Walser Wealth Management Company A Ltd Liability Co Takes $885,000 Position in Visa Inc. $V

Walser Wealth Management Company A Ltd Liability Co bought a new position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund bought 2,522 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock, valued at approximately $885,000.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Clayton Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Visa by 446.2% in the fourth 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. Parvin Asset Management LLC grew its position in Visa by 200.0% during the 3rd quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp grew its position in Visa by 102.7% during the 4th quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. Cresta Advisors Ltd. acquired a new stake in Visa during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Dorato Capital Management acquired a new stake in Visa during the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Chris Suh sold 10,639 shares of the business’s 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 in the company, valued at approximately $3,206,524.32. The trade was a 51.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 31,455 shares of the company’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 transaction of $10,699,103.70. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,161,284.36. The trade was a 67.46% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

V has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings lowered Visa from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a $450.00 target price on shares of Visa in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Evercore set a $350.00 target price on Visa in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Citigroup cut their price target on Visa from $450.00 to $400.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Visa from $390.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $387.78.

Visa Stock Down 0.8%

NYSE:V opened at $327.67 on Friday. Visa Inc. has a 12-month low of $293.89 and a 12-month high of $359.66. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $587.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $320.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $324.21.

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

Visa declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 28th that permits the company to repurchase $20.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the credit-card processor to buy up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Visa Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 12th were paid a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 12th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is 23.34%.

Trending Headlines about Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• 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 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.