Gotham Asset Management LLC Has $48.95 Million Stock Position in Visa Inc. $V

Gotham Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 90.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 143,375 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 67,951 shares during the period. Gotham Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $48,945,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC increased its position in shares of Visa by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 1,875 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $640,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Old Port Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Old Port Advisors now owns 3,423 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,169,000 after buying an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Visa by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp now owns 1,290 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $440,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Define Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Visa by 4.0% in the third quarter. Define Financial LLC now owns 779 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $266,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Patron Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Visa by 0.6% in the third quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 4,648 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,587,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa completed agentic‑commerce pilots with Santander across five Latin American markets using Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC), demonstrating a pathway to capture delegated shopping/commerce volume in high‑growth LatAm markets. Santander and Visa Launch LatAm Agentic Payments Project
• Positive Sentiment: Visa expanded its stablecoin card program (Bridge/Stripe partnership) and broadened global issuance to 100+ countries, positioning Visa to keep crypto‑native payment flows on its rails and capture new transaction volume. Visa’s Stablecoin Play Intensifies: Can it Future‑Proof Its Network?
• Positive Sentiment: Product extensions for travel and cross‑border payments (virtual travel card with Trip.com; Citcon integration for faster push payouts) broaden Visa’s addressable share of recovering international travel spend and merchant payout flows. Visa Expands Travel And Cross Border Payment Uses
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street pieces and forum transcripts (analyst comparisons vs. Mastercard and Wolfe Research presentation) are drawing attention to valuation and competitive positioning; these shape sentiment but don’t introduce new fundamental catalysts. Is It Worth Investing in Visa (V) Based on Wall Street’s Bullish Views?
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/consumer risk: reports show consumer borrowing growth slowed in January and many cardholders hit credit limits — a trend that could cap transaction volumes and fee income if consumer credit stress persists. After A Holiday Surge, Consumer Borrowing Slowed In January
• Negative Sentiment: An outside director disclosed a sale of 650 shares (modest size relative to Visa’s market cap), a signal some investors monitor for insider conviction even though the economic impact is limited. SEC Form 4 — Lloyd Carney sale

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have issued reports on V. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $395.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 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 note on Thursday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price objective on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald raised shares of Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Truist Financial set a $372.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

Insider Activity

In other Visa news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total value of $201,253.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $829,471.98. This represents a 19.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the firm’s 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,282,641.18. This trade represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.12% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Visa Trading Up 0.2%

V stock opened at $307.15 on Monday. Visa Inc. has a one year low of $299.00 and a one year high of $375.51. The stock has a market cap of $557.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $325.50 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $335.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $10.90 billion for 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%. The company’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.75 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

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

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.