Compound Global Advisors LLC cut its stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 28.3% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 49,970 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after selling 19,767 shares during the quarter. Visa makes up 2.1% of Compound Global Advisors LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. Compound Global Advisors LLC's holdings in Visa were worth $13,946,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV lifted its stake in shares of Visa by 2.0% in the third quarter. Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV now owns 3,930 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $904,000 after buying an additional 78 shares during the period. Nadler Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Visa by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Nadler Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,900 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $495,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Towerpoint Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter valued at $216,000. Andrew Hill Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Visa during the 4th quarter worth about $3,427,000. Finally, Wayfinding Financial LLC lifted its position in Visa by 10.1% during the 3rd quarter. Wayfinding Financial LLC now owns 1,757 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $406,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
V has been the topic of several analyst reports. Barclays increased their target price on Visa from $304.00 to $319.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, January 29th. Mizuho restated a "neutral" rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, March 27th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Visa from $300.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 6th. KeyCorp upped their price target on Visa from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, January 8th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Visa from $314.00 to $321.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 24th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $302.58.
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Visa Stock Down 1.2 %
NYSE:V traded down $3.20 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $268.64. The company had a trading volume of 6,375,486 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,935,847. The firm has a market cap of $493.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 0.96. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $278.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $265.19. The company has a quick ratio of 1.40, a current ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $216.14 and a twelve month high of $290.96.
Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 23rd. The credit-card processor reported $2.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.43 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $8.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.62 billion. Visa had a net margin of 53.87% and a return on equity of 51.23%. Visa's revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.09 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 9.89 earnings per share for the current year.
Visa Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 17th will be issued a dividend of $0.52 per share. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 16th. Visa's dividend payout ratio is currently 23.24%.
Insider Transactions at Visa
In other news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 909 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.55, for a total value of $250,474.95. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 2,591 shares in the company, valued at approximately $713,950.05. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,150 shares of Visa stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $273.39, for a total transaction of $2,228,128.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 909 shares of Visa stock in a transaction on Friday, April 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.55, for a total value of $250,474.95. Following the sale, the director now owns 2,591 shares in the company, valued at $713,950.05. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 19,874 shares of company stock valued at $5,506,827 over the last ninety days. 0.19% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
About Visa
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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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