Visa (V) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Visa posted quarterly Operating Margin of 64.42% for Q1 2026, up 777.0% year-on-year from 7.35% in Q1 2025, and up 4.23% on a QoQ basis from 61.8% in Q4 2025.
Visa (V) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Visa (V) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 64.42% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 777.0% year-over-year to 64.42%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 61.12% (down 256.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 59.98%, down 569.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 64.42%, up from 61.8% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 68.96% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 56.65% in Q1 2025.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 64.42% (2026), against an average of 63.27%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin sank 928 bps; it then soared 777 bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 64.14% in 2022, then advanced by 8 bps to 68.96% in 2023, then dropped by 5 bps to 65.55% in 2024, then decreased by 6 bps to 61.8% in 2025, then rose by 4 bps to 64.42% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 64.42% (Q1 2026), 61.8% (Q4 2025), and 57.33% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visa | 539.53 Bn | 527.13 Bn | - | 64.42% |
| 2 | Mastercard | 441.81 Bn | 431.60 Bn | - | 58.43% |
| 3 | American Express | 215.01 Bn | 160.96 Bn | 17.43 Bn | 18.77% |
| 4 | Capital One Financial | 114.99 Bn | 38.50 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | PayPal Holdings | 41.29 Bn | 31.95 Bn | 7.84 Bn | 17.81% |
| 6 | Affirm Holdings | 24.62 Bn | 22.89 Bn | 261.64 Mn | 26.44% |
| 7 | Synchrony Financial | 24.22 Bn | 3.66 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | SoFi Technologies | 23.71 Bn | 20.31 Bn | 929.25 Mn | 3.39% |
| 9 | Ally Financial | 13.13 Bn | 12.69 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 35.49% |
| 10 | Credit Acceptance | 6.46 Bn | 6.44 Bn | 562.70 Mn | 24.11% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 64.42% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 61.80% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 57.33% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 60.73% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 56.65% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 65.55% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 66.02% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 66.72% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 61.01% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 68.96% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 64.47% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 61.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 66.83% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 64.14% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 65.33% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 57.02% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 66.80% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 67.66% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 65.79% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 66.30% |