Heritage Investors Management Corp decreased its position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 2.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 41,834 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after selling 1,162 shares during the quarter. Heritage Investors Management Corp's holdings in Visa were worth $14,661,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in V. von Borstel & Associates Inc. bought a new position in shares of Visa in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter valued at about $41,000. Mountain Hill Investment Partners Corp. acquired a new stake in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter valued at about $47,000. Measured Risk Portfolios Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter worth about $47,000. Finally, O Brien Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Visa in the first quarter valued at approximately $54,000. 82.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of analysts have weighed in on V shares. Mizuho raised shares of Visa from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their target price for the company from $359.00 to $425.00 in a research report on Thursday, June 5th. Truist Financial dropped their price target on Visa from $400.00 to $397.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Visa from $395.00 to $405.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft began coverage on shares of Visa in a report on Thursday. They set a "buy" rating and a $410.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their target price on Visa from $383.00 to $384.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $375.52.
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Visa Stock Performance
Shares of NYSE V traded down $0.91 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $348.90. The company had a trading volume of 4,916,998 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,795,531. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $356.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $343.82. The company has a market capitalization of $643.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.07, a P/E/G ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick 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.
Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last posted its 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 52.86% and a return on equity of 56.28%. The business had revenue of $9.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.57 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.51 EPS. Visa's revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current year.
Visa Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 13th were given a dividend of $0.59 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 13th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.68%. Visa's payout ratio is presently 23.72%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,630 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $353.82, for a total value of $3,053,466.60. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 537 shares of the company's stock, valued at $190,001.34. This represents a 94.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 46,214 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated 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 $9,772,810. The trade was 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 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.
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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