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Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. Increases Stock Position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V)

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Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 1.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 76,728 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after acquiring an additional 1,199 shares during the quarter. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc.'s holdings in Visa were worth $24,249,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bradley & Co. Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Visa during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. POM Investment Strategies LLC raised its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 32 shares during the period. Compass Planning Associates Inc bought a new position in shares of Visa in the fourth quarter worth $32,000. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 377.3% in the fourth quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 105 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 83 shares during the period. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Visa in the fourth quarter worth $35,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.

Visa Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:V traded up $2.82 on Thursday, reaching $362.55. 4,585,789 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,002,316. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $342.62 and its 200 day simple moving average is $332.80. Visa Inc. has a 52 week low of $252.70 and a 52 week high of $369.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $668.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $9.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.57 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 54.79% and a net margin of 54.27%. Visa's quarterly revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.51 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 13th will be paid a $0.59 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 13th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.65%. Visa's payout ratio is presently 23.72%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Visa news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 14,813 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $355.04, for a total value of $5,259,207.52. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 26,413 shares in the company, valued at $9,377,671.52. This trade represents a 35.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, General Counsel Julie B. Rottenberg sold 2,575 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $345.58, for a total transaction of $889,868.50. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel now owns 11,925 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,121,041.50. This trade represents a 17.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 121,948 shares of company stock valued at $41,548,282 over the last ninety days. 0.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on V shares. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Visa from $383.00 to $384.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Visa from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, May 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Visa from $346.00 to $384.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Susquehanna reissued a "positive" rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Raymond James reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $393.00 target price (up previously from $374.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Visa currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $366.13.

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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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