Westwind Capital Sells 3,815 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

Westwind Capital decreased its position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 3.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 112,666 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 3,815 shares during the period. Visa comprises 8.1% of Westwind Capital’s portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Westwind Capital’s holdings in Visa were worth $39,513,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC boosted its holdings in Visa by 1.6% during the third quarter. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 1,875 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $640,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Old Port Advisors grew its position in Visa by 0.9% in the third quarter. Old Port Advisors now owns 3,423 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,169,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp grew its position in Visa by 2.4% in the third quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp now owns 1,290 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $440,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Define Financial LLC increased its stake in Visa by 4.0% in the 3rd quarter. Define Financial LLC now owns 779 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $266,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Patron Partners LLC increased its stake in Visa by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 4,648 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,587,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Stock Performance

NYSE V opened at $305.11 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $553.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $318.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $333.46. Visa Inc. has a 1 year low of $297.03 and a 1 year high of $375.51.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.69 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.75 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

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

More Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched an Enhanced Subscription Manager (Digital Issuer Solutions) in partnership with Pinwheel — a built‑in tool for card issuers to help consumers view, switch, cancel and get alerts on recurring charges. This can boost card usage, reduce churn and create add‑on issuer revenues. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Visa became the first major payments company to serve as a “Super Validator” on the Canton Network, positioning it to enable privacy‑preserving, regulated on‑chain settlement for banks and institutions — a strategic move that could open new rails and fee pools as institutional crypto/onchain payments scale. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts are re‑examining Visa’s valuation after its partnership with Ingenico to link AXIUM POS terminals to the Visa Acceptance Platform — this shortens merchant time‑to‑market and broadens in‑store acceptance, supporting merchant services growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Rain expanded its Visa membership into Asia‑Pacific to scale stablecoin payment infrastructure and card programs — another sign Visa is enabling faster, crypto‑native rails and partner card issuance in high growth regions. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Smaller partner launches continue to show network ubiquity (e.g., Uphold’s premium Visa Signature crypto card; Pudgy Penguins’ global Visa‑backed crypto debit card) — positive for brand/volume but limited near‑term materiality to Visa’s top line. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/sector commentary: Visa is a large XLF holding, so sector flows into financials/financial ETFs could move the stock independent of company fundamentals. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of UK payment outages (customers reporting cards not working) highlight operational risk and short‑term reputational exposure — outages can temporarily dent merchant/consumer confidence and trigger remediation costs. Article Title

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Visa news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total value of $201,253.00. Following the sale, the director owned 2,679 shares in the company, 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 link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total value of $3,661,152.30. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $395.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Evercore set a $380.00 target price on Visa in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Freedom Capital upgraded Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 16th. Cantor Fitzgerald raised Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $410.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $392.65.

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.