Seven Mile Advisory Raises Holdings in Visa Inc. $V

Seven Mile Advisory raised its stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 40.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 6,713 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,918 shares during the period. Seven Mile Advisory’s holdings in Visa were worth $2,292,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Visa by 20.1% during the third quarter. Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC now owns 54,939 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $18,755,000 after buying an additional 9,176 shares in the last quarter. Crux Wealth Advisors increased its stake in shares of Visa by 6.0% during the third quarter. Crux Wealth Advisors now owns 7,263 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,480,000 after buying an additional 412 shares during the period. BOKF NA raised its holdings in Visa by 7.5% in the third quarter. BOKF NA now owns 112,607 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $38,442,000 after acquiring an additional 7,842 shares in the last quarter. RD Lewis Holdings Inc. lifted its stake in Visa by 2.5% in the third quarter. RD Lewis Holdings Inc. now owns 9,508 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,222,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tortoise Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Visa by 5.4% in the third quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 936 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $320,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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 expands its stablecoin card program (partnership with Bridge/Stripe) and widened global coverage, aiming to route stablecoin-backed payments through Visa rails — a potential long-term growth avenue as crypto payments evolve. Visa’s Stablecoin Play Intensifies
• Positive Sentiment: Visa and Trip.com launched a global virtual travel card program to streamline international travel payments (APAC focus), and Citcon expanded Visa Direct cross-border push payments — both expand addressable volumes as travel recovers. Global virtual travel card program launched
• Positive Sentiment: Visa and Santander completed pilot agentic-commerce transactions across five Latin American markets using Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC), a credential for future merchant/payment volume growth in a high-growth region. Santander and Visa Launch LatAm Agentic Payments Project
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and media coverage — including comparative pieces on Visa vs. Mastercard and a Wolfe Research FinTech Forum transcript — provide investors with valuation and competitive context but contain no new company-guidance surprises. Visa Vs. Mastercard: Which Payment Giant Is The Better Buy Today? Visa Presents at Wolfe Research FinTech Forum
• Negative Sentiment: An insider (Director Lloyd Carney) sold 650 shares (~19.5% reduction in his stake). While the sale size is modest relative to Visa’s market cap, insider selling can weigh on near-term sentiment. SEC Form 4 — Insider Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Market/technical pressure and bearish sentiment: recent coverage notes Visa underperformed the market in the latest session and growing short-seller attention, both of which can amplify downward moves in the absence of fresh positive catalysts. Visa Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market Why Short Sellers Are Targeting Visa

Insider Activity

In other Visa news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,282,641.18. The trade was a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total value of $201,253.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 2,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $829,471.98. This represents a 19.53% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

V has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Piper Sandler set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Bank of America began coverage on shares of Visa in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price objective for the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Daiwa Securities Group raised Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Evercore set a $380.00 price target on Visa in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

Visa Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:V opened at $306.36 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $326.28 and a 200-day simple moving average of $336.40. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $299.00 and a twelve month high of $375.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company has a market capitalization of $556.10 billion, a PE ratio of 28.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.78.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. The firm had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.69 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.75 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were paid a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 25.14%.

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.