Visa, Inc. (V)

loststallion38 (< 20) Submitted: 3/20/08 2:20 AM : Start Price: $58.32 V Score: 29.62

Well if you don't know you should. Visa has launched its IPO and the stock is on the market. First day $44.00 to start and at the end of the day $56.50 and that is just the beginning. Mastercard launched last year at $39.00 a share and it stands at o...

Report this Post Replies: 21 | Reply | Permalink

22catch22 (53.99) Submitted: 4/06/08 3:52 PM : Start Price: $65.01 V Score: -21.97

Go to www.secinfo.com and look at Visa's 10k to see where I got the following numbers from:





Valuation:


On page 111 of their 10k they reported Net Income for the following years as...


2005 = $360,445,00...

Report this Post Replies: 5 | Reply | Permalink

ATWDLimited (82.73) Submitted: 3/19/08 4:42 PM : Start Price: $58.32 V Score: 29.62

VISA IPO is awesomely priced. Think about it, Mastercard's IPO i 2006 was for $39 as hasre and had under 1 billion card holders, with half the transactions of VISA. Now if you include inflation, that makes it 0.94 dollars*44= 2006 value, $41.36, just...

Report this Post Replies: 3 | Reply | Permalink

planesmart (< 20) Submitted: 5/12/08 10:32 PM : Start Price: $81.71 V Score: -0.15

Visa
1) Look closely, and you see that there expenses are advertising and computers moving transactions. This means that they can control expenses.
2) Visa is having a 20% increase in gross income.
3) Visa has been an association making money hand o...

Report this Post Replies: 1 | Reply | Permalink

PouyaZ (47.73) Submitted: 4/08/08 5:32 PM : Start Price: $62.64 V Score: 23.95

Let’s cut the chase. The only two credit card companies worth owning are Visa and MasterCard. One of the main reasons is due to their business model of making money off of transactions and not exposing themselves to credit risks. This is a very im...

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

SlipknotMcGee (50.09) Submitted: 3/20/08 12:28 PM : Start Price: $62.74 V Score: 21.00

Come on. When do you not use Visa? It's everywhere you want to be, right?





As if I didn't have enough financial companies in my portfolio... but this one is a no-brainer.

Report this Post Replies: 2 | Reply | Permalink

goldminingXpert (99.94) Submitted: 3/20/08 12:55 PM : Start Price: $63.26 V Score: -20.02

62.83... thanks for the pump today... heading back to its IPO price.

Report this Post Replies: 13 | Reply | Permalink

TheStockoholic (< 20) Submitted: 3/20/08 8:55 PM : Start Price: $58.32 V Score: 29.62

Visa is an extremely well known American company long overdue for its debut on Wall Street. Since its recent IPO, the stock has soared so far. The leader in the industry, Visa makes money on most transactions and increasingly more people are using ca...

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

PlanetPiggyBank (43.96) Submitted: 3/19/08 9:49 PM : Start Price: $58.32 V Score: 29.62

Visa! I've been awaiting this IPO for quite some time now.





Visa has an incredible market with the expansion of online shopping and increasing wealth in third world countries. Best part: There's no exposure to the credit cris...

Report this Post Replies: 1 | Reply | Permalink

lukylex (< 20) Submitted: 3/20/08 9:40 AM : Start Price: $58.37 V Score: 29.14

Unlike Master Card Visa does not issue debt. They are only a processor. Even with the current credit crunch people are inclined to use more and more credit. Our technology is headed to people earning rewards everytime they use their credit cards/debi...

Report this Post Replies: 2 | Reply | Permalink