Visa (NYSE:V) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Truist Financial Analyst Says

Visa (NYSE:V) had its price objective upped by analysts at Truist Financial from $443.00 to $470.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the credit-card processor’s stock. Truist Financial‘s price target points to a potential upside of 11.17% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on V. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Visa from $432.00 to $463.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 29th. Mizuho set a $440.00 target price on Visa in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. BMO Capital Markets set a $438.00 price target on Visa and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 28th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their price objective on Visa from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and thirty-five have assigned a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Visa presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $440.82.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of Visa stock traded up $0.17 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $422.76. The company had a trading volume of 9,219,148 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,437,748. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $385.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $344.69. The stock has a market cap of $754.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.29, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54. Visa has a 12-month low of $293.89 and a 12-month high of $442.23.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 27th. The credit-card processor reported $3.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.09 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.98 EPS. Visa’s revenue was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts predict that Visa will post 15.02 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other Visa news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 5,875 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $367.87, for a total value of $2,161,236.25. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,582,059.38. This represents a 27.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, General Counsel Julie B. Rottenberg sold 2,028 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $381.35, for a total value of $773,377.80. Following the sale, the general counsel directly owned 18,404 shares in the company, valued at $7,018,365.40. This represents a 9.93% 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 have sold 27,395 shares of company stock valued at $10,406,050. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Visa

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of V. Beacon Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 2.0% in the third quarter. Beacon Capital Management LLC now owns 1,283 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $461,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. D.B. Root & Company LLC grew its holdings in Visa by 1.1% during the third quarter. D.B. Root & Company LLC now owns 2,255 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $810,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. Private Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in Visa by 0.7% during the third quarter. Private Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,569 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,282,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the period. Argyle Capital Partners LLC raised its position in Visa by 0.7% during the third quarter. Argyle Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,912 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,406,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Verus Financial Partners Inc. raised its position in Visa by 3.7% during the third quarter. Verus Financial Partners Inc. now owns 752 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $270,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about 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

Visa Company Profile

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.