BXM Wealth LLC Buys 31,507 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

BXM Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 2,111.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 32,999 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 31,507 shares during the period. Visa accounts for about 1.1% of BXM Wealth LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest position. BXM Wealth LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $11,573,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Trust Investment Advisors increased its stake in Visa by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Trust Investment Advisors now owns 5,342 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,873,000 after acquiring an additional 227 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC increased its stake in Visa by 8.3% during the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 8,144 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,856,000 after acquiring an additional 623 shares during the period. Nvwm LLC increased its stake in Visa by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Nvwm LLC now owns 14,089 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $4,941,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Invesco LLC increased its stake in Visa by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Invesco LLC now owns 16,477 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $5,779,000 after acquiring an additional 147 shares during the period. Finally, eCIO Inc. bought a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter worth $138,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

V has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $395.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Visa from $425.00 to $390.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Bank of America started coverage on shares of Visa in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price objective on the stock. Evercore set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $390.96.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other Visa news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director owned 2,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $829,471.98. The trade was a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.12% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:V opened at $302.38 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $314.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is $330.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $548.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. Visa Inc. has a 1 year low of $293.89 and a 1 year high of $375.51.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.69 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.75 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict 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. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 10th were paid a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 25.14%.

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.