Ascent Group LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Visa Inc. $V

Ascent Group LLC reduced its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 10.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 49,210 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 5,778 shares during the quarter. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $17,259,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in V. Accel Wealth Management lifted its position in Visa by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Accel Wealth Management now owns 1,439 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $505,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares during the period. Rainier Family Wealth Inc. lifted its position in Visa by 17.0% during the 4th quarter. Rainier Family Wealth Inc. now owns 2,479 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $869,000 after acquiring an additional 360 shares during the period. Sovran Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 5.9% in the 4th quarter. Sovran Advisors LLC now owns 6,425 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,106,000 after buying an additional 359 shares during the period. Savvy Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 30.1% in the 4th quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. now owns 28,922 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $10,143,000 after buying an additional 6,688 shares during the period. Finally, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO now owns 7,201 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,525,000 after buying an additional 197 shares during the period. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Visa Stock Performance

NYSE V opened at $302.38 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $548.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.37, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.80. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $293.89 and a twelve month high of $375.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $314.12 and a 200 day moving average of $330.84.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 prior year, the firm posted $2.75 EPS. Visa’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

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

Visa News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa rolled out new AI-driven dispute-resolution tools aimed at speeding and automating chargeback and dispute workflows, which can cut operating costs, improve merchant/issuer experience and support margin expansion over time. Visa Launches New AI Tools to Manage Credit Card Disputes
• Positive Sentiment: Visa named Worldwide Tour Sponsor for BTS’s “ARIRANG” tour, a consumer-branding play that targets younger, global audiences and can deepen card usage/engagement in APAC and beyond — helpful for long-term volume growth and merchant partnerships. Visa cements global K-pop connection as Worldwide Tour Sponsor for “BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG'”
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships expanding payments reach: Bitget’s APAC card launch (in partnership with Visa) extends crypto-to-spend use cases in high-growth Asian markets — incremental volume and network effects if adoption scales. Bitget Brings Crypto Into Everyday Spending With APAC Launch of Bitget Card
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish analyst commentary and earnings momentum: several outlets highlight Visa’s strong earnings history, AI positioning for commerce, and potential to beat estimates again — supportive for investor confidence and valuation resilience. Why Visa (V) Could Beat Earnings Estimates Again
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitor dynamics: Evercore/Street moves trimming Mastercard price targets may be read two ways — weakness for a peer (positive for relative outperformance) or a sector signal of risk to payments volumes. Investors may reweight Visa versus MA based on these calls. Mastercard (MA) Price Target Cut by $60
• Negative Sentiment: Leadership disruption in India: Bloomberg reports Visa India head Sandeep Ghosh is stepping down — a potential near-term negative because India is a high-growth market for payments; executive turnover can raise questions about strategy continuity and local execution. Visa India Head Sandeep Ghosh Said to Step Down

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

V has been the subject of several analyst reports. UBS Group decreased their price objective on Visa from $425.00 to $390.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Truist Financial set a $372.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Daiwa Securities Group raised Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price objective for the company in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $395.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, January 30th. Seven investment 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 currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $390.96.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Visa news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was 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 approximately $829,471.98. The trade was a 19.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Visa 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.