1,840 Shares in Visa Inc. $V Acquired by iSAM Funds UK Ltd

iSAM Funds UK Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 1,840 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock, valued at approximately $631,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cresta Advisors Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Parvin Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 200.0% in the 3rd quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Philadelphia Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Visa in the 2nd quarter valued at $29,000. Virtus Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in Visa in the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, RHL Group LLC acquired a new stake in Visa during the 4th quarter worth $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

More Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched an enhanced version of A2A Protect, adding real-time risk insights and a unified fraud score that incorporates Featurespace technology. The offering is designed to help banks stop account-to-account fraud before funds leave customer accounts, potentially expanding Visa’s software and risk-management revenue opportunities. Visa launches enhanced A2A Protect
• Positive Sentiment: Handwave and Visa announced an integration allowing payment cards to be linked to palm biometrics. The technology could improve checkout convenience and security while supporting Visa’s efforts to grow tokenized and biometric payment transactions. Handwave and Visa palm biometrics integration
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary continues to emphasize Visa’s durable payments-network moat and long-term growth potential. The stock has a consensus “Buy” rating and an average target price of $416.62, above its recent trading level. Why Visa is a top stock for the long term
• Neutral Sentiment: Advasa upgraded its Visa card to support USDC payments alongside fiat currency. The announcement highlights Visa’s role in stablecoin payments, although the direct financial impact appears limited because Advasa is a relatively small partner and regulatory risks remain. Advasa expands Visa card to support USDC
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa CEO Ryan McInerney sold 5,875 shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, while General Counsel Julie Rottenberg separately sold shares. The transactions may attract attention, but scheduled sales and continued insider ownership make them a limited signal of operating expectations. Visa CEO insider transaction
• Negative Sentiment: Visa has submitted roughly 6 million documents to the U.S. Department of Justice in an ongoing debit-card lawsuit. Discovery has been extended into 2027 and trial is expected in 2028, keeping potential regulatory remedies, legal costs and changes to debit practices as longer-term overhangs. Visa DOJ debit-card lawsuit

Insider Activity at Visa

In related news, General Counsel Julie B. Rottenberg sold 2,028 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $381.35, for a total value of $773,377.80. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel owned 18,404 shares in the company, valued at $7,018,365.40. This trade represents a 9.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 5,875 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $379.65, for a total value of $2,230,443.75. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares in the company, valued at $5,760,809.10. This represents a 27.91% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 104,537 shares of company stock worth $37,540,837 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

V has been the topic of several research reports. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Visa from $412.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Visa from $400.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $416.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on Visa from $387.00 to $405.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Truist Financial set a $406.00 price target on Visa and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and twenty-four have given a Buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of V opened at $378.99 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $676.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.76. The company’s fifty day moving average is $361.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is $332.52. Visa Inc. has a 1 year low of $293.89 and a 1 year high of $385.57.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.23 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $11.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.40 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.78% and a return on equity of 67.68%. The business’s revenue was up 14.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.98 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 13.16 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 11th were issued a dividend of $0.67 per share. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 11th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 22.79%.

Visa Company 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.