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

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DateValue
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%