Why Visa Is a Top Dividend Stock Despite a Yield Under 1%

Here's how its dividend could grow 12-fold from today's levels.Shares of the $630 billion credit card company Visa (V +1.57%) may yield just 0.82% today, but if history is any guide, that number could climb in a hurry.Since it began paying a dividend in August 2008, payouts have risen by 2,452%, to $0.67 per share each quarter. Anyone who put $1,000 into this company back then and held would be collecting $597 each year in dividends today. Of course, past performance is no guarantee of future results, but t ...