Sen. John Boozman Buys Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) Shares

Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) recently bought shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V). In a filing disclosed on February 15th, the Senator disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Visa stock on January 15th.

Senator John Boozman also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) on 1/29/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Eaton (NYSE:ETN) on 1/29/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) on 1/29/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW) on 1/29/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV) on 1/29/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) on 1/29/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) on 1/29/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) on 1/29/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM) on 1/26/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) on 1/26/2026.

Visa Price Performance

Shares of NYSE V opened at $314.13 on Monday. Visa Inc. has a 1 year low of $299.00 and a 1 year high of $375.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. The company’s 50-day moving average is $337.98 and its 200 day moving average is $339.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $570.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 0.79.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.69 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. Visa’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.75 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Visa’s payout ratio is presently 25.14%.

Insider Activity at Visa

In related news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,172 shares of the firm’s 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 sale, the insider owned 26,413 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,608,789.09. This trade represents a 7.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. This represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

V has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Truist Financial set a $372.00 target price on Visa in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Daiwa Securities Group raised shares of Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Visa currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.21.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in V. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Visa by 0.9% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 162,544,006 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $57,711,249,000 after purchasing an additional 1,461,575 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Visa by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 82,798,151 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $29,038,140,000 after buying an additional 626,821 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Visa by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 44,042,586 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $15,411,395,000 after buying an additional 388,996 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors boosted its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 24,792,246 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $8,463,484,000 after acquiring an additional 193,288 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital International Investors grew its stake in shares of Visa by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 21,516,371 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $7,547,169,000 after acquiring an additional 244,085 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

About Senator Boozman

John Boozman (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Arkansas. He assumed office on January 3, 2011. His current term ends on January 3, 2029. Boozman (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Arkansas. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Boozman won re-election in 2016. He faced Democrat Conner Eldridge, Libertarian Frank Gilbert, and write-in candidate Jason Tate in the general election. Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race was rated as safely Republican in 2016. Boozman began his political career in the U.S. House. He won a special election in 2001 and served in that position until his election to the Senate in 2010. Prior to his political career, Boozman worked as an optometrist. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Boozman is an average Republican member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Republican Party on the majority of bills. Below is an abbreviated outline of Boozman’s academic, professional, and political career: 2011-Present: U.S. Senator from Arkansas 2001-2011: U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1977: Graduated from Southern College of Optometry

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.