Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Visa in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 29th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now anticipates that the credit-card processor will post earnings per share of $11.45 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $11.35. Seaport Res Ptn has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Visa's current full-year earnings is $11.30 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Visa's Q4 2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.97 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.50 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.75 EPS.
Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Macquarie cut their target price on shares of Visa from $400.00 to $380.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Visa from $370.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday. Susquehanna reissued a "positive" rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, March 21st. Bank of America boosted their price objective on Visa from $331.00 to $363.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $362.38.
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Visa Stock Up 1.5 %
NYSE:V traded up $5.21 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $347.66. The company had a trading volume of 6,112,726 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,238,581. The firm has a market capitalization of $645.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.05, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 0.96. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $337.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $324.83. 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 has a 1 year low of $252.70 and a 1 year high of $366.54.
Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $9.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.57 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 54.79% and a net margin of 54.27%. Visa's revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.51 EPS.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Visa
Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Howard Capital Management Group LLC grew its stake in Visa by 0.6% during the third quarter. Howard Capital Management Group LLC now owns 106,355 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $29,242,000 after buying an additional 610 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Visa by 7.7% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,733,284 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $1,576,366,000 after acquiring an additional 411,210 shares in the last quarter. Morse Asset Management Inc acquired a new stake in Visa during the 3rd quarter valued at $69,000. Passumpsic Savings Bank raised its position in Visa by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. Passumpsic Savings Bank now owns 9,137 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $2,512,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC boosted its stake in Visa by 101.5% in the third quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 44,984 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $12,368,000 after purchasing an additional 22,658 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company's stock.
Insider Buying and Selling at Visa
In other Visa news, CAO Peter M. Andreski sold 2,332 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, February 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $349.62, for a total transaction of $815,313.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 4,488 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,569,094.56. The trade was a 34.19 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $363.00, for a total value of $3,129,060.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 537 shares in the company, valued at approximately $194,931. This represents a 94.14 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 154,400 shares of company stock worth $52,711,258 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.
Visa Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 13th will be issued a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 13th. Visa's dividend payout ratio is presently 23.72%.
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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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