Visa’s (V) Outperform Rating Reaffirmed at Macquarie

Visa (NYSE:V)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating restated by research analysts at Macquarie in a research note issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $410.00 price target on the credit-card processor’s stock. Macquarie’s price target suggests a potential upside of 26.76% from the company’s current price.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Robert W. Baird set a $425.00 price target on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Piper Sandler set a $160.00 target price on Visa in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.08.

Visa Stock Down 2.5%

V traded down $8.37 on Friday, reaching $323.43. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,757,925 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,186,513. Visa has a 1 year low of $299.00 and a 1 year high of $375.51. The business’s 50 day moving average is $338.87 and its 200 day moving average is $341.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 1.08 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The stock has a market cap of $589.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.81.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.69 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 60.31% and a net margin of 50.15%.Visa’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.75 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Visa will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $341.00, for a total transaction of $3,575,385.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 537 shares in the company, valued at $183,117. The trade was a 95.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,172 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $325.93, for a total value of $707,919.96. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 26,413 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,608,789.09. This represents a 7.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 24,042 shares of company stock valued at $8,247,289 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Valued Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Visa by 36.5% during the fourth quarter. Valued Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 479 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $168,000 after acquiring an additional 128 shares during the period. Carrera Capital Advisors grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 22.2% during the 4th quarter. Carrera Capital Advisors now owns 2,004 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $703,000 after purchasing an additional 364 shares in the last quarter. Vest Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 9.7% during the 4th quarter. Vest Financial LLC now owns 176,066 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $61,748,000 after purchasing an additional 15,498 shares in the last quarter. CFC Planning Co LLC increased its position in shares of Visa by 16.4% during the fourth quarter. CFC Planning Co LLC now owns 8,217 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,882,000 after purchasing an additional 1,156 shares during the period. Finally, Opus Capital Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Visa in the fourth quarter valued at $223,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa beat fiscal Q1 estimates on EPS and revenue and reported strong holiday payment volumes and margins — the quarter showed 14.6% revenue growth and a healthy net margin, supporting the company’s growth and cash generation. Visa Fiscal First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street is raising conviction — William Blair reiterated a Buy and other firms (Rothschild & Co Redburn, Cantor Fitzgerald) upgraded Visa in the last 24 hours, signaling analyst confidence that the company’s growth and durable margins are underappreciated. Visa: Undervalued Payments Leader… Raised to Buy at Rothschild & Co Redburn Upgraded at Cantor Fitzgerald
• Positive Sentiment: Management highlighted strategic growth areas — increased focus on stablecoin settlement infrastructure and credentials/agentic commerce could open new fee pools (cross?border settlement, B2B/P2P rails) and support medium?term revenue upside. Visa Crypto Chief Bets on Stablecoin Settlement… Visa Credentials Soar as Payments Hyperscaler Eyes Agentic Commerce
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa announced a quarterly dividend (record Feb 10, payable Mar 2) — steady cash return but yield remains low (~0.8%), so this is supportive but unlikely to be a major catalyst.
• Neutral Sentiment: Consumer/news items and PR noise (e.g., media coverage about high?profile card uses and reward policies) are getting attention but are unlikely to move fundamentals materially. Did Trump Really Give Nicki Minaj a $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ Visa?
• Negative Sentiment: Shares are trading under pressure despite the beat — likely profit?taking, lower intraday volume versus average, and technical resistance (below 50/200?day moving averages) are weighing on the stock in the short term, even as fundamentals look constructive.

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.