VISA INC. - 10-Q filing on 2015-04-30

Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Note 9—Earnings Per Share

The following table presents earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2015.⁽¹⁾



	Basic Earnings Per Share					Diluted Earnings Per Share
	(in millions, except per share data)
	Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)	Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)		Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)		Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)
Class A common stock	$	1,240	1,963	$	0.63	$	1,550	2,460	⁽³⁾	$	0.63
Class B common stock⁽⁴⁾	255		245	$	1.04	$	255	245		$	1.04
Class C common stock⁽⁴⁾	51		20	$	2.53	$	51	20		$	2.52
Participating securities⁽⁵⁾	4		Not presented	Not presented		$	4	Not presented		Not presented
Net income	$	1,550

The following table presents earnings per share for the six months ended March 31, 2015.⁽¹⁾



	Basic Earnings Per Share					Diluted Earnings Per Share
	(in millions, except per share data)
	Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)	Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)		Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)		Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)
Class A common stock	$	2,492	1,969	$	1.27	$	3,119	2,469	⁽³⁾	$	1.26
Class B common stock⁽⁴⁾	512		245	$	2.09	$	511	245		$	2.08
Class C common stock⁽⁴⁾	107		21	$	5.06	$	106	21		$	5.05
Participating securities⁽⁵⁾	8		Not presented	Not presented		$	8	Not presented		Not presented
Net income	$	3,119

The following table presents earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2014.⁽¹⁾



	Basic Earnings Per Share					Diluted Earnings Per Share
	(in millions, except per share data)
	Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)	Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)		Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)		Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)
Class A common stock	$	1,266	2,003	$	0.63	$	1,598	2,534	⁽³⁾	$	0.63
Class B common stock⁽⁴⁾	261		245	$	1.06	$	260	245		$	1.06
Class C common stock⁽⁴⁾	66		26	$	2.53	$	65	26		$	2.52
Participating securities⁽⁵⁾	5		Not presented	Not presented		$	5	Not presented		Not presented
Net income	$	1,598

The following table presents earnings per share for the six months ended March 31, 2014.⁽¹⁾



	Basic Earnings Per Share					Diluted Earnings Per Share
	(in millions, except per share data)
	Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)	Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)		Income Allocation (A)⁽²⁾		Weighted- Average Shares Outstanding (B)		Earnings per Share = (A)/(B)
Class A common stock	$	2,381	2,011	$	1.18	$	3,005	2,544	⁽³⁾	$	1.18
Class B common stock⁽⁴⁾	489		245	$	1.99	$	488	245		$	1.99
Class C common stock⁽⁴⁾	125		26	$	4.74	$	124	26		$	4.72
Participating securities⁽⁵⁾	10		Not presented	Not presented		$	10	Not presented		Not presented
Net income	$	3,005


⁽¹⁾	Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Earnings per share is calculated based on unrounded numbers. The number of shares and per share amounts for the prior periods presented have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the four-for-one stock split effected in the fiscal second quarter of 2015. See Note 8—Stockholders' Equity.

⁽²⁾

Net income is allocated based on proportional ownership on an as-converted basis. The weighted-average number of shares of as-converted class B common stock used in the income allocation was 405 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2015, and 413 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2014. The weighted-average number of shares of as-converted class C common stock used in the income allocation was 81 million and 84 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2015, respectively, and 104 million and 105 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2014, respectively.

⁽³⁾

Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding are calculated on an as-converted basis, and include incremental common stock equivalents, as calculated under the treasury stock method. The computation includes approximately 5 million common stock equivalents for the three and six months ended March 31, 2015, and 7 million common stock equivalents for the three and six months ended March 31, 2014, because their effect would be dilutive. The calculation excludes 1 million of common stock equivalents for the three and six months ended March 31, 2015, and 1 million and 2 million of common stock equivalents for the three and six months ended March 31, 2014, respectively, because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

⁽⁴⁾

The outstanding number of shares of class B and C common stock was not impacted by the stock split as these stockholders received an adjustment to their respective conversion ratios instead of stock dividends. See Note 8—Stockholders' Equity. Weighted-average basic and diluted shares outstanding for class B and C common stock are calculated based on the common shares outstanding of each respective class rather than on an as-converted basis.


⁽⁵⁾	Participating securities are unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents, such as the Company's restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and earned performance-based shares.