Visa Inc. $V Shares Bought by Seven Mile Advisory

Seven Mile Advisory grew its stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 40.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,713 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,918 shares during the quarter. Seven Mile Advisory’s holdings in Visa were worth $2,292,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of V. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Visa during the second quarter worth about $7,034,939,000. TCI Fund Management Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Visa by 14.6% in the 2nd quarter. TCI Fund Management Ltd. now owns 19,067,558 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $6,769,936,000 after buying an additional 2,429,996 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 110.4% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,954,937 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,396,930,000 after buying an additional 2,075,289 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Visa by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 162,544,006 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $57,711,249,000 after buying an additional 1,461,575 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in Visa by 73.4% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 3,197,405 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,091,528,000 after acquiring an additional 1,353,441 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on V shares. Macquarie Infrastructure reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $410.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Bank of America began coverage on Visa in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price objective for the company. Truist Financial set a $372.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Daiwa Securities Group upgraded shares of Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Piper Sandler set a $160.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Seven 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 MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.65.

Visa Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSE V opened at $306.36 on Friday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $556.10 billion, a PE ratio of 28.74, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.78. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $299.00 and a twelve month high of $375.51. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $326.28 and a 200-day simple moving average of $336.40.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its 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 firm had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.69 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.75 EPS. Visa’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the company’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 sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total transaction of $201,253.00. Following the sale, the director owned 2,679 shares in the company, valued at approximately $829,471.98. This trade represents a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa expands its stablecoin card program (partnership with Bridge/Stripe) and widened global coverage, aiming to route stablecoin-backed payments through Visa rails — a potential long-term growth avenue as crypto payments evolve. Visa’s Stablecoin Play Intensifies
• Positive Sentiment: Visa and Trip.com launched a global virtual travel card program to streamline international travel payments (APAC focus), and Citcon expanded Visa Direct cross-border push payments — both expand addressable volumes as travel recovers. Global virtual travel card program launched
• Positive Sentiment: Visa and Santander completed pilot agentic-commerce transactions across five Latin American markets using Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC), a credential for future merchant/payment volume growth in a high-growth region. Santander and Visa Launch LatAm Agentic Payments Project
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and media coverage — including comparative pieces on Visa vs. Mastercard and a Wolfe Research FinTech Forum transcript — provide investors with valuation and competitive context but contain no new company-guidance surprises. Visa Vs. Mastercard: Which Payment Giant Is The Better Buy Today? Visa Presents at Wolfe Research FinTech Forum
• Negative Sentiment: An insider (Director Lloyd Carney) sold 650 shares (~19.5% reduction in his stake). While the sale size is modest relative to Visa’s market cap, insider selling can weigh on near-term sentiment. SEC Form 4 — Insider Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Market/technical pressure and bearish sentiment: recent coverage notes Visa underperformed the market in the latest session and growing short-seller attention, both of which can amplify downward moves in the absence of fresh positive catalysts. Visa Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market Why Short Sellers Are Targeting Visa

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.