State of Wyoming Boosts Stake in Visa Inc. $V

State of Wyoming raised its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 191.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 9,403 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after buying an additional 6,173 shares during the period. Visa accounts for about 0.4% of State of Wyoming’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. State of Wyoming’s holdings in Visa were worth $3,210,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 50.1% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 20,635 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $6,522,000 after purchasing an additional 6,883 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Visa by 68.9% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,811 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,733,000 after buying an additional 4,817 shares during the period. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. lifted its stake in shares of Visa by 4.6% during the first quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 10,941 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,834,000 after buying an additional 477 shares during the period. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Visa by 2.1% during the second quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,340 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $830,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northeast Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in Visa by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Northeast Financial Group Inc. now owns 2,961 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,052,000 after acquiring an additional 123 shares during the period. 82.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat consensus: Visa reported $3.17 EPS vs. $3.14 expected and revenue of $10.90B (vs. $10.69B est.), driven by higher payment and cross?border volumes and strong holiday spending — a clear near?term revenue/earnings tailwind. Visa Beats Q1 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analyst upgrades/price?target raises: Macquarie reaffirmed an outperform and set a $410 PT, RBC reaffirmed outperform with a $395 PT, William Blair reiterated a Buy, and other shops (Rothschild/ Cantor Fitzgerald) issued upgrades — fresh analyst support that implies material upside vs. the current price. Analyst Coverage and Price Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic growth initiatives: Visa is pushing into stablecoin settlement and digital?dollar networks to capture settlement fees and expand beyond card rails, and management highlighted growth in credentials and agentic commerce — initiatives that could open new fee pools over time. Visa Crypto Strategy
• Neutral Sentiment: Dividend declared: Visa announced a quarterly dividend of $0.67/share (ex?div Feb 10, payable Mar 2), reinforcing the company’s shareholder cash?return policy but with a modest ~0.8% yield that is unlikely to be a major near?term catalyst.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor materials and commentary: Company slide deck and earnings call emphasized holiday spending strength, credentials momentum and long?term strategy (agentic commerce, B2B/P2P flows) — useful for conviction but more medium?term than immediate. Earnings Slide Deck
• Negative Sentiment: Operational headwinds: coverage noted a slight processing?volume miss and higher operating costs that offset some gains from transaction volume — a factor that can temper margins and investor enthusiasm despite the headline beat. Processing Miss and Costs

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on V. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $411.00 price target (up from $398.00) on shares of Visa in a report on Friday. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $395.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Evercore ISI set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $405.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.92.

Visa Stock Performance

Visa stock opened at $321.91 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $586.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 0.79. Visa Inc. has a 12 month low of $299.00 and a 12 month high of $375.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $338.74 and its 200-day moving average is $341.50.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.69 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. The company’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.75 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th will be paid a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.14%.

Insider Activity at Visa

In related news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 900 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $336.48, for a total value of $302,832.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 2,468 shares in the company, valued at approximately $830,432.64. This represents a 26.72% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,172 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $325.93, for a total value of $707,919.96. Following the transaction, the insider owned 26,413 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,608,789.09. This represents a 7.60% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 13,557 shares of company stock worth $4,671,904. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Visa Profile

Visa Inc is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic funds transfers and digital commerce by connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments. The firm operates one of the world’s largest payment networks, providing processing, authorization, clearing and settlement services for credit, debit and prepaid card transactions. Visa’s network-based model enables partner banks and other issuers to offer branded payment products while Visa focuses on the infrastructure, standards and technologies that move money securely and efficiently around the world.

Visa’s product and service portfolio includes card-based payment products for consumers and businesses, real-time push-payment capabilities, tokenization and authentication services, fraud and risk-management tools, data analytics and APIs for fintech and merchant integration.