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Capital Management Associates Inc Grows Stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V)

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Capital Management Associates Inc boosted its stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 93.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,418 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after purchasing an additional 1,170 shares during the quarter. Capital Management Associates Inc's holdings in Visa were worth $847,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in V. von Borstel & Associates Inc. purchased a new position in Visa during the first quarter worth about $27,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in Visa during the fourth quarter worth about $41,000. Mountain Hill Investment Partners Corp. purchased a new position in Visa during the fourth quarter worth about $47,000. Measured Risk Portfolios Inc. purchased a new position in Visa during the fourth quarter worth about $47,000. Finally, O Brien Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Visa in the 1st quarter worth about $54,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.

Visa Trading Down 0.4%

NYSE V traded down $1.52 on Thursday, hitting $356.24. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,242,727 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,663,175. Visa Inc. has a 52-week low of $252.70 and a 52-week high of $375.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $356.66 and its 200 day simple moving average is $342.11. The firm has a market cap of $657.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.80, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.92.

Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.08. Visa had a return on equity of 56.28% and a net margin of 52.86%. The business had revenue of $9.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.57 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.51 EPS. The business's revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 13th were given a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 13th. Visa's dividend payout ratio is currently 23.72%.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 46,214 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $370.00, for a total value of $17,099,180.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 26,413 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $9,772,810. This represents a 63.63% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, General Counsel Julie B. Rottenberg sold 2,575 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $345.58, for a total value of $889,868.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 11,925 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,121,041.50. This represents a 17.76% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 101,108 shares of company stock valued at $36,771,200. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

V has been the subject of a number of research reports. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on Visa from $390.00 to $391.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd. UBS Group upped their price objective on Visa from $395.00 to $405.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on Visa from $383.00 to $384.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Evercore ISI initiated coverage on Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. They issued an "in-line" rating and a $330.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on Visa from $400.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 27th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $372.84.

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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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