Visa Inc. $V Shares Sold by Planning Alternatives Ltd. ADV

Planning Alternatives Ltd. ADV reduced its position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 74.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 706 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 2,090 shares during the quarter. Planning Alternatives Ltd. ADV’s holdings in Visa were worth $213,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Clayton Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 446.2% in the 4th quarter. Clayton Financial Group LLC now owns 71 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp raised its position in shares of Visa by 102.7% during the 4th quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Cresta Advisors Ltd. bought a new position in Visa during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Parvin Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Visa by 200.0% during the third quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dorato Capital Management acquired a new position in Visa in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Visa news, General Counsel Julie B. Rottenberg sold 2,027 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $360.00, for a total transaction of $729,720.00. Following the sale, the general counsel directly owned 18,404 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,625,440. The trade was a 9.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Chris Suh sold 10,639 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $324.81, for a total transaction of $3,455,653.59. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 9,872 shares in the company, valued at $3,206,524.32. This trade represents a 51.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 75,581 shares of company stock valued at $25,627,975 over the last 90 days. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

V has been the subject of several recent research reports. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Visa from $390.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler assumed coverage on shares of Visa in a research report on Monday, June 29th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $394.00 price target on the stock. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Visa from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, July 6th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $389.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $403.00 price objective (up from $391.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Visa presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $398.36.

Key Headlines Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched its Stablecoin Platform, an enterprise tool for banks, fintechs, and crypto-native firms to mint, move, store, and redeem stablecoins in one Visa-managed environment. Investors may view this as a meaningful new growth avenue that could expand Visa’s role in blockchain-based payments. Visa Introduces Platform for Stablecoin Minting, Movement and Management
• Positive Sentiment: Reports say Visa joined Google and Stripe in the x402 Foundation, which is building an open standard for machine-to-machine and AI agent payments. That supports Visa’s long-term relevance in emerging micro-payment and autonomous commerce use cases. Google and Visa join the online micro-payments revolution
• Positive Sentiment: Visa and Artemis highlighted that stablecoins could become key infrastructure for AI agent micropayments, reinforcing the idea that Visa is positioning itself early in a potentially large new payment category. Stablecoins Emerge as Key Infrastructure for AI Agent Micropayments, Visa and Artemis Report
• Positive Sentiment: Hong Leong Bank launched Malaysia’s first Visa Infinite Privilege card, showing continued strength in Visa’s premium product lineup and international card issuance. Hong Leong Bank Debuts Malaysia’s First Visa Infinite Privilege Card
• Positive Sentiment: Visa was also upgraded to “strong-buy” by an analyst source, adding to bullish sentiment around the stock. Visa upgraded by Clear Str Llc to strong-buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles discuss Visa’s new AI assistants, agentic payments pilots, and refreshed Visa Infinite offerings in Asia-Pacific. These developments are constructive, but they are mostly early-stage or product refreshes rather than immediate financial catalysts. What Visa (V)’s New AI Assistants and Agentic Payments Mean For Shareholders

Visa Stock Down 0.0%

V opened at $358.51 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $334.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $324.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 1.09. The stock has a market cap of $643.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 0.75. Visa Inc. has a 12 month low of $293.89 and a 12 month high of $365.14.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.10 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $11.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.75 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 65.00% and a net margin of 51.68%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.76 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 13.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Tuesday, April 28th that permits the company to buyback $20.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the credit-card processor to buy up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 12th were issued a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 12th. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is presently 23.34%.

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.