Angeles Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V – Free Report) by 31.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 23,915 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after buying an additional 5,676 shares during the quarter. Visa makes up about 0.5% of Angeles Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 28th biggest position. Angeles Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $8,164,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 50.1% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 20,635 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $6,522,000 after buying an additional 6,883 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Visa by 68.9% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,811 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,733,000 after purchasing an additional 4,817 shares in the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. boosted its position in Visa by 4.6% in the first quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 10,941 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,834,000 after buying an additional 477 shares in the last quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY grew its stake in Visa by 16.9% during the second quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 1,133 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $402,000 after buying an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Visa by 5.1% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 231,510 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $82,198,000 after acquiring an additional 11,334 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
More Visa News
Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America initiated coverage on Visa with a Buy rating and a $410 price target, signaling material upside from current levels and likely supporting sentiment among institutional investors. Finviz: Bank of America coverage
- Positive Sentiment: Visa is pushing into stablecoin-linked card offerings globally with Bridge, a move that could expand payment rails, capture crypto-related volume, and diversify revenue sources beyond traditional card fees. Visa and Bridge take stablecoin cards global
- Positive Sentiment: Visa appointed a veteran executive, Leonardo J. Collado, to lead growth for Pismo (the payments processor Visa acquired), which could accelerate integration and revenue expansion in processing services. Visa taps Leonardo Collado to lead Pismo’s global growth
- Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and media pieces continue to highlight Visa’s strong free cash flow and high margins, reinforcing its long-term valuation case even as the stock pulls back; useful for buy-and-hold investors but not new operational news. These 3 Cash Flow Machines Provide Stability
- Neutral Sentiment: New U.S. legislative text (H.R. 7316) would mandate chip-enabled EBT/SNAP terminals and stronger fraud controls; this could require upgrades by retailers/processors and create both compliance costs and potential processing opportunities for networks like Visa. SNAP Payment Security and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
- Negative Sentiment: Brazil’s instant-pay system PIX processed 64 billion transactions in 2024—surpassing Visa and Mastercard combined in that market—and charges far lower merchant fees, demonstrating a fast-shifting payments landscape that pressures Visa’s merchant-fee and growth prospects in Brazil and similar markets. Brazil’s PIX Outpaces Visa and Mastercard Combined
- Negative Sentiment: Fintech Revolut is pursuing a U.S. bank charter and named a former Visa executive as U.S. CEO, an effort that could accelerate Revolut’s U.S. card, deposit and lending capabilities and intensify competition for transaction volume and card issuance. Revolut files for US bank charter
Insider Buying and Selling at Visa
Visa Stock Down 0.8%
Shares of V stock opened at $317.23 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $575.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.76, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 0.78. Visa Inc. has a 12-month low of $299.00 and a 12-month high of $375.51. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $329.57 and a 200-day moving average of $337.33. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51.
Visa (NYSE:V – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.69 billion. Visa had a return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The company’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.75 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Visa Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were given a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is 25.14%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research firms have commented on V. Bank of America assumed coverage on Visa in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price objective on the stock. Daiwa Securities Group upgraded shares of Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Evercore set a $380.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Freedom Capital raised Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 16th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.65.
Visa Company Profile
Visa Inc is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic funds transfers and digital commerce by connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments. The firm operates one of the world’s largest payment networks, providing processing, authorization, clearing and settlement services for credit, debit and prepaid card transactions. Visa’s network-based model enables partner banks and other issuers to offer branded payment products while Visa focuses on the infrastructure, standards and technologies that move money securely and efficiently around the world.
Visa’s product and service portfolio includes card-based payment products for consumers and businesses, real-time push-payment capabilities, tokenization and authentication services, fraud and risk-management tools, data analytics and APIs for fintech and merchant integration.
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