Hosking Partners LLP Sells 1,449 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

Hosking Partners LLP cut its holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 20,183 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 1,449 shares during the period. Hosking Partners LLP’s holdings in Visa were worth $7,252,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Nixon Peabody Trust Co. lifted its position in shares of Visa by 58.1% in the 1st quarter. Nixon Peabody Trust Co. now owns 4,201 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,270,000 after purchasing an additional 1,543 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG increased its position in shares of Visa by 0.9% during the third quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 606,500 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $217,934,000 after buying an additional 5,568 shares during the period. Vega Investment Solutions bought a new position in Visa in the second quarter worth about $829,000. Beacon Financial Group raised its stake in Visa by 83.9% in the first quarter. Beacon Financial Group now owns 22,501 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $6,801,000 after buying an additional 10,267 shares in the last quarter. Finally, XXEC Inc. lifted its holdings in Visa by 153,118.8% in the second quarter. XXEC Inc. now owns 186,260,448 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $63,904,097,000 after buying an additional 186,138,883 shares during the period. 82.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of V opened at $414.21 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The stock has a market cap of $739.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.22, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.77. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $376.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $349.64. Visa Inc. has a 52 week low of $293.89 and a 52 week high of $414.60.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.23 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $11.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.40 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 67.68% and a net margin of 50.78%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.98 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 13.22 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 11th were paid a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 11th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 22.79%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have weighed in on V shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Visa from $400.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Weiss Ratings raised Visa from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 13th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $432.00 target price (up from $412.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and issued a $420.00 target price (up from $416.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Argus lifted their price target on Visa from $396.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and thirty-four have assigned a Buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $426.12.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other news, insider Tullier Mahon sold 57,272 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $364.97, for a total value of $20,902,561.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 49,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,125,140.14. The trade was a 53.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 5,875 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $358.81, for a total value of $2,108,008.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,444,582.94. This represents a 27.91% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 78,792 shares of company stock valued at $28,863,319. Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Tokenization could support revenue growth: UBS said Visa and Mastercard may generate increasing fees from payment tokenization, which secures digital transactions and reduces fraud. Tokenization revenue could contribute low-single-digit percentage growth to overall revenue and a low-to-mid-single-digit contribution to value-added services. Visa and Mastercard tokenization fees could support revenue growth, UBS says
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial-payment product launches strengthen growth prospects: Visa introduced capabilities for commercial-card growth, virtual-card security and agentic commerce. Its pilot with BILL and Billtrust allows authenticated AI agents to process invoice payments, potentially expanding Visa’s role in business-to-business transactions while improving fraud controls. Visa Announces Enhanced Capabilities That Can Bring Trust and Control to the Future of Business Payments
• Positive Sentiment: Digital-asset and AI initiatives add strategic momentum: Visa and Mastercard are rolling out products tied to artificial intelligence, stablecoins and digital assets ahead of earnings. A separate fintech partnership also launched a quantum-secured card operating on Visa’s network, though the immediate financial impact is unclear. Visa, Mastercard bet on AI, crypto ahead of earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Acquisition speculation was denied: Fireblocks said reports that Visa was in advanced discussions to acquire the crypto infrastructure company for approximately $2.5 billion were not true at present. The denial removes a potential transaction catalyst but also reduces concern about near-term acquisition spending. Fireblocks disputes report of $2.5B Visa acquisition talks
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings expectations are now a key focus: Analysts are monitoring payment volume, processed transactions and other operating metrics for the quarter ended September 2026. With Visa trading near record levels, results and forward guidance will determine whether recent momentum can continue. Countdown to Visa Q4 Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Canadian fee pressure remains a risk: A Canadian trade group is urging Visa and other card networks to reduce interchange fees and pass savings to merchants, creating a potential regulatory and revenue headwind. Visa changes fees in Canada

Visa Profile

Visa Inc (NYSE: V) is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic payments between consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments. Through its VisaNet network, the company authorizes, clears and settles transactions made with Visa-branded credit, debit and prepaid cards, while generally not issuing cards, extending credit or setting cardholder account terms.

Visa provides payment products and services for consumer, commercial and government payments, as well as digital commerce and money movement.