Visa (V) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Visa posted quarterly Share-based Compensation of $275.0 million for Q1 2026, up 6.18% year-on-year from $259.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 19.05% on a QoQ basis from $231.0 million in Q4 2025.

Visa (V) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Visa (V) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $275.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 6.18% year-over-year to $275.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $920.0 million (up 4.31% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $897.0 million, up 5.53% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $275.0 million, up from $231.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $275.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $132.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $209.0 million (2023), against an average of $205.4 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Share-based Compensation reached 38.28% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 4.4% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $177.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 18.08% to $209.0 million in 2023, then gained by 7.18% to $224.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 3.12% to $231.0 million in 2025, then climbed by 19.05% to $275.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $275.0 million (Q1 2026), $231.0 million (Q4 2025), and $191.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 275.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 136.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 203.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 131.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 259.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 73.84 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - -
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 72.01 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 13.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 275.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 275.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 231.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 231.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 191.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 191.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 223.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 223.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 259.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 259.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 224.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 224.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 188.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 188.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 211.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 211.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 242.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 242.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 209.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 209.00 Mn