PFG Advisors Has $11.74 Million Holdings in Visa Inc. $V

PFG Advisors increased its position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 8.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 34,384 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,635 shares during the quarter. PFG Advisors’ holdings in Visa were worth $11,738,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of V. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position 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 acquiring an additional 6,883 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in Visa by 68.9% in 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 acquiring an additional 4,817 shares during the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. raised its position in 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 purchasing an additional 477 shares in the last quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY raised its position in Visa by 16.9% during the second quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 1,133 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $402,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Visa by 5.1% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 231,510 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $82,198,000 after purchasing an additional 11,334 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America initiated coverage on Visa with a Buy rating and a $410 price target, signaling material upside from current levels and likely supporting sentiment among institutional investors. Finviz: Bank of America coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is pushing into stablecoin-linked card offerings globally with Bridge, a move that could expand payment rails, capture crypto-related volume, and diversify revenue sources beyond traditional card fees. Visa and Bridge take stablecoin cards global
• Positive Sentiment: Visa appointed a veteran executive, Leonardo J. Collado, to lead growth for Pismo (the payments processor Visa acquired), which could accelerate integration and revenue expansion in processing services. Visa taps Leonardo Collado to lead Pismo’s global growth
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and media pieces continue to highlight Visa’s strong free cash flow and high margins, reinforcing its long-term valuation case even as the stock pulls back; useful for buy-and-hold investors but not new operational news. These 3 Cash Flow Machines Provide Stability
• Neutral Sentiment: New U.S. legislative text (H.R. 7316) would mandate chip-enabled EBT/SNAP terminals and stronger fraud controls; this could require upgrades by retailers/processors and create both compliance costs and potential processing opportunities for networks like Visa. SNAP Payment Security and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
• Negative Sentiment: Brazil’s instant-pay system PIX processed 64 billion transactions in 2024—surpassing Visa and Mastercard combined in that market—and charges far lower merchant fees, demonstrating a fast-shifting payments landscape that pressures Visa’s merchant-fee and growth prospects in Brazil and similar markets. Brazil’s PIX Outpaces Visa and Mastercard Combined
• Negative Sentiment: Fintech Revolut is pursuing a U.S. bank charter and named a former Visa executive as U.S. CEO, an effort that could accelerate Revolut’s U.S. card, deposit and lending capabilities and intensify competition for transaction volume and card issuance. Revolut files for US bank charter

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. This trade represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Visa Stock Performance

NYSE V opened at $317.23 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $329.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $337.25. The stock has a market cap of $575.83 billion, a PE ratio of 29.76, a PEG ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. Visa Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $299.00 and a fifty-two week high of $375.51.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. Visa had a return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The company had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.69 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.75 EPS. Visa’s revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were issued a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.14%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 target price on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $395.00 price target on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, January 30th. Macquarie Infrastructure restated an “outperform” rating and set a $410.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Evercore set a $380.00 price objective on Visa in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Visa has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

About Visa

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.