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Capital Management Associates Inc Has $847,000 Stock Holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V)

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Capital Management Associates Inc lifted its holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 93.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor 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 SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in V. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Visa by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 159,405,343 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $50,378,465,000 after buying an additional 7,079,706 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Visa by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 40,345,176 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $12,729,901,000 after buying an additional 1,689,926 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors increased its holdings in Visa by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 23,816,573 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $7,526,660,000 after buying an additional 866,596 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors increased its holdings in Visa by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 23,277,622 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $7,356,614,000 after buying an additional 241,057 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 18.0% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 18,260,714 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $5,771,116,000 after purchasing an additional 2,785,707 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.

Visa Price Performance

Shares of V stock traded up $2.35 on Wednesday, reaching $356.90. The company had a trading volume of 7,295,817 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,839,065. The stock has a market capitalization of $658.54 billion, a PE ratio of 35.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Visa Inc. has a one year low of $252.70 and a one year high of $375.51. The business's 50-day moving average is $356.43 and its 200 day moving average is $342.00.

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

Visa Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Transactions at Visa

In related news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 46,214 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $370.00, for a total transaction of $17,099,180.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 26,413 shares in the company, valued at $9,772,810. This trade represents a 63.63% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,630 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $353.82, for a total transaction of $3,053,466.60. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 537 shares in the company, valued at approximately $190,001.34. This represents a 94.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 101,108 shares of company stock valued at $36,771,200. 0.13% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

V has been the topic of several research reports. William Blair reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Visa from $395.00 to $405.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, June 13th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on shares of Visa from $400.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 27th. Finally, Evercore ISI initiated coverage on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. They issued an "in-line" rating and a $330.00 price objective on the stock. Five investment 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's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Visa has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $372.84.

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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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