Exchange Traded Concepts LLC Has $16.35 Million Stock Holdings in Visa Inc. $V

Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 12.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 46,614 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after buying an additional 5,126 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $16,348,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in V. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in Visa by 50.1% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 20,635 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $6,522,000 after acquiring an additional 6,883 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Visa by 68.9% during the fourth 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 during the period. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. raised its position in shares of Visa by 4.6% during the first quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 10,941 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,834,000 after purchasing an additional 477 shares during the period. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 16.9% during the 2nd quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 1,133 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $402,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 13.8% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 18,367 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $6,521,000 after purchasing an additional 2,230 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Stock Down 0.1%

NYSE:V opened at $295.23 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $317.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $332.82. Visa Inc. has a 52-week low of $294.32 and a 52-week high of $375.51. The company has a market cap of $535.89 billion, a PE ratio of 27.69, a PEG ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.78. 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 released its 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 firm had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.69 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.75 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts expect 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 given a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s payout ratio is currently 25.14%.

Key Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched an Enhanced Subscription Manager with partner Pinwheel to help issuers give cardholders better control of recurring payments — a product that can deepen issuer relationships and produce new value‑added revenue. Visa Launches Enhanced Subscription Manager (BusinessWire)
• Positive Sentiment: Visa joined the Canton Network as a “Super Validator,” signalling a strategic push into institutional on‑chain settlement and privacy‑focused blockchain infrastructure — a move that could expand Visa’s role in regulated digital-asset rails and future settlement revenue. Visa Canton Role Signals Onchain Settlement (Yahoo Finance)
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst coverage remains constructive: Zacks highlights Visa’s earnings growth and price strength as reasons it sits on watchlists, reinforcing the view that fundamentals remain intact despite recent volatility. Earnings Growth & Price Strength Make Visa a Stock to Watch (Zacks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa‑commissioned data and industry reports show growing euro stablecoin activity and payment‑rail integrations, highlighting the company’s influence in non‑dollar stablecoin settlement — strategically relevant but not immediately earnings‑driving. Euro Stablecoins Dominate Non‑Dollar Market (Cointelegraph)
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa’s brand shows up in crypto/payment experiments (e.g., Pengu Card launch driving NFT token moves), which underscores product reach but is peripheral to core revenue today. BlockDAG Staking & Pengu Card (Blockonomi)
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory pressure is the main near‑term negative catalyst: the FTC and U.S. trade watchdogs have warned payment processors, sending a clear signal about potential enforcement around “debanking” and access restrictions — headlines that have prompted sector selling and direct downward pressure on Visa shares. FTC Issues Warnings to Payment Processors (WSJ) FTC Warns Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe (Bitcoin.com)
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction to the regulatory headlines has already caused short‑term weakness in payment stocks — coverage noted that Visa and peers slipped after the U.S. threat of action over alleged political bias, amplifying volatility for V. Payment Stocks Slip after U.S. Threatens Action (TipRanks)

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently issued reports on V shares. Truist Financial set a $372.00 target price on Visa in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Daiwa Securities Group raised shares of Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 16th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $411.00 price objective (up from $398.00) on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Bank of America started coverage on shares of Visa in a report on Thursday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price objective on the stock. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and three have given 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Visa news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of Visa stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total value of $201,253.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,679 shares in the company, valued at approximately $829,471.98. The trade was a 19.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,401 shares in the company, valued at $3,282,641.18. This trade represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 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.