Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd Trims Position in Visa Inc. $V

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd trimmed its holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 26.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 162,184 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 57,016 shares during the quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd’s holdings in Visa were worth $56,880,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. ROI Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. ROI Financial Advisors LLC now owns 17,838 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $6,256,000 after buying an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. Asset Allocation Strategies LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Asset Allocation Strategies LLC now owns 671 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $235,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 54.7% in the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 36,157 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $12,681,000 after buying an additional 12,789 shares during the last quarter. Allianz SE raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Allianz SE now owns 114,979 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $40,324,000 after buying an additional 1,492 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 9.0% in the fourth quarter. Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management now owns 7,348 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,577,000 after buying an additional 607 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Freedom Capital raised shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 16th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $389.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $450.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Evercore set a $350.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets started coverage on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. They set an “outperform” rating and a $365.00 target price on the stock. Six 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $387.78.

Visa Stock Performance

NYSE:V opened at $321.98 on Friday. 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 company has a market cap of $577.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.05, a P/E/G ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 0.77. Visa Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $293.89 and a fifty-two week high of $363.01. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $318.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $324.40.

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

Visa Announces Dividend

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

Visa declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, April 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $20.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes 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 of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Chris Suh sold 10,639 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 9,872 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,206,524.32. This trade represents a 51.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 31,455 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,161,284.36. The trade was a 67.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa unveiled a major partnership with OpenAI to embed its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing AI agents to shop and complete purchases with user permission. This positions Visa to stay central to the next phase of digital commerce and could open a new payment channel. Visa Partners with OpenAI to Power the Next Generation of AI Commerce
• Positive Sentiment: Visa also announced new AI, tokenization, and stablecoin settlement tools for programmable commerce, signaling that management is investing to defend its competitive moat and adapt to faster-moving payment rails. Visa Launches AI and Stablecoin Tools to Power Agentic Commerce
• Positive Sentiment: Several recent commentary pieces highlight Visa’s earnings growth, balance-sheet strength, and its expanding role in AI-driven commerce, which may be reinforcing investor confidence in the stock. Earnings Growth & Price Strength Make Visa (V) a Stock to Watch
• Neutral Sentiment: One report noted that Cuba’s central bank will suspend all Visa and Mastercard transactions after a processing partnership collapsed due to U.S. sanctions. The direct financial impact appears limited, but it is a reminder of Visa’s exposure to geopolitical and sanctions-related disruptions. Cuba’s Central Bank to Suspend all Visa (V) and Mastercard Transactions
• Negative Sentiment: Investor concern also surfaced around stablecoins, with Bill Gurley saying Visa and Mastercard are “heavily threatened” by them. That reinforces the market’s view that next-generation payment technologies could pressure long-term card network economics if adoption accelerates. Bill Gurley says Visa, and Mastercard are “heavily threatened” by stablecoins

Visa Company 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.