Visa (V) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Visa's (V) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $4.8 billion in Q2 2026, up 19.05% YoY from $4.0 billion in Q2 2025, and up 19.02% on a QoQ basis from $4.0 billion in Q1 2026.

Visa (V) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Visa (V) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $4.8 billion in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 19.05% year-over-year to $4.8 billion in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $17.5 billion (up 19.01% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $16.0 billion, up 29.8% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to $4.8 billion in Q2 2026, from $4.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $4.8 billion in Q2 2026 to a low of $2.4 billion in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $3.4 billion and a median of $3.2 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 51.36% — and 2023, when it fell 5.83%.
  • Tracing V's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $2.8 billion in 2022, then declined by 5.83% to $2.7 billion in 2023, then increased by 22.24% to $3.3 billion in 2024, then advanced by 27.11% to $4.2 billion in 2025, then gained by 14.22% to $4.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $4.8 billion (Q2 2026), $4.0 billion (Q1 2026), and $4.2 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - 4.76 Bn
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - 3.69 Bn
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn 14.48 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 9.04 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 7.26 Bn
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 1.33 Bn
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - 950.34 Mn
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn 891.92 Mn
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn 1.32 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 4.76 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 4.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 4.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.58 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 4.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 3.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 3.42 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.68 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 3.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 3.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.65 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.85 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 2.70 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.24 Bn