12,705 Shares in Visa Inc. $V Acquired by Triad Investment Management

Key Points

• Triad Investment Management bought a new stake of 12,705 shares of Visa valued at about $4.46 million in Q4, making Visa 4.5% of Triad's portfolio and its 7th largest holding.
• Wall Street sentiment is positive with a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target around $390.96, after several analysts raised ratings or targets recently.
• Visa recently beat estimates with $3.17 EPS versus $3.14 expected and revenue of $10.90 billion (up 14.6% YoY), and it declared a quarterly dividend of $0.67; institutional investors own roughly 82.15% of the stock.

Triad Investment Management acquired a new stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 12,705 shares of the credit-card processor's stock, valued at approximately $4,456,000. Visa makes up 4.5% of Triad Investment Management's investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position.

A number of other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of V. TCI Fund Management Ltd. boosted its stake in Visa by 14.6% in the second 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 in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 110.4% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,954,937 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $1,396,930,000 after acquiring an additional 2,075,289 shares during the last quarter. Holocene Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 286.4% in the 3rd quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 2,526,026 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $862,335,000 after purchasing an additional 1,872,362 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its stake in shares of Visa by 121.7% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 3,022,411 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $1,059,990,000 after purchasing an additional 1,658,954 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $565,684,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on V shares. Daiwa Securities Group raised shares of Visa from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $370.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $395.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $411.00 price target (up from $398.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Evercore set a $380.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a "buy" rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $390.96.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total value of $201,253.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 2,679 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $829,471.98. This represents a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.12% of the company's stock.

Visa Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NYSE V opened at $300.88 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $315.08 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $331.53. The stock has a market cap of $546.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.80. Visa Inc. has a 52-week low of $293.89 and a 52-week high of $375.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11.

Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. The company had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.69 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.75 earnings per share. Visa's revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were given a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa's payout ratio is 25.14%.

Visa News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched six AI-powered dispute tools aimed at automating case analysis, merchant responses and real‑time insights — management says this should reduce fraud-related losses and backstop issuer/merchant relationships, supporting the company's growth and margin story. Visa’s New AI Dispute Tools Target Fraud Costs And Support Growth Narrative
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is part of new merchant/payment product rollouts (example: Bitget Card in APAC), which can expand transaction volume and cross‑border flows in growing crypto-related payment use cases. These partnerships support TPS and fee growth if adoption scales. Bitget Brings Crypto Into Everyday Spending With APAC Launch of Bitget Card
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and trade press continue to flag Visa as a play on payments/crypto exposure in thematic lists — this can attract long-term thematic flows but is unlikely to move near-term fundamentals by itself. Top Cryptocurrency Stocks You Should Watch for a Healthy Portfolio
• Negative Sentiment: An analyst downgrade was published today, citing valuation or near-term concerns — downgrades can trigger short-term selling and pressure relative performance. Visa NYSE: V Stock Price Down 1.2% on Analyst Downgrade
• Negative Sentiment: UBS cut Visa's price target (to $390), a formal pullback in street expectations that can limit upside for investor models and reweight recommendations. UBS Group Lowers Visa NYSE: V Price Target to $390.00
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressures: coverage notes that Mastercard is pursuing SMB spend via Amazon and embedded payments — successful wins by rivals in high-frequency merchant ecosystems could pressure Visa's market-share or interchange trends over time. Can Mastercard Capture SMB Spend Through Amazon's Ecosystem?
• Negative Sentiment: Emerging local competitors (discussion of a UK-focused rival) highlight regulatory and market-share risk in key markets — incremental but worth monitoring for longer-term competitive dynamics. Interview: Boku CEO Stuart Neal on why the UK needs a Mastercard, Visa rival

About Visa

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.

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