Connors Investor Services Inc. Acquires 3,572 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

Connors Investor Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 8.2% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 46,935 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,572 shares during the period. Connors Investor Services Inc.’s holdings in Visa were worth $16,023,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of V. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC grew its position in Visa by 1.6% in the third quarter. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 1,875 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $640,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Old Port Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.9% in the third quarter. Old Port Advisors now owns 3,423 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,169,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 2.4% in the 3rd 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 boosted its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Patron Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 4,648 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,587,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

V has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Daiwa Securities Group upgraded shares of Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 price target on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Evercore set a $380.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Friday, December 12th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

Visa Trading Down 3.0%

Shares of V stock opened at $299.09 on Thursday. Visa Inc. has a 1-year low of $298.50 and a 1-year high of $375.51. 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 cap of $542.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.06, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.78. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $322.51 and a 200-day moving average of $335.07.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.69 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The firm’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.75 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were given a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date was 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%.

More Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched the “Agentic Ready” program to help 21 banks test AI-driven payments by autonomous agents — a direct revenue pathway if banks scale agentic commerce. Visa Launches Agentic Ready Program to Help Banks Test AI Payments
• Positive Sentiment: Visa Crypto Labs rolled out Visa CLI (beta), a command-line tool that lets AI agents execute payments — an early move to own payments for machine-to-machine commerce. New Visa Crypto Labs Tool Hands AI a Wallet—and the Keys to the Checkout
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is extending support for Stripe/Tempo’s Machine Payments Protocol to enable card-based payments for autonomous agents on Visa’s network — further positioning Visa as the rails provider for agentic commerce. Visa Scales Agentic Commerce Through Stripe Protocol Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa and Ingenico expanded unified commerce integrations (AXIUM POS + Visa Acceptance Platform), which can boost acceptance and transaction volumes over time but is incremental. Ingenico and Visa Collaborate to Accelerate Unified Commerce Solutions Across Industries
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts/market commentary note Visa fell more than the broader market today — indicating profit‑taking or sentiment-driven selling beyond fundamentals. Here’s Why Visa (V) Fell More Than Broader Market
• Negative Sentiment: Legal overhang: London’s Court of Appeal allowed Visa (and Mastercard) to challenge a prior ruling on merchant interchange fees — ongoing litigation creates uncertainty and potential future liabilities. Mastercard, Visa can appeal UK ruling that merchant fees breach antitrust law
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure in crypto/stablecoin rails: Mastercard’s large BVNK deal and other moves accelerate the race to tokenize deposits and stablecoin settlement — a space where Visa must match pace or risk losing share. Crypto Rails Go Mainstream — Inside Mastercard’s Bold $1.8 Billion BVNK Acquisition

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of Visa stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total transaction of $201,253.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 2,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $829,471.98. This trade represents a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 owned 9,401 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. The trade was a 52.73% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

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.