Visa (V) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Visa (V) reported Debt Ratio of 0.25 for Q1 2026, up 12.81% on a YoY basis from 0.22 in Q1 2025, and up 15.32% quarter-over-quarter from 0.22 in Q4 2025.

Visa (V) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Visa has reported Debt Ratio for 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.25 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 12.81% year-over-year to 0.25; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.25 (up 12.81% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.25, up 14.6% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.25, up from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.28 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.22 in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.24 across 5 years, with a median of 0.23 in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Debt Ratio fell 17.3% — and 2025, when it advanced 14.6%.
  • Visa's Debt Ratio stood at 0.24 in 2022, then decreased by 5.6% to 0.23 in 2023, then declined by 0.97% to 0.22 in 2024, then fell by 2.47% to 0.22 in 2025, then increased by 15.32% to 0.25 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.25 (Q1 2026), 0.22 (Q4 2025), and 0.25 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 0.25
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 0.36
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.01
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 0.06
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.12
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 0.06
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.18
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.02
10 Credit Acceptance 6.24 Bn 6.21 Bn 562.70 Mn 0.60

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.25
Dec 31, 2025 0.22
Sep 30, 2025 0.25
Jun 30, 2025 0.25
Mar 31, 2025 0.22
Dec 31, 2024 0.22
Sep 30, 2024 0.22
Jun 30, 2024 0.23
Mar 31, 2024 0.22
Dec 31, 2023 0.23
Sep 30, 2023 0.23
Jun 30, 2023 0.23
Mar 31, 2023 0.24
Dec 31, 2022 0.24
Sep 30, 2022 0.26
Jun 30, 2022 0.28
Mar 31, 2022 0.26
Dec 31, 2021 0.26
Sep 30, 2021 0.25
Jun 30, 2021 0.25