Howard Capital Management Group LLC Lowers Stock Position in Visa Inc. $V

Howard Capital Management Group LLC lessened its position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 2.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 103,533 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 2,093 shares during the quarter. Visa makes up 2.3% of Howard Capital Management Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th biggest position. Howard Capital Management Group LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $36,310,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. TCI Fund Management Ltd. grew its position in shares of Visa by 14.6% during the 2nd quarter. TCI Fund Management Ltd. now owns 19,067,558 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $6,769,936,000 after acquiring an additional 2,429,996 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Visa by 110.4% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,954,937 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,396,930,000 after purchasing an additional 2,075,289 shares in the last quarter. Holocene Advisors LP raised its holdings in Visa by 286.4% in the 3rd quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 2,526,026 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $862,335,000 after purchasing an additional 1,872,362 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in Visa by 121.7% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 3,022,411 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,059,990,000 after purchasing an additional 1,658,954 shares during the period. Finally, Danske Bank A S purchased a new position in Visa during the third quarter worth approximately $565,684,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on V. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Freedom Capital upgraded Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 16th. Piper Sandler set a $160.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Daiwa Securities Group raised shares of Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $390.96.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other news, 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 owned 2,679 shares in the company, valued at $829,471.98. This trade represents a 19.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Visa Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of V opened at $300.88 on Monday. Visa Inc. has a 52-week low of $293.89 and a 52-week high of $375.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $315.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $331.37. The company has a market capitalization of $546.14 billion, a PE ratio of 28.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.80.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. 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 company posted $2.75 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were paid a $0.67 dividend. 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 dividend payout ratio is 25.14%.

Key Stories Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched six AI-powered dispute tools aimed at automating case analysis, merchant responses and real‑time insights — management says this should reduce fraud-related losses and backstop issuer/merchant relationships, supporting the company’s growth and margin story. Visa’s New AI Dispute Tools Target Fraud Costs And Support Growth Narrative
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is part of new merchant/payment product rollouts (example: Bitget Card in APAC), which can expand transaction volume and cross‑border flows in growing crypto-related payment use cases. These partnerships support TPS and fee growth if adoption scales. Bitget Brings Crypto Into Everyday Spending With APAC Launch of Bitget Card
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and trade press continue to flag Visa as a play on payments/crypto exposure in thematic lists — this can attract long-term thematic flows but is unlikely to move near-term fundamentals by itself. Top Cryptocurrency Stocks You Should Watch for a Healthy Portfolio
• Negative Sentiment: An analyst downgrade was published today, citing valuation or near-term concerns — downgrades can trigger short-term selling and pressure relative performance. Visa (NYSE:V) Stock Price Down 1.2% on Analyst Downgrade
• Negative Sentiment: UBS cut Visa’s price target (to $390), a formal pullback in street expectations that can limit upside for investor models and reweight recommendations. UBS Group Lowers Visa (NYSE:V) Price Target to $390.00
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressures: coverage notes that Mastercard is pursuing SMB spend via Amazon and embedded payments — successful wins by rivals in high-frequency merchant ecosystems could pressure Visa’s market-share or interchange trends over time. Can Mastercard Capture SMB Spend Through Amazon’s Ecosystem?
• Negative Sentiment: Emerging local competitors (discussion of a UK-focused rival) highlight regulatory and market-share risk in key markets — incremental but worth monitoring for longer-term competitive dynamics. Interview: Boku CEO Stuart Neal on why the UK needs a Mastercard, Visa rival

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.