Visa (V) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Visa posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.49 for Q1 2026, up 71.0% year-on-year from 0.29 in Q1 2025, and up 142.57% on a QoQ basis from 0.2 in Q4 2025.

Visa (V) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Visa (V) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.49 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 71.0% year-over-year to 0.49; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.23 (up 12.85% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.21, up 1.34% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.49, up from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.49 in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.12 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.2 (2025), against an average of 0.22.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Payout Ratio declined 26.06%; it then soared 71.0% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.23 in 2022, then climbed by 29.55% to 0.3 in 2023, then decreased by 26.06% to 0.22 in 2024, then dropped by 7.54% to 0.2 in 2025, then soared by 142.57% to 0.49 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.49 (Q1 2026), 0.2 (Q4 2025), and 0.2 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 0.49
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 0.28
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.22
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 0.09
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.14
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn -
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 0.01
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.02
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.49
Dec 31, 2025 0.20
Sep 30, 2025 0.20
Jun 30, 2025 0.18
Mar 31, 2025 0.29
Dec 31, 2024 0.22
Sep 30, 2024 0.16
Jun 30, 2024 0.19
Mar 31, 2024 0.26
Dec 31, 2023 0.30
Sep 30, 2023 0.12
Jun 30, 2023 0.17
Mar 31, 2023 0.27
Dec 31, 2022 0.23
Sep 30, 2022 0.14
Jun 30, 2022 0.15
Mar 31, 2022 0.23
Dec 31, 2021 0.19
Sep 30, 2021 0.16
Jun 30, 2021 0.18