Is Visa (V) Stock Outpacing Its Business Services Peers This Year?
Investors interested in Business Services stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Visa (V) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Business Services sector should help us answer this question.
Visa is a member of the Business Services sector. This group includes 193 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #4. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the strength of each group.
The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. V is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for V's full-year earnings has moved 0.81% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.
Based on the latest available data, V has gained about 35.85% so far this year. Meanwhile, the Business Services sector has returned an average of 30.19% on a year-to-date basis. As we can see, Visa is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.
Looking more specifically, V belongs to the Financial Transaction Services industry, which includes 25 individual stocks and currently sits at #59 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has gained an average of 41.30% so far this year, meaning that V is slightly underperforming its industry in terms of year-to-date returns.
Going forward, investors interested in Business Services stocks should continue to pay close attention to V as it looks to continue its solid performance.
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