BIP Alliance LLC bought a new position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 1,241 shares of the credit-card processor's stock, valued at approximately $392,000.
Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bradley & Co. Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. POM Investment Strategies LLC increased its position in Visa by 48.5% during the 4th quarter. POM Investment Strategies LLC now owns 98 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 32 shares in the last quarter. Compass Planning Associates Inc bought a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $32,000. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. increased its position in Visa by 377.3% during the 4th quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 105 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 83 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC bought a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Barclays raised their price objective on Visa from $361.00 to $396.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. UBS Group reduced their target price on Visa from $400.00 to $395.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Citigroup reissued a "neutral" rating on shares of Visa in a report on Thursday, February 13th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on Visa from $370.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Visa from $360.00 to $395.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $365.71.
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Visa Trading Up 1.0%
NYSE:V traded up $3.53 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $357.07. 1,155,657 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,003,523. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12. The firm has a market cap of $658.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.01, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 0.96. Visa Inc. has a 52-week low of $252.70 and a 52-week high of $369.15. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $341.75 and a 200 day simple moving average of $332.43.
Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.08. Visa had a net margin of 54.27% and a return on equity of 54.79%. The company had revenue of $9.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.57 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.51 earnings per share. Visa's revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current year.
Visa Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 13th. Visa's payout ratio is 23.72%.
Insider Activity at Visa
In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $363.00, for a total value of $3,129,060.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 537 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $194,931. The trade was a 94.14% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 39,350 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.41, for a total transaction of $13,395,133.50. Following the sale, the insider now owns 26,413 shares in the company, valued at $8,991,249.33. This trade represents a 59.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 121,948 shares of company stock valued at $41,548,282. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.
Visa Company Profile
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Visa Inc operates as a payment technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. It also offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products; tap to pay, tokenization, and click to pay services; Visa Direct, a solution that facilitates the delivery of funds to eligible cards, deposit accounts, and digital wallets; Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral business-to-business cross-border payments network; Visa Cross-Border Solution, a cross-border consumer payments solution; and Visa DPS that provides a range of value-added services, including fraud mitigation, dispute management, data analytics, campaign management, a suite of digital solutions, and contact center services.
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