third

Each filer's latest fiscal year as stored by the nightly crawl; fiscal year ends differ across the universe. A metric ranks only filers for which it is computable from filed facts. Ties split; a rank reads "better than N% of filers" in the metric's own direction. Descriptive and educational, not a rating.

Earnings quality

latest fiscal year ending 2025-09-30 · accruals and cash conversion as filed
Cash conversion
1.15×
operating cash flow ÷ net income, latest fiscal year
Cash-flow accrual ratio
-3.1%
(net income − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets
Balance-sheet accrual ratio
-17.3%
change in net operating assets ÷ average net operating assets
Cash-backed years
5 of 5
fiscal years where operating cash flow met or exceeded net income
Mean cash conversion
1.17×
across the stored fiscal years with positive net income

Per fiscal year from filed facts: cash conversion = operating cash flow / net income (net income > 0); cash-flow accrual ratio = (net income - operating cash flow) / average total assets; balance-sheet accrual ratio = change in net operating assets / average net operating assets, NOA = (assets - cash) - (liabilities - debt). Descriptive; a missing input yields a missing ratio. High accrual ratios and cash conversion well below one are the measures the accruals literature associates with less persistent earnings; they are screens to read the cash-flow statement with, not conclusions. The per-year series is part of Pro risk analysis.

Point-in-time ledger

first-reported vs latest filing · periods since 2020-01-01 · 0 changed periods

No period on file has changed between its first report and the latest filing carrying it.

First filing reporting each period vs the latest filing carrying it (10-K and 10-Q only, periods since 2020, the extractor's winning tag per concept); a change under 0.5% is treated as rounding. A change can be a restatement, a reclassification or a re-tagging in a later comparative column; the two filings are linked so the reader can see which. Descriptive, not a verdict.

Notes by disclosure type

debt, leases, revenue, segments, contingencies, taxes and more · the filer's own words
Latest quarterly report10-Q FY2026 Q3 · filed 20260729View filing
Business combinations · 1,830 characters as filed

Note 2Acquisitions In February 2026, Visa acquired 100% of the equity interest of each of Prisma Medios de Pago S.A.U. (Prisma) and Newpay S.A.U. (Newpay) in Argentina for a total purchase consideration of $1.5 billion in cash. Prisma provides credit, debit and prepaid card issuer processing. Newpay is a multi-network infrastructure provider that operates real-time payments services, the Banelco ATM network and the bill payment platform PagoMisCuentas. This acquisition is expected to help accelerate the deployment of advanced technologies such as tokenization, biometric authentication, intelligent risk tools and agentic commerce solutions. These end-to-end capabilities will aim to improve services from issuers and enhance speed and security for consumers. Total purchase consideration has been allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If additional information becomes available, the Company may further revise the purchase price allocation as soon as practicable, but no later than one year from the acquisition date. The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation in aggregate for Prisma and Newpay: Purchase Price Allocation Weighted-Average Useful Life of Intangibles (in millions) (in years) Technology $ 184 3 Customer relationships 405 6 Deferred tax liabilities (199) Other net assets acquired (liabilities assumed) (1) 85 Goodwill 1,034 Total $ 1,509 5 (1) Include customer collateral asset and restricted cash, which are fully offset by correspondin …

BusinessCombinationDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Debt · 3,881 characters as filed

Note 8Debt The Company had outstanding debt as follows: June 30, 2026 September 30, 2025 Effective Interest Rate (1) (in millions, except percentages) Commercial paper (2) $ 1,500 $ U.S. dollar notes 3.15% Senior Notes due December 2025 4,000 3.26 % 1.90% Senior Notes due April 2027 1,500 1,500 2.02 % 0.75% Senior Notes due August 2027 500 500 0.84 % 2.75% Senior Notes due September 2027 750 750 2.91 % 3.80% Senior Notes due February 2029 900 3.99 % 2.05% Senior Notes due April 2030 1,500 1,500 2.13 % 4.10% Senior Notes due February 2031 750 4.23 % 1.10% Senior Notes due February 2031 1,000 1,000 1.20 % 4.40% Senior Notes due February 2033 700 4.54 % 4.15% Senior Notes due December 2035 1,500 1,500 4.23 % 4.70% Senior Notes due February 2036 650 4.79 % 2.70% Senior Notes due April 2040 1,000 1,000 2.80 % 4.30% Senior Notes due December 2045 3,500 3,500 4.37 % 3.65% Senior Notes due September 2047 750 750 3.73 % 2.00% Senior Notes due August 2050 1,750 1,750 2.09 % Euro notes 1.50% Senior Notes due June 2026 1,587 1.71 % 2.25% Senior Notes due May 2028 1,428 1,470 2.57 % 2.00% Senior Notes due June 2029 1,142 1,176 2.13 % 3.125% Senior Notes due May 2033 1,142 1,176 3.20 % 2.375% Senior Notes due June 2034 742 764 2.53 % 3.50% Senior Notes due May 2037 742 764 3.62 % 3.875% Senior Notes due May 2044 685 705 4.02 % Total debt 24,131 25,392 Unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs (165) (171) Hedge accounting fair value adjustments (3) (108) (50) Total carrying value of deb …

DebtDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Revenue disaggregation · 700 characters as filed

The following tables disaggregate the Companys net revenue by revenue category and by geography: Three Months Ended June 30, Nine Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 (in millions) Service revenue $ 4,922 $ 4,330 $ 14,663 $ 12,937 Data processing revenue 6,042 5,153 17,129 14,599 International transaction revenue 3,853 3,633 11,136 10,366 Other revenue 1,496 1,028 4,030 2,877 Client incentives (4,680) (3,972) (13,194) (11,503) Net revenue $ 11,633 $ 10,172 $ 33,764 $ 29,276 Three Months Ended June 30, Nine Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 (in millions) U.S. $ 4,410 $ 3,927 $ 12,892 $ 11,476 International 7,223 6,245 20,872 17,800 Net revenue $ 11,633 $ 10,172 $ 33,764 $ 29,276 …

DisaggregationOfRevenueTableTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Share-based compensation · 875 characters as filed

Note 13Share-based Compensation The following table presents the equity awards granted to employees and non-employee directors under the amended and restated 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (EIP) for the nine months ended June 30, 2026: Granted Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Weighted-Average Exercise Price Non-qualified stock options 714,321 $ 76.23 $ 324.13 Restricted stock units 2,629,355 $ 324.47 Performance shares (1) 381,324 $ 344.15 (1) Represents the maximum number of performance shares which could be earned. For the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recorded share-based compensation cost related to the EIP of $214 million and $215 million, respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recorded share-based compensation cost related to the EIP of $699 million and $680 million, respectively. …

DisclosureOfCompensationRelatedCostsShareBasedPaymentsTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Fair value · 5,243 characters as filed

Note 6Fair Value Measurements and Investments Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis Fair Value Measurements Using Inputs Considered as Level 1 Level 2 June 30, 2026 September 30, 2025 June 30, 2026 September 30, 2025 (in millions) Assets Cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents: Money market funds $ 8,284 $ 13,760 $ $ Investment securities: Marketable equity securities 446 411 U.S. government-sponsored debt securities 79 305 U.S. Treasury securities 1,058 2,116 Other current and non-current assets: Money market funds 33 28 Derivative instruments 186 62 Total $ 9,821 $ 16,315 $ 265 $ 367 Liabilities Accrued compensation and benefits: Deferred compensation liability $ 297 $ 268 $ $ Accrued and other liabilities: Derivative instruments 234 319 Total $ 297 $ 268 $ 234 $ 319 Level 1 assets and liabilities. Money market funds, U.S. Treasury securities and marketable equity securities are classified as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy, as fair value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. The Companys deferred compensation liability is measured at fair value based on marketable equity securities held under the deferred compensation plan. Level 2 assets and liabilities. The fair value of U.S. government-sponsored debt securities, as provided by third-party pricing vendors, is based on quoted prices in active markets for similar, not identical, assets. Derivative instruments are valued using inputs that a …

FairValueDisclosuresTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Income taxes · 2,154 characters as filed

Note 15Income Taxes For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, the effective income tax rates were 18% and 16%, respectively. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, the effective income tax rate was 17%. The effective income tax rates differ primarily due to the following: For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, a deferred tax benefit of $18 million and $351 million, respectively, due to a change in the U.S. taxation of certain foreign earnings; For the nine months ended June 30, 2026, a $217 million tax benefit as a result of a tax position taken on certain expenses; For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, a $60 million net tax benefit due to the reassessment of uncertain tax positions as a result of new information obtained during a tax examination; and For the nine months ended June 30, 2025, a $222 million tax benefit as a result of a tax position taken on certain expenses, partially offset by a $71 million tax expense related to the resolution of a tax matter. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, the Companys gross unrecognized tax benefits increased $22 million and $59 million, respectively, and the Companys net unrecognized tax benefits increased $20 million and $53 million, respectively. The change in unrecognized tax benefits is related to various tax positions across several jurisdictions. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, there were no significant changes in accrued interest related to uncerta …

IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Legal matters · 11,997 characters as filed

Note 16Legal Matters The Company is a party to various legal and regulatory proceedings. Some of these proceedings involve complex claims that are subject to substantial uncertainties and unascertainable damages. For those proceedings where a loss is determined to be only reasonably possible or probable but not estimable, the Company has disclosed the nature of the claim. Additionally, unless otherwise disclosed below with respect to these proceedings, the Company cannot provide an estimate of the possible loss or range of loss. Although the Company believes that it has strong defenses for the litigation and regulatory proceedings described below, it could, in the future, incur judgments or fines or enter into settlements of claims that could have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial position, results of operations or cash flows. From time to time, the Company may engage in settlement discussions or mediations with respect to one or more of its outstanding litigation matters, either on its own behalf or collectively with other parties. The litigation accrual is an estimate and is based on managements understanding of its litigation profile, the specifics of each case, advice of counsel to the extent appropriate and managements best estimate of incurred loss as of the balance sheet date. The following table summarizes the activity related to accrued litigation: Nine Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 (in millions) Balance as of beginning of period $ 3,033 $ 1,727 P …

LegalMattersAndContingenciesTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Leases · 251 characters as filed

Note 7Leases As of June 30, 2026, the Company had additional leases that had not yet commenced with estimated future payments of $640 million. These leases are expected to commence between fiscal 2027 and 2029 with lease terms between 9 and 14 years. …

LesseeOperatingLeasesTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

New accounting pronouncements · 481 characters as filed

Recently adopted accounting pronouncement. In November 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-09, which includes amendments to more closely align hedge accounting with the economics of an entitys risk management activities. During the three months ended December 31, 2025, the Company early adopted this standard on a prospective basis. The adoption did not have a material impact on the unaudited consolidated financial statements. …

NewAccountingPronouncementsPolicyPolicyTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Revenue recognition · 2,173 characters as filed

Note 3Revenue The nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of the Companys revenue and cash flows and how they are affected by economic factors are most appropriately depicted through the Companys revenue categories and geographical markets. The following tables disaggregate the Companys net revenue by revenue category and by geography: Three Months Ended June 30, Nine Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 (in millions) Service revenue $ 4,922 $ 4,330 $ 14,663 $ 12,937 Data processing revenue 6,042 5,153 17,129 14,599 International transaction revenue 3,853 3,633 11,136 10,366 Other revenue 1,496 1,028 4,030 2,877 Client incentives (4,680) (3,972) (13,194) (11,503) Net revenue $ 11,633 $ 10,172 $ 33,764 $ 29,276 Three Months Ended June 30, Nine Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 (in millions) U.S. $ 4,410 $ 3,927 $ 12,892 $ 11,476 International 7,223 6,245 20,872 17,800 Net revenue $ 11,633 $ 10,172 $ 33,764 $ 29,276 For the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, revenue from value-added services was $3.8 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, revenue from value-added services was $10.3 billion and $7.8 billion, respectively. Revenue from value-added services is recognized within data processing, other and service revenue. As of June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025, deferred revenue was $1.9 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively. Deferred revenue is recorded in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance she …

RevenueFromContractWithCustomerTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Segment reporting · 954 characters as filed

Note 10Segment Information The Companys activities are interrelated, and each activity is dependent upon and supportive of the other. All significant operating decisions are based on analysis of Visa as a single global business. The Company has one reportable segment, Payment Services. The Companys chief operating decision maker (CODM) is the Chief Executive Officer, who uses consolidated net income in assessing performance and allocating resources. This profitability measure is used in the annual budgeting process, and to monitor current-period performance against budget and prior-period results in order to make key operating decisions. The CODM does not evaluate segment performance using asset information. Significant expenses that are regularly provided to the CODM for the Companys one reportable segment are presented on the consolidated statements of operations and are included within the reported measure of consolidated net income. …

SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Significant accounting policies · 3,766 characters as filed

Note 1Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Organization. Visa Inc., together with its subsidiaries (Visa or the Company), is a global payments technology company that facilitates secure, reliable and efficient global commerce and money movement. Visa provides transaction processing services (primarily authorization, clearing and settlement) among consumers, issuing and acquiring financial institutions and sellers through its electronic payments network, VisaNet. Visa is focused on extending, enhancing and investing in its proprietary advanced transaction processing network, VisaNet, to offer a single connection point for facilitating money movement to multiple endpoints through various form factors and innovative technologies across more than 200 countries and territories. Visa is not a financial institution and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for account holders of Visa products. In most cases, account holder and seller relationships belong to, and are managed by, Visas financial institution clients. Consolidation and basis of presentation. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Visa and its consolidated entities and are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The Company consolidates entities for which it has a controlling financial interest, as well as variable interest entities (VIEs) for which the Company is the primary benef …

SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Stockholders' equity · 6,178 characters as filed

Note 11Stockholders Equity As-converted class A common stock. The number of shares outstanding and the number of shares of class A common stock on an as-converted basis were as follows: June 30, 2026 September 30, 2025 Shares Outstanding Conversion Rate Into Class A Common Stock As-converted Class A Common Stock (1) Shares Outstanding Conversion Rate Into Class A Common Stock As-converted Class A Common Stock (1) (in millions, except conversion rate) Series A preferred stock (2) 100.0000 7 (2) 100.0000 8 Series B preferred stock 2 0.5830 1 2 0.6690 2 Series C preferred stock 3 0.7140 2 3 0.7640 2 Class A common stock 1,702 1,702 1,691 1,691 Class B-1 common stock 2 1.5445 (3) 3 5 1.5549 (3) 8 Class B-2 common stock (2) 1.5014 (3) 1 120 1.5223 (3) 183 Class B-3 common stock 61 1.4953 (3) 91 (4) Class C common stock 18 4.0000 73 9 4.0000 36 Total 1,880 1,930 (1) Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. As-converted class A common stock is calculated based on unrounded numbers. (2) The number of shares outstanding was less than one million. (3) The class B-1, B-2 and B-3 to class A common stock conversion calculations for dividend payments are based on a conversion rate rounded to the tenth decimal. Conversion rates are presented on a rounded basis. (4) No shares of class B-3 common stock were outstanding prior to the class B-1 and B-2 common stock exchange offer. See class B-1 and B-2 common stock exchange offer below for further details. Reduction in a …

StockholdersEquityNoteDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

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