Westwood Holdings Group Inc. lessened its position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 1.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 344,972 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after selling 6,016 shares during the quarter. Visa makes up about 0.8% of Westwood Holdings Group Inc.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest position. Westwood Holdings Group Inc.'s holdings in Visa were worth $109,025,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Bradley & Co. Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. POM Investment Strategies LLC raised its position in shares of Visa by 48.5% during the fourth quarter. POM Investment Strategies LLC now owns 98 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 32 shares during the last quarter. Compass Planning Associates Inc bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter worth $32,000. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. raised its position in shares of Visa by 377.3% during the fourth quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 105 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter worth $35,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company's stock.
Insiders Place Their Bets
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 stock was sold at an average price of $355.04, for a total transaction of $5,259,207.52. Following the sale, the insider now 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, General Counsel Julie B. Rottenberg sold 2,575 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $345.58, for a total value of $889,868.50. Following the sale, the general counsel now owns 11,925 shares in the company, valued at $4,121,041.50. The trade was a 17.76% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 121,948 shares of company stock worth $41,548,282 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
V has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on Visa from $370.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Macquarie dropped their price objective on Visa from $400.00 to $380.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Visa from $400.00 to $395.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on Visa from $383.00 to $384.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Visa in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Visa has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $362.38.
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Visa Stock Performance
Shares of V stock traded down $0.40 during trading on Thursday, hitting $357.90. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,931,414 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,018,792. The company has a market cap of $660.38 billion, a PE ratio of 36.08, a P/E/G 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. The business has a fifty day moving average of $340.60 and a 200-day moving average of $330.88. Visa Inc. has a 52 week low of $252.70 and a 52 week high of $369.15.
Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.08. Visa had a return on equity of 54.79% and a net margin of 54.27%. The company had revenue of $9.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.57 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.51 earnings per share. Visa's quarterly revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current year.
Visa Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 13th. Visa's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 23.72%.
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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