Visa Inc. $V Shares Purchased by Xponance LLC

Xponance LLC lifted its position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 4.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 440,361 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,190 shares during the period. Visa accounts for 1.2% of Xponance LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 11th largest position. Xponance LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $154,439,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in V. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Visa by 50.1% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 20,635 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $6,522,000 after buying an additional 6,883 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Visa by 68.9% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,811 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,733,000 after buying an additional 4,817 shares during the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. boosted its stake 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 worth $3,834,000 after buying an additional 477 shares during the last quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY boosted its stake 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 worth $402,000 after buying an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. boosted its stake in Visa by 13.8% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 18,367 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $6,521,000 after buying an additional 2,230 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Price Performance

NYSE:V opened at $319.21 on Friday. Visa Inc. has a 52 week low of $293.89 and a 52 week high of $374.17. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. The company has a market capitalization of $572.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $318.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $324.42.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.31 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.10 by $0.21. Visa had a return on equity of 65.00% and a net margin of 51.68%.The company had revenue of $11.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.75 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.76 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 13.09 EPS for the current year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The company 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. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 12th. Visa’s payout ratio is currently 23.34%.

Visa announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, April 28th that permits the company to repurchase $20.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the credit-card processor to reacquire up to 3.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

V has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Visa from $450.00 to $400.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Bank of America started coverage on Visa in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 target price on the stock. UBS Group lifted their target price on Visa from $390.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $403.00 target price (up from $391.00) on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Evercore set a $350.00 target price on Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $387.78.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 31,455 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.14, for a total value of $10,699,103.70. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 15,174 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,161,284.36. The trade was a 67.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed 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 the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $324.81, for a total value of $3,455,653.59. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 9,872 shares in the company, valued at $3,206,524.32. This represents a 51.87% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa announced a partnership with OpenAI to embed its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing AI agents to shop and complete transactions on behalf of users with built-in security, tokenization, and spending controls. Investors may view this as an opportunity for Visa to stay central to the next generation of digital payments. Visa, OpenAI Push AI Agents Into Online Shopping
• Positive Sentiment: Visa also unveiled new AI-agent payment and stablecoin settlement tools, expanding its programmable commerce toolkit and signaling that it wants to capture future payment flows tied to automation, tokenized money, and cross-border settlement. Visa Adds AI Agent Payments and Stablecoin Settlement Tools for Programmable Commerce
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts and market commentators highlighted the OpenAI deal and Visa’s broader innovation push as a possible competitive moat, suggesting the company is proactively defending its network against disruption from AI-native payment systems. Will Visa’s Latest Innovations Deepen Its Competitive Moat?
• Neutral Sentiment: Near-term sentiment was mixed because Visa also drew attention from a judge-approved $38 billion swipe-fee settlement with merchants, which may help reduce legal uncertainty but also keeps fee pressure in focus for the card network. Judge preliminarily approves Visa, Mastercard $38B swipe fee deal
• Negative Sentiment: One article noted Visa stock fell in the latest session despite broader market gains, reflecting that investors may still be weighing valuation, regulatory overhangs, and whether the AI announcements can translate into meaningful revenue soon enough. Visa (V) Stock Drops Despite Market Gains: Important Facts to Note

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.