IFP Advisors Inc Purchases 6,220 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

IFP Advisors Inc increased its position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 14.2% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 49,884 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,220 shares during the quarter. IFP Advisors Inc’s holdings in Visa were worth $17,150,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sonoma Allocations LLC acquired a new stake in Visa during the 3rd quarter worth $710,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Visa by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,241,348 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $438,196,000 after purchasing an additional 21,401 shares during the period. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Visa by 5.9% in the 2nd quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 95,150 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $33,783,000 after purchasing an additional 5,295 shares during the last quarter. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA grew its stake in shares of Visa by 2.6% during the third quarter. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA now owns 574,043 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $198,596,000 after purchasing an additional 14,581 shares during the period. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. increased its holdings in Visa by 24.1% in the third quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 823,262 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $281,045,000 after purchasing an additional 159,906 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of V opened at $299.86 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $544.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.13, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.78. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $297.03 and a twelve month high of $375.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $321.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $334.82.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. The business 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 firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.75 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 transaction of $201,253.00. Following the completion of 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total value of $3,661,152.30. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. The trade was a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.12% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Piper Sandler set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Bank of America began coverage on shares of Visa in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 target price for the company. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $411.00 price target (up from $398.00) on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Truist Financial set a $372.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.65.

Visa News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa deepened its commerce push by integrating Ingenico POS into its Acceptance Platform to unify online/offline payments — a move that can drive higher merchant penetration and capture more of the checkout stack. Visa’s Ingenico Tie-Up: Expanding Beyond the Payment Layer
• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched Visa Intelligent Authorisation (VIA) in Europe, expanding fraud/risk tools on the Visa Acceptance Platform — this should improve authorization rates and reduce merchant friction, supporting volume and fee growth. Visa Scales Intelligent Authorization Tech to Europe
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships expanding addressable markets: Visa + Paythru on an EV fleet wallet and Fastboy Payments making BambooPay available via Cybersource broaden merchant use cases (mobility, IoT) and payment acceptance. These deals help diversify revenue beyond pure transaction fees. Visa and Paythru Team on EV Payments With White-Label Fleet Wallet Fastboy Payments / Cybersource
• Positive Sentiment: Visa Crypto Labs unveiled Visa CLI and is enabling agentic (AI) payments through collaborations with Stripe/Tempo — these experimental tools position Visa for emerging machine‑to‑machine payment flows and stablecoin rails. That narrative supports longer‑term growth optionality. Visa and Stripe-backed Tempo launch tools for AI agents
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces argue the card networks are “buy the dip” opportunities as they expand into stablecoins and new rails; these articles reinforce a positive narrative but are more sentiment than new fundamentals. Visa, Mastercard and American Express Have Gotten Roughed Up. The Case for Buying the Dip.
• Negative Sentiment: Unusual options activity: investors bought ~129,825 put options (a ~332% jump vs. typical volume), signaling increased short/bear hedging and potential downward pressure or heightened volatility in the near term.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Mastercard’s large BVNK/stablecoin push and other network moves accelerate rivalry in crypto/stablecoin rails — investors may worry about market share and margin pressure in new settlement rails. Mastercard BVNK acquisition coverage

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.