V vs COF vs FISV Stock Comparison

Visa, Capital One Financial and Fiserv Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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V Visa Inc.
$422.33 +13.9% 1M +24.2% 1Y
Market cap
$763.17B
P/E
32.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.90B
Div. yield
–
Payment Networks Financial Services
7 wins
COF Capital One Financial Corp
$203.95 +4.2% 1M -7.9% 1Y
Market cap
$123.58B
P/E
11.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$63.01B
Div. yield
0.02%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
3 wins
FISV Fiserv Inc
$62.74 +38.0% 1M -2.0% 1Y
Market cap
$33.55B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$20.80B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Visa leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Visa 7, Capital One Financial 3, Fiserv 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVCOFFISVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $763.17B $123.58B $33.55B V
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 32.5x 11.8x -8.5x COF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.4x 9.9x 8.4x FISV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.8% +31.2% -1.7% COF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 51.2% 16.7% -18.9% V
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 40.1% 14.8% -4.4% V
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.3x 1.4x 24.1x V
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +24.2% -7.9% -2.0% V
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +14.3%/yr +5.7%/yr -9.0%/yr V
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.9% 31.7% 40.6% V
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 80/100 44/100 COF

Percentile Scorecard

VCOFFISV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisVCOFFISV
Valuation 13 #837 of 965 88 #46 of 360 81 #20 of 99
Growth 51 #404 of 825 90 #34 of 344 17 #78 of 94
Profitability 99 #13 of 848 65 #121 of 345 57 #39 of 90
Financial Health 71 #265 of 899 60 #136 of 339 18 #86 of 105
Shareholder Returns 26 #540 of 730 96 #16 of 352 48 #33 of 62
Overall 52 80 44
  • V ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • COF ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • FISV ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodVCOFFISVSPY
1 month +13.9%+4.2%+38.0% -5.9%
3 months +14.0%-7.3%+15.9% -4.6%
6 months +31.5%+5.9%+10.4% +0.2%
Year to date +20.4%-15.8%-6.6% +7.5%
1 year +24.2%-7.9%-2.0% +8.2%
3 years +73.4%+93.4%-47.6% +68.3%
3 years, per year +20.2%+24.6%-19.4% +19.0%
5 years +94.9%+31.7%-37.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year +14.3%+5.7%-9.0% +9.4%
10 years +425.5%+179.0%+28.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year +18.1%+10.8%+2.5% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureVCOFFISVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.9%31.7%40.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.5%35.9%42.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.351.150.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.06-0.25-0.05 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -24.5%-46.9%-81.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.3%-20.9%-10.2% -5.9%
52-week high $436.66$257.94$69.85 $779.14
52-week low $295.52$176.10$44.36 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleVCOFFISV
P/E now vs peer median 32.4xmedian 13.3x 11.8xmedian 12.3x -8.5xmedian 22.5x
P/S now vs peer median 16.6xmedian 3.2x 1.9xmedian 3.4x 1.6xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.1xmedian 6.0x 4.8xmedian 5.0x 54.5xmedian 23.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.5xmedian 10.4x 4.7xmedian 10.6x 10.6xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 1.2x 1.6xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 2.70median 0.89 1.32median 1.29 0.16median 0.64

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsVCOFFISV
Revenue $45.90B $63.01B $20.80B
Gross profit – – $11.39B
Operating income $28.11B – -$2.27B
Net income $23.50B $10.87B -$3.93B
Free cash flow $22.06B $26.25B $3.16B
EPS (diluted) $11.64 $17.23 $-7.39
Cash & equivalents $12.94B – $545.00M
Total debt $22.07B $49.16B $27.06B
Shares (diluted) 2.02B 609.50M 531.80M
Enterprise value $710.71B $123.58B $30.75B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricVCOFFISV
P/E 32.4x 11.8x -8.5x
P/FCF 34.5x 4.7x 10.6x
P/Operating cash flow 32.0x 4.4x 6.6x
P/S 16.6x 1.9x 1.6x
P/B 21.1x 1.1x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 87.0x 1.3x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 26.1x 4.8x 54.5x
EV/EBIT 27.4x 5.8x -26.4x
EV/Revenue 16.8x 2.7x 2.9x
EV/FCF 34.9x 6.5x 19.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 32.4x 6.1x 11.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.70 1.32 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVCOFFISV
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.8% 31.2% -1.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 20.2% 3.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – -11.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.2% – -136.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 10.2% – -35.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 17.2% 668.0% -208.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 26.2% -48.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 14.0% 908.1% -211.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 9.0% -52.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.9% 25.4% -20.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.6% 9.0% -1.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 2.2% 25.9% -31.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 8.3% -6.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVCOFFISV
Gross margin – – 54.8%
EBITDA margin 64.3% 56.8% 5.3%
Operating margin 61.2% – -10.9%
Pretax margin 61.2% 20.9% -16.7%
Net margin 51.2% 16.7% -18.9%
FCF margin 48.1% 41.7% 15.2%
Operating cash flow margin 51.7% 44.5% 24.2%
Return on equity 65.9% 9.7% -16.3%
Return on assets 24.9% 1.6% -5.1%
Return on invested capital 40.1% 14.8% -4.4%
Return on capital employed 44.7% – -4.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.1x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 2.6x -1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% 1.1% 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVCOFFISV
Debt / assets 23.4% 7.3% 37.3%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.3x 1.4x 24.1x
Debt / FCF 1.0x 1.9x 8.6x
Liabilities / assets 61.7% 83.7% 71.0%
Equity / assets 38.3% 16.3% 29.0%
Interest coverage 37.1x 1.8x -1.5x
Current ratio 1.0x – 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.6x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 9.49 – 1.02

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVCOFFISV
Dividend yield 0.6% 1.6% –
Net buyback yield 2.7% 9.2% 1.7%
Shareholder yield 3.3% 10.8% 1.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 18.4% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 7.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 61.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 29.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusVCOFFISV
Forward P/E 27.4xFY2027 9.9xFY2026 8.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $15.44FY2027 $20.59FY2026 $7.46FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.4%FY2027 +5.0%FY2026 -13.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.1% +11.6% +13.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $48.35BFY2027 $66.29BFY2026 $18.58BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.3%FY2027 +24.1%FY2026 -6.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.5% -0.4% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVCOFFISV
Held by institutions 86.7% 86.5% 89.7%
Institutions holding 4,534 2,113 1,153
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% +1.7% +2.6%
Institutions buying 2,333 1,050 499
Institutions selling 1,734 759 505
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.38 0.99

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

VCOFFISV
V 1.00 0.39 0.46
COF 0.39 1.00 0.30
FISV 0.46 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, V, COF and FISV?

Visa (V) is the largest by market capitalisation: Visa (V) $763.17B, Capital One Financial (COF) $123.58B, Fiserv (FISV) $33.55B.

Which stock is cheaper, V, COF and FISV?

Capital One Financial (COF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Visa (V) 32.5x, Capital One Financial (COF) 11.8x, Fiserv (FISV) -8.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fiserv (FISV) is cheapest (Visa (V) 27.4x, Capital One Financial (COF) 9.9x, Fiserv (FISV) 8.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Capital One Financial (COF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Visa (V) +14.8%, Capital One Financial (COF) +31.2%, Fiserv (FISV) -1.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Visa (V) has the highest net margin (Visa (V) 51.2%, Capital One Financial (COF) 16.7%, Fiserv (FISV) -18.9%). On return on invested capital, Visa (V) leads (Visa (V) 40.1%, Capital One Financial (COF) 14.8%, Fiserv (FISV) -4.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Visa (V) returned the most: Visa (V) +24.2%, Capital One Financial (COF) -7.9%, Fiserv (FISV) -2.0%. Over five years, Visa (V) compounded fastest (Visa (V) +14.3%/yr, Capital One Financial (COF) +5.7%/yr, Fiserv (FISV) -9.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Visa (V) 0.00%, Capital One Financial (COF) 0.02%, Fiserv (FISV) 0.00%. Visa (V) and Fiserv (FISV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Visa (V) has been the steadiest (Visa (V) 22.9%, Capital One Financial (COF) 31.7%, Fiserv (FISV) 40.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, V, COF and FISV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Visa (V) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.