von Borstel & Associates Inc. Purchases New Holdings in Visa Inc. $V

von Borstel & Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 1,702 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock, valued at approximately $570,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of V. NorthRock Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Visa by 13.1% during the third quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 42,170 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $14,396,000 after purchasing an additional 4,891 shares during the last quarter. Bank OZK grew its position in Visa by 3.7% in the 3rd quarter. Bank OZK now owns 858 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $293,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. Prudential PLC increased its stake in Visa by 10.5% in the 3rd quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 229,292 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $78,276,000 after buying an additional 21,720 shares during the period. Sanders Capital LLC increased its stake in Visa by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sanders Capital LLC now owns 3,112,880 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,062,675,000 after buying an additional 36,120 shares during the period. Finally, Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc raised its position in Visa by 8.1% during the 3rd quarter. Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc now owns 8,457 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,887,000 after buying an additional 633 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Visa Stock Up 0.2%

V opened at $307.15 on Friday. 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 company has a market cap of $557.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.81, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.78. Visa Inc. has a one year low of $299.00 and a one year high of $375.51. The business’s fifty day moving average is $325.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $336.11.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. Visa had a return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The business had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.69 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.75 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were given 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 payout ratio is presently 25.14%.

Trending Headlines about Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa completed agentic‑commerce pilots with Santander across five Latin American markets using Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC), demonstrating a pathway to capture delegated shopping/commerce volume in high‑growth LatAm markets. Santander and Visa Launch LatAm Agentic Payments Project
• Positive Sentiment: Visa expanded its stablecoin card program (Bridge/Stripe partnership) and broadened global issuance to 100+ countries, positioning Visa to keep crypto‑native payment flows on its rails and capture new transaction volume. Visa’s Stablecoin Play Intensifies: Can it Future‑Proof Its Network?
• Positive Sentiment: Product extensions for travel and cross‑border payments (virtual travel card with Trip.com; Citcon integration for faster push payouts) broaden Visa’s addressable share of recovering international travel spend and merchant payout flows. Visa Expands Travel And Cross Border Payment Uses
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street pieces and forum transcripts (analyst comparisons vs. Mastercard and Wolfe Research presentation) are drawing attention to valuation and competitive positioning; these shape sentiment but don’t introduce new fundamental catalysts. Is It Worth Investing in Visa (V) Based on Wall Street’s Bullish Views?
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/consumer risk: reports show consumer borrowing growth slowed in January and many cardholders hit credit limits — a trend that could cap transaction volumes and fee income if consumer credit stress persists. After A Holiday Surge, Consumer Borrowing Slowed In January
• Negative Sentiment: An outside director disclosed a sale of 650 shares (modest size relative to Visa’s market cap), a signal some investors monitor for insider conviction even though the economic impact is limited. SEC Form 4 — Lloyd Carney sale

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America started coverage on shares of Visa in a report on Thursday, March 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 target price on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Piper Sandler set a $160.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Evercore set a $380.00 target price on Visa in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Truist Financial set a $372.00 price target on Visa in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,282,641.18. This trade represents a 52.73% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of Visa 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 transaction, the director 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.12% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Visa 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.