Visa (NYSE:V) CEO Ryan Mcinerney Sells 10,490 Shares

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,490 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $343.99, for a total value of $3,608,455.10. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,219,704.26. The trade was a 40.87% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Ryan Mcinerney also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 29th, Ryan Mcinerney sold 20,970 shares of Visa stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.25, for a total value of $7,135,042.50.
• On Wednesday, April 29th, Ryan Mcinerney sold 31,455 shares of Visa stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.14, for a total value of $10,699,103.70.

Visa Price Performance

Shares of NYSE V traded up $10.23 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $361.31. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,726,734 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,060,900. 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 52 week low of $293.89 and a 52 week high of $362.13. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $325.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of $324.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $648.10 billion, a PE ratio of 31.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 0.75.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 last year, the company earned $2.76 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 13.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $20.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the credit-card processor to buy up to 3.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 12th were given a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 12th. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.34%.

Institutional Trading of Visa

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Visa by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 160,975,832 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $56,455,834,000 after purchasing an additional 1,054,343 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 626,821 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 388,996 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in shares of Visa by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 41,092,294 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $14,411,480,000 after purchasing an additional 716,218 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors increased its position 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 purchasing an additional 193,288 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on V. Evercore set a $350.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Loop Capital started coverage on Visa in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. They set a “buy” rating and a $387.00 price objective for the company. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $403.00 price objective (up from $391.00) on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $450.00 target price on shares of Visa in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $397.96.

More Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa is deepening its role in AI-enabled “agentic payments,” with successful live transactions completed alongside partners including BBVA, Worldline, ING, and Nuvei. These proof-of-concept deals suggest Visa’s existing rails can support new payment flows without major disruption. Article: Visa and BBVA Prove Today’s Rails Can Handle Agentic Payments
• Positive Sentiment: Visa unveiled the Visa Threat Intelligence Platform, which gives banks access to Visa’s in-house cyber and fraud detection capabilities. That could improve network security and reduce fraud-related losses, a favorable sign for long-term payment volume and issuer confidence. Article: Visa announces Visa Threat Intelligence Platform
• Positive Sentiment: Visa’s participation in the Open USD stablecoin initiative, backed by a broad consortium of major fintech and financial firms, signals that the company is positioning itself to benefit from the growth of digital-dollar settlement rather than be threatened by it. Article: Worldline, ING and Visa complete a live agentic payment transaction in Europe
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and market commentary remain constructive, with Piper Sandler upgrading Visa to strong buy and Zacks highlighting recent outperformance versus the broader market and peers. This supports sentiment, though it is not a new operational catalyst. Article: Visa Stock Surges 12.4% in a Month: Time to Buy, Hold or Sell?
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa also relaunched Visa Infinite as a more flexible premium platform for affluent customers, which could support card-issuer engagement over time but is likely an incremental growth driver near term. Article: Visa Infinite relaunched for affluent customers
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Ryan McInerney sold 20,970 shares in a pre-arranged 10b5-1 transaction. While routine, insider selling can still create some caution among investors. Article: SEC filing for CEO stock sale

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.