Visa Inc. $V Shares Acquired by Greenspring Advisors LLC

Greenspring Advisors LLC lifted its position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 240.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,972 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after buying an additional 2,806 shares during the quarter. Greenspring Advisors LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $1,393,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Clayton Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 446.2% in the 4th quarter. Clayton Financial Group LLC now owns 71 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the period. PayPay Securities Corp raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 102.7% in the 4th quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the period. Cresta Advisors Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Visa in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Parvin Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 200.0% in the 3rd quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Dorato Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of Visa in the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. 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 was named as a backer of a reportedly soon-to-launch stablecoin platform with Mastercard and Stripe, which could support faster and cheaper cross-border settlement and show Visa is helping build the next generation of payment rails. Report: Payments Giants Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe Back Stablecoin Platform for Faster Payments
• Positive Sentiment: Visa’s broader product push in commercial payments is also a tailwind, with recent expansion of its Commercial Solutions Hub and AI-powered receivables tools aimed at improving virtual card adoption, reconciliation, and payment efficiency. Visa (V) Announces Expansion of the Visa Commercial Solutions Hub
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa’s network is being used in new gold-backed consumer cards from Tether and Fasset, underscoring continued demand for Visa’s global acceptance infrastructure, though the direct financial impact is unclear. Tether Backs $1M in Gold Rewards as First Gold-Backed Visa Card Goes Live
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa was also mentioned in reports about companies exiting Cuba amid expanded U.S. sanctions, which is more of a geopolitical compliance issue than a meaningful earnings driver. Visa, Mastercard Join Exodus From Cuba on Expanded US Sanctions
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are focusing on the risk that stablecoin platforms could intensify competition in payments and shift some transaction economics away from traditional card networks like Visa, helping explain the stock’s weakness today. Mastercard and Visa Back Stealth Stablecoin Platform

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

V has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $450.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a report on Tuesday. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Visa from $390.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of Visa from $450.00 to $400.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $403.00 price target (up from $391.00) on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $389.00 price target on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $389.33.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 31,455 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.14, for a total transaction of $10,699,103.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,161,284.36. This represents a 67.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was 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 approximately $829,471.98. This represents a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 42,744 shares of company stock valued at $14,356,010. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Visa Price Performance

Shares of NYSE V opened at $313.90 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $315.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $324.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 1.09. Visa Inc. has a 1-year low of $293.89 and a 1-year high of $375.51. The company has a market cap of $563.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 0.77.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $11.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.75 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.76 EPS. Visa’s revenue was up 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 13.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 12th were issued a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 12th. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is 23.34%.

Visa declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, April 28th that allows the company to buyback $20.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the credit-card processor to purchase up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

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.