Magellan Asset Management Ltd Cuts Stock Holdings in Visa Inc. $V

Magellan Asset Management Ltd lessened its stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 13.2% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 760,847 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 115,826 shares during the quarter. Visa comprises 3.1% of Magellan Asset Management Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest position. Magellan Asset Management Ltd’s holdings in Visa were worth $259,738,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Visa by 50.1% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 20,635 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $6,522,000 after buying an additional 6,883 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in Visa by 68.9% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,811 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,733,000 after acquiring an additional 4,817 shares in the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. grew its holdings in Visa by 4.6% during the 1st quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 10,941 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,834,000 after acquiring an additional 477 shares in the last quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY increased its position in Visa by 16.9% during the 2nd quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 1,133 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $402,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 231,510 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $82,198,000 after purchasing an additional 11,334 shares in the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Visa News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa expands in Argentina — the company agreed to acquire Prisma Medios de Pago and Newpay to bring local processing infrastructure in‑house and roll out tokenization/biometric tools, supporting Latin American growth prospects. Visa Deepens Argentina Roots
• Positive Sentiment: Underlying fundamentals remain supportive — Visa recently beat on revenue and EPS, holds strong margins and ROE, and continues to generate high free cash flow, which investors treat as a stabilizer versus cyclical headlines. (Quarterly results released Jan. 29.)
• Neutral Sentiment: Europe is evaluating ways to reduce reliance on Visa/Mastercard — discussions about alternative settlement rails in the UK and eurozone are developing but face structural and political hurdles; a long‑term risk to interchange and network economics if alternatives scale. Is Europe ready to reduce reliance on Visa and Mastercard?
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive landscape commentary — analyst pieces contrast Visa with fast‑growing BNPL/digital players like Affirm and debate PayPal’s strategic options; these highlight potential upside for challengers but don’t immediately undercut Visa’s core network economics. Visa vs Affirm
• Negative Sentiment: AI routing scare hit the sector — a Citrini Research scenario about AI agents routing payments around card networks sparked heavy selling across payments firms, pressuring Visa and peers on concerns over future processing fee erosion. AI scenario spooked payments sector
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory setback in Mexico — Mexico’s antitrust regulator blocked Visa’s proposed controlling stake in Prosa, signaling tougher review of market consolidation and data/competition concerns in an important growth market. Mexico blocks Visa-Prosa acquisition
• Negative Sentiment: Merchant fee pressure risk — reports from other markets (e.g., New Zealand) show retailers warning that bans on card surcharges could push prices higher and squeeze merchant economics, which would indirectly pressure network/processor fee dynamics over time. NZ retailers warn on surcharge ban

Visa Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of NYSE:V opened at $307.29 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $334.82 and its 200 day moving average is $338.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. Visa Inc. has a 1 year low of $299.00 and a 1 year high of $375.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $557.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.79.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share 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 return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The company’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.75 earnings per share. On average, research analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on V shares. Evercore set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 target price on Visa in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Daiwa Securities Group raised Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $411.00 target price (up from $398.00) on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, January 30th. Seven investment 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Visa has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $391.43.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 directly owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,282,641.18. This represents a 52.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.12% of the stock is owned by company 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.