D

Visa Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade D

V · Financial Services

Significant concerns

Revenue
$40.0B
2025
Net Income
$20.1B
2025
Gross Margin
80.4%
Free Cash Flow
$21.6B
01

Screening Summary

14
Passed
1
Watch
2
Failed
-2.49
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 29 days, change +3 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 11.3%, CFFO 15.6%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 17.9% vs revenue 11.3%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 13.6%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 80.4%, change -0.0pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.15. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $21.6B, FCF/NI = 1.08

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -3.0%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $19.0B covers 75% of debt $25.2B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $47.5B = 125% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.0x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 9.9% vs revenue 11.3%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 4% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.49 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.49
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.096
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.965
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.113
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.952
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.035
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0301
TATA
Accruals level
1.095
LVGI
Leverage increasing?

Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Visa Inc. is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-08

Visa Inc. (V) Earnings Quality Grade D — EarningsGrade