Cambria Investment Management L.P. Increases Stock Position in Visa Inc. $V

Cambria Investment Management L.P. increased its holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 131.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,267 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after buying an additional 1,855 shares during the period. Cambria Investment Management L.P.’s holdings in Visa were worth $1,115,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of V. Strategic Advocates LLC bought a new stake in Visa during the 3rd quarter valued at $43,000. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Visa by 48.9% in the third quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 137 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new position in shares of Visa in the third quarter worth $193,000. BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Visa in the third quarter valued at $6,047,000. Finally, Connors Investor Services Inc. grew its position in shares of Visa by 8.2% in the third quarter. Connors Investor Services Inc. now owns 46,935 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $16,023,000 after purchasing an additional 3,572 shares in the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

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 value of $3,661,152.30. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,401 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. This represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total transaction of $201,253.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 2,679 shares in the company, valued at $829,471.98. This represents a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Visa Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of V stock opened at $299.86 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $544.30 billion, a PE ratio of 28.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.78. Visa Inc. has a 52-week low of $297.03 and a 52-week high of $375.51. The business’s fifty day moving average is $321.47 and its 200 day moving average is $334.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11.

Visa (NYSE:V) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. The business 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 firm’s revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.75 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were issued a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Visa’s payout ratio is presently 25.14%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

V has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Macquarie Infrastructure reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $410.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Bank of America started coverage on shares of Visa in a report on Thursday, March 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Visa has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

Visa News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa deepened its commerce push by integrating Ingenico POS into its Acceptance Platform to unify online/offline payments — a move that can drive higher merchant penetration and capture more of the checkout stack. Visa’s Ingenico Tie-Up: Expanding Beyond the Payment Layer
• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched Visa Intelligent Authorisation (VIA) in Europe, expanding fraud/risk tools on the Visa Acceptance Platform — this should improve authorization rates and reduce merchant friction, supporting volume and fee growth. Visa Scales Intelligent Authorization Tech to Europe
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships expanding addressable markets: Visa + Paythru on an EV fleet wallet and Fastboy Payments making BambooPay available via Cybersource broaden merchant use cases (mobility, IoT) and payment acceptance. These deals help diversify revenue beyond pure transaction fees. Visa and Paythru Team on EV Payments With White-Label Fleet Wallet Fastboy Payments / Cybersource
• Positive Sentiment: Visa Crypto Labs unveiled Visa CLI and is enabling agentic (AI) payments through collaborations with Stripe/Tempo — these experimental tools position Visa for emerging machine‑to‑machine payment flows and stablecoin rails. That narrative supports longer‑term growth optionality. Visa and Stripe-backed Tempo launch tools for AI agents
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces argue the card networks are “buy the dip” opportunities as they expand into stablecoins and new rails; these articles reinforce a positive narrative but are more sentiment than new fundamentals. Visa, Mastercard and American Express Have Gotten Roughed Up. The Case for Buying the Dip.
• Negative Sentiment: Unusual options activity: investors bought ~129,825 put options (a ~332% jump vs. typical volume), signaling increased short/bear hedging and potential downward pressure or heightened volatility in the near term.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Mastercard’s large BVNK/stablecoin push and other network moves accelerate rivalry in crypto/stablecoin rails — investors may worry about market share and margin pressure in new settlement rails. Mastercard BVNK acquisition coverage

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.