For the quarter ended March 2025, Visa (V) reported revenue of $9.59 billion, up 9.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.76, compared to $2.51 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.56 billion, representing a surprise of +0.34%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +2.99%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.68.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Visa performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• End of Period Connections - Total transactions: 60.65 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of 61.08 billion.
• Total volume: $3,937 billion versus $3,988.87 billion estimated by five analysts on average.
• Payments Volume - Europe: $665 billion compared to the $680.29 billion average estimate based on five analysts.
• Total payments volume: $3,341 billion versus $3,406.83 billion estimated by five analysts on average.
• Payments volume - Canada: $96 billion versus $100.52 billion estimated by five analysts on average.
• Payments volume - LAC: $228 billion compared to the $234.23 billion average estimate based on five analysts.
• Payments volume - Asia pacific: $489 billion compared to the $506.75 billion average estimate based on five analysts.
• Revenues- Service revenues: $4.40 billion versus $4.40 billion estimated by 10 analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.1% change.
• Revenues- Data processing revenues: $4.70 billion compared to the $4.65 billion average estimate based on 10 analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.4% year over year.
• Revenues- International transaction revenues: $3.29 billion versus the 10-analyst average estimate of $3.36 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.3%.
• Revenues- Other revenues: $937 million versus the 10-analyst average estimate of $894.31 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +23.9%.
• Revenues- Client incentives: -$3.73 billion versus -$3.76 billion estimated by nine analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +14.7% change.

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Shares of Visa have returned -3.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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