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Visa (V) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Visa filings provide 18 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $2.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 35.39% to $2.6 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $21.2 billion, a 2.43% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $21.6 billion, up 8.44% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $2.6 billion in Q1 2026 for Visa, down from $6.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $7.6 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of $2.6 billion in Q1 2026.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $5.4 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $5.0 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: skyrocketed 49.28% in 2024 and later plummeted 35.39% in 2026.
  • Visa's Free Cash Flow stood at $4.1 billion in 2022, then fell by 13.42% to $3.6 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 49.28% to $5.4 billion in 2024, then increased by 19.53% to $6.4 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 59.0% to $2.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $2.6 billion (Q1 2026), $6.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $5.8 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.