Cambient Family Office LLC purchased a new position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor purchased 4,396 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock, valued at approximately $1,542,000.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Chapman Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of Visa by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Chapman Financial Group LLC now owns 3,211 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,096,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd now owns 9,447 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,313,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. TSA Wealth Managment LLC grew its position in Visa by 4.9% during the third quarter. TSA Wealth Managment LLC now owns 659 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $225,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the period. Bank OZK grew its position in Visa by 3.7% during the third quarter. Bank OZK now owns 858 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $293,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the period. Finally, FOCUS Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Visa by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. FOCUS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,710 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,704,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.
Insider Activity at Visa
In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 31,455 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.14, for a total value of $10,699,103.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,161,284.36. This trade represents a 67.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Chris Suh sold 10,639 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $324.81, for a total transaction of $3,455,653.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 9,872 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,206,524.32. This represents a 51.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.
Visa News Roundup
- Positive Sentiment: Alchemy launched AgentCard with Visa Intelligent Commerce, giving AI agents a secure payment and identity layer with spending controls and support for both card-based and emerging machine-payment standards. Alchemy Teams With Visa on AI Agent Payment Stack
- Positive Sentiment: Visa was upgraded to Buy by Zacks, reflecting improved optimism around its earnings outlook and reinforcing a constructive near-term analyst view. Visa (V) Upgraded to Buy: Here’s Why
- Positive Sentiment: Revolut expanded Visa Click to Pay across millions of customers in the U.K. and Europe, which could broaden Visa’s digital checkout adoption and transaction volume. Revolut Enrolls 53 Million Europeans Into Visa Click to Pay
- Positive Sentiment: Visa and Mintoak deepened their partnership to help Asia-Pacific acquirers offer merchant SaaS tools beyond payments, supporting Visa’s strategy to strengthen merchant relationships. Visa and Mintoak Join Forces to Bring Merchant SaaS Capabilities to Acquirers Across Asia Pacific
- Neutral Sentiment: Several articles framed Visa as a beneficiary of broader interest in AI payments, tokenization, and durable card-network economics, which supports the long-term investment case but does not represent a single immediate catalyst. Visa and OpenAI integrate Visa’s secure global payment directly into ChatGPT
- Negative Sentiment: Some market commentary noted that a number of large institutional holders reduced their Visa positions in the latest quarter, which could weigh on sentiment even though it is not a direct operating issue. Visa Stock (V) Opinions on Technical Breakouts and Market Valuations
Visa Trading Down 0.8%
Shares of V opened at $327.67 on Friday. Visa Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $293.89 and a fifty-two week high of $359.66. The business has a 50-day moving average of $320.85 and a 200 day moving average of $324.21. The firm has a market cap of $587.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.09.
Visa (NYSE:V – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.10 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $11.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.75 billion. Visa had a net margin of 51.68% and a return on equity of 65.00%. The company’s revenue was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.76 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 13.09 EPS for the current year.
Visa declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, April 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $20.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the credit-card processor to repurchase up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
Visa Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 12th were given a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 12th. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Visa’s payout ratio is 23.34%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several analysts have commented on V shares. Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of Visa from $450.00 to $400.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Truist Financial set a $371.00 target price on shares of Visa and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $403.00 price target (up from $391.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Evercore set a $350.00 price target on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $415.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $387.78.
View Our Latest Analysis on Visa
Visa Company 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.
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