Visa Inc. $V Stock Holdings Increased by United Advisor Group LLC

United Advisor Group LLC increased its stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 14.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,441 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,298 shares during the period. United Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $3,752,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in V. XXEC Inc. grew its stake in Visa by 153,118.8% during the 2nd quarter. XXEC Inc. now owns 186,260,448 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $63,904,097,000 after buying an additional 186,138,883 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in Visa by 0.7% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 82,872,209 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $28,432,626,000 after buying an additional 566,194 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in Visa by 13.0% in the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 15,720,068 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $5,393,398,000 after buying an additional 1,808,496 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Visa by 3.7% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 8,842,842 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,672,655,000 after buying an additional 316,559 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its stake in Visa by 16.5% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 7,714,919 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,646,911,000 after buying an additional 1,092,315 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

More Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa reported record fourth-quarter and full-year results, with adjusted earnings up 17% year over year, and raised its dividend by 16%. Truist also raised its price target to $470 and maintained a Buy rating, signaling analyst confidence in further upside. Visa earnings and dividend report Truist price target report
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is building six technology hubs in Singapore focused on AI, cybersecurity, and next-generation payments. The investment could strengthen its capabilities and support future commerce growth. Singapore technology hubs
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa launched an AI-shopping benchmark, highlighting potential opportunities in agentic commerce while noting that many test runs failed—evidence the technology is still developing. AI shopping benchmark announcement
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts have flagged rising client incentives and Visa’s premium valuation as risks that could constrain the case for buying the stock despite strong results. Zacks analysis of incentives and valuation
• Negative Sentiment: Gnosis Pay, a crypto-card provider that uses Visa, disclosed exposure of customers’ payment and personal data. The report says customer funds were safe; the incident was at Gnosis Pay’s legacy system, not Visa’s own platform, though it may raise broader questions about payment security. Gnosis Pay breach report

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on V shares. Loop Capital boosted their price target on shares of Visa from $387.00 to $404.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $466.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. Susquehanna set a $480.00 price objective on shares of Visa and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, October 26th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Visa from $443.00 to $470.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a $438.00 price objective on shares of Visa and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 28th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and thirty-five have issued a Buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Visa presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $440.82.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE V traded up $0.17 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $422.76. 9,219,148 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,437,748. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $293.89 and a twelve month high of $442.23. The firm has a market cap of $754.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.29, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.80. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $385.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $344.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.99.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 27th. The credit-card processor reported $3.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.44 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $12.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.09 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 70.50% and a net margin of 51.20%. The firm’s revenue was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.98 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 15.02 EPS for the current year.

Visa Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 10th will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share. This is a boost from Visa’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 10th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Visa’s payout ratio is presently 21.74%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 5,875 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $367.87, for a total value of $2,161,236.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,582,059.38. This represents a 27.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, General Counsel Julie Rottenberg sold 2,028 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $381.35, for a total value of $773,377.80. Following the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 18,404 shares in the company, valued at $7,018,365.40. This trade represents a 9.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 27,395 shares of company stock valued at $10,406,050. Company insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Visa Profile

Visa Inc operates a global payments network that connects consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments. Its network supports the authorization, clearing and settlement of electronic payments, including transactions made in person and online.

The company’s services include payment processing, fraud prevention, identity and risk management, and money-transfer solutions such as Visa Direct. Visa-branded credit, debit and prepaid cards are issued by participating financial institutions; Visa generally provides the network and related services rather than issuing cards or extending credit directly to consumers.

Visa traces its roots to BankAmericard, a bank card program launched in California in 1958.