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1,499 Shares in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) Bought by GF Fund Management CO. LTD.

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GF Fund Management CO. LTD. acquired a new position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 1,499 shares of the credit-card processor's stock, valued at approximately $525,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC grew its stake in Visa by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC now owns 2,291 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $724,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. FWL Investment Management LLC increased its position in Visa by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. FWL Investment Management LLC now owns 6,344 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $2,005,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the period. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. increased its position in Visa by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 872 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $276,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Headinvest LLC increased its position in Visa by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Headinvest LLC now owns 4,003 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $1,265,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kennebec Savings Bank grew its stake in Visa by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Kennebec Savings Bank now owns 3,372 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $1,182,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

V has been the subject of several recent research reports. William Blair reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. UBS Group boosted 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. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Visa from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of Visa from $383.00 to $384.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, Evercore ISI started coverage on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. They set an "in-line" rating and a $330.00 target price for the company. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $372.84.

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Visa Price Performance

V traded up $2.33 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $356.88. The stock had a trading volume of 2,626,425 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,821,417. The firm has a market capitalization of $658.50 billion, a price-to-earnings 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 1-year low of $252.70 and a 1-year high of $375.51. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $356.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of $342.00.

Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.76 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.08. Visa had a return on equity of 56.28% and a net margin of 52.86%. The company had revenue of $9.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.57 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.51 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Visa 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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