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Consolidated fair value $206.10 all other verticals held in this portfolio case
Final-quarter revenue $4.57B 34% of company revenue
Explicit segment contribution $38.51B EBITDA less segment capex, before corporate items

Client incentives keep outgrowing gross revenue as the renewal cycle concentrates - +0.9 points a quarter on top of base - the currency-volatility spread keeps compressing international transaction revenue below its cross-border volume, and regulation or litigation bites the assessment base. The contra line reaches 42.8% of gross revenue by fiscal 2031 against 29.6% in the first projected quarter, net revenue growth stalls at 3-4% a year from fiscal 2027 to fiscal 2030, and the multiple derates to 9.0x on a 9.75% discount rate. What this case does NOT assume is loss of the dual-network position or a volume collapse: every gross line still grows, and fiscal Q4 2026 still prints $12,002M, +11.9% year over year. Fair value $206.10.

International transaction revenue

Basis quarter$3.85B
Final quarter$4.57B
Implied CAGR+3%
Final revenue mix34%

Cross-border processing and currency conversion. Two independent inputs: cross-border volume (+12% CN ex intra-Europe in Q3 FY2026) and currency volatility, which sets the conversion spread. Volatility is why revenue grew only 6% against 12% volume.

Last four quarters
2025 Q4 $3.80B Estimated
2026 Q1 $3.65B Reported
2026 Q2 $3.63B Reported
2026 Q3 $3.85B Reported
Cross-border transaction processingCurrency conversion spread
Sequential growth 0.0%/qtr decaying toward +2.0% 0.0% deseasonalised. Suh: volatility at current levels persisting is `more of a drag than was incorporated previously`.
International transaction revenue

Latest: $4.57B (2031Q3E)

Period Value
2022Q1 $2.17B
2022Q2 $2.21B
2022Q3 $2.56B
2022Q4 $2.87B
2023Q1 $2.80B
2023Q2 $2.75B
2023Q3 $2.92B
2023Q4 $3.17B
2024Q1 $3.02B
2024Q2 $2.98B
2024Q3 $3.19B
2024Q4 $3.47B
2025Q1 $3.44B
2025Q2 $3.29B
2025Q3 $3.63B
2025Q4 $3.80B
2026Q1 $3.65B
2026Q2 $3.63B
2026Q3 $3.85B
2026Q4E $4.02B
2027Q1E $3.79B
2027Q2E $3.62B
2027Q3E $3.84B
2027Q4E $4.07B
2028Q1E $3.87B
2028Q2E $3.73B
2028Q3E $3.98B
2028Q4E $4.23B
2029Q1E $4.04B
2029Q2E $3.89B
2029Q3E $4.16B
2029Q4E $4.43B
2030Q1E $4.22B
2030Q2E $4.08B
2030Q3E $4.36B
2030Q4E $4.64B
2031Q1E $4.43B
2031Q2E $4.27B
2031Q3E $4.57B

Assumptions & reasoning

  • The one unambiguous calendar in Visa's revenue. Seasonality [0.995, 0.949, 1.002, 1.054]: fiscal Q4 (July-September, northern-hemisphere travel) prints above trend in all four windows and fiscal Q2 (January-March) below trend in all three. Amplitude 10.6% against a worst spread of 2.8%, a ratio of 3.75.
  • Two independent inputs sit inside one line: cross-border volume, which grew 12% in constant dollars ex intra-Europe in the June quarter, and the currency-conversion spread, which has no published metric at all. Revenue grew only 6% against that 12% because the volatility spread lapped last year's peak.
  • That decoupling is the reason the first projected quarter is flat rather than at the +1.5% four-quarter deseasonalised trend. Suh, 28 July 2026: volatility at current levels persisting implies `more of a drag than was incorporated previously`. Raising the recent trend into the guided quarter would ignore the one thing management flagged.
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