Asset One Wealth Management LLC Acquires 2,189 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

Asset One Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 12.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 19,390 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after buying an additional 2,189 shares during the quarter. Asset One Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $6,967,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in V. John Boyer Inc. bought a new position in Visa during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Philadelphia Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Visa during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Virtus Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Visa in the second quarter valued at about $33,000. Portfolio Resources Advisor Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Visa in the 3rd quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, DecisionPoint Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 307.7% in the 3rd quarter. DecisionPoint Financial LLC now owns 106 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa reported record fourth-quarter and full-year results, with adjusted earnings up 17% year over year, and raised its dividend by 16%. Truist also raised its price target to $470 and maintained a Buy rating, signaling analyst confidence in further upside. Visa earnings and dividend report Truist price target report
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is building six technology hubs in Singapore focused on AI, cybersecurity, and next-generation payments. The investment could strengthen its capabilities and support future commerce growth. Singapore technology hubs
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa launched an AI-shopping benchmark, highlighting potential opportunities in agentic commerce while noting that many test runs failed—evidence the technology is still developing. AI shopping benchmark announcement
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts have flagged rising client incentives and Visa’s premium valuation as risks that could constrain the case for buying the stock despite strong results. Zacks analysis of incentives and valuation
• Negative Sentiment: Gnosis Pay, a crypto-card provider that uses Visa, disclosed exposure of customers’ payment and personal data. The report says customer funds were safe; the incident was at Gnosis Pay’s legacy system, not Visa’s own platform, though it may raise broader questions about payment security. Gnosis Pay breach report

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on V shares. Evercore set a $405.00 price target on Visa in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. Loop Capital boosted their target price on shares of Visa from $387.00 to $404.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of Visa from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $420.00 target price (up from $410.00) on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Argus raised their price objective on shares of Visa from $396.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and thirty-five have issued a Buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $440.82.

Visa Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NYSE V opened at $422.76 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54. The company has a market cap of $754.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.80. Visa Inc. has a 12-month low of $293.89 and a 12-month high of $442.23. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $385.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $344.69.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 27th. The credit-card processor reported $3.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.44 by $0.04. Visa had a net margin of 51.20% and a return on equity of 70.50%. The company had revenue of $12.14 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.09 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.98 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 15.02 EPS for the current year.

Visa Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 10th will be paid a $0.78 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 10th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. This is a boost from Visa’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 21.74%.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 5,875 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $416.22, for a total transaction of $2,445,292.50. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 15,174 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,315,722.28. This represents a 27.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, General Counsel Julie Rottenberg sold 1,867 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $368.34, for a total value of $687,690.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel owned 18,404 shares in the company, valued at $6,778,929.36. This represents a 9.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 27,395 shares of company stock worth $10,406,050. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Visa

Visa Inc operates a global payments network that connects consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments. Its network supports the authorization, clearing and settlement of electronic payments, including transactions made in person and online.

The company’s services include payment processing, fraud prevention, identity and risk management, and money-transfer solutions such as Visa Direct. Visa-branded credit, debit and prepaid cards are issued by participating financial institutions; Visa generally provides the network and related services rather than issuing cards or extending credit directly to consumers.

Visa traces its roots to BankAmericard, a bank card program launched in California in 1958.