Visa Inc. $V is B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s 8th Largest Position

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG lessened its holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 866,302 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 22,377 shares during the period. Visa accounts for approximately 2.6% of B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s holdings in Visa were worth $295,738,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Sagard Holdings Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Visa in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Bare Financial Services Inc increased its position in Visa by 287.0% during the second quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 89 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Visa during the second quarter worth $40,000. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Visa in the second quarter worth $41,000. Finally, Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 344.8% in the third quarter. Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC now owns 129 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

V has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Truist Financial set a $372.00 price objective on Visa in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $395.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 16th. HSBC raised shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald raised shares of Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.65.

Visa Stock Performance

NYSE V opened at $317.23 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $329.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $337.30. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $299.00 and a twelve month high of $375.51. The company has a market capitalization of $575.83 billion, a PE ratio of 29.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 0.78.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. Visa had a return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The company had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.69 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.75 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 10th were issued a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s payout ratio is presently 25.14%.

Visa News Summary

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 Transactions at Visa

In related news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. This represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

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.