Visa Reports 4.4% Increase in Holiday Retail Spending for 2025
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 1h ago
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Source: Globenewswire
- Holiday Spending Growth: Visa's 2025 holiday retail spending report indicates a 4.4% year-over-year increase, showcasing strong consumer purchasing power across all payment types, although not adjusted for inflation.
- In-Store Shopping Dominance: With 88% of holiday payment volume occurring in physical stores, this highlights a continued consumer preference for in-person shopping, while online sales grew by 7% year-over-year, driven by convenience and extended promotions.
- Clothing Sales Lead: Clothing and accessories sales surged by 10%, making it the fastest-growing segment in Canada, indicating sustained consumer demand for fashion products during the holiday season.
- Global Consumer Trends: The holiday spending momentum extended beyond Canada, with notable increases in the U.S. (+4.2%), U.K. (+3.6%), and Australia (+5.0%), reflecting a general enhancement in global consumer purchasing power.
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Analyst Views on V
Wall Street analysts forecast V stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for V is 402.76 USD with a low forecast of 315.00 USD and a high forecast of 450.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
26 Analyst Rating
21 Buy
5 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 349.250
Low
315.00
Averages
402.76
High
450.00
Current: 349.250
Low
315.00
Averages
402.76
High
450.00
About V
Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company. It facilitates global commerce and money movement across more than 200 countries and territories among a global set of consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities through technologies. It operates through the Payment Services segment. It provides transaction processing services (primarily authorization, clearing and settlement) to its financial institution and merchant clients through VisaNet, its proprietary advanced transaction processing network. It offers a range of Visa-branded payment products that its clients, including nearly 14,500 financial institutions, use to develop and offer payment solutions or services, including credit, debit, prepaid and cash access programs for individual, business and government account holders. It also provides value-added services to its clients, including issuing solutions, acceptance solutions, risk and identity solutions, open banking solutions and advisory services.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
