Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is a global payment company that is expected to outperform the market during the next 12 months and provide a strong return for investors, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a boutique investment firm that specializes in financial services.

After soaring 21.80 percent so far in 2018 and 43.65 percent in the past year, the share price of Visa is showing no signs of topping out. Both Visa and its chief rival, Mastercard (NYSE: MA), have been beating the market and posting impressive sales and earnings figures.

In addition, Visa offers a 0.60 percent current dividend yield, which may appeal to income-oriented investors to supplement capital appreciation from the company’s rising share price with additional income. Since Visa also is engaged in an aggressive share buyback program that totaled $2 billion in stock during its fiscal second quarter ended March 31, Morningstar calculates that taking repurchased shares off the market enhances the yield for its shareholders by an additional 2.22 percent.

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