Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) Given Average Recommendation of “Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) have been given a consensus rating of “Buy” by the thirty brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have assigned a buy rating and seven have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $392.6522.

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America began coverage on shares of Visa in a research report on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 price objective on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $395.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald raised shares of Visa to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Truist Financial set a $372.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares in the company, valued at $3,282,641.18. This trade represents a 52.73% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Visa

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in V. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in shares of Visa by 50.1% during the 4th 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 grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 68.9% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,811 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $3,733,000 after acquiring an additional 4,817 shares during the period. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. increased its stake in Visa by 4.6% in the 1st quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 10,941 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,834,000 after purchasing an additional 477 shares in the last quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY raised its holdings in Visa by 16.9% during the second quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 1,133 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Visa by 5.1% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 231,510 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $82,198,000 after purchasing an additional 11,334 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:V opened at $317.23 on Friday. Visa has a 1-year low of $299.00 and a 1-year high of $375.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. The stock has a market cap of $575.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.76, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 0.78. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $329.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $337.33.

Visa (NYSE:V) last released its earnings results 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. Visa had a return on equity of 61.74% and a net margin of 50.23%.The business had revenue of $10.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.69 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.75 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that Visa will post 11.3 EPS for the current year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were issued a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.14%.

Key Headlines Impacting Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America initiated coverage on Visa with a Buy rating and a $410 price target, signaling material upside from current levels and likely supporting sentiment among institutional investors. Finviz: Bank of America coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is pushing into stablecoin-linked card offerings globally with Bridge, a move that could expand payment rails, capture crypto-related volume, and diversify revenue sources beyond traditional card fees. Visa and Bridge take stablecoin cards global
• Positive Sentiment: Visa appointed a veteran executive, Leonardo J. Collado, to lead growth for Pismo (the payments processor Visa acquired), which could accelerate integration and revenue expansion in processing services. Visa taps Leonardo Collado to lead Pismo’s global growth
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and media pieces continue to highlight Visa’s strong free cash flow and high margins, reinforcing its long-term valuation case even as the stock pulls back; useful for buy-and-hold investors but not new operational news. These 3 Cash Flow Machines Provide Stability
• Neutral Sentiment: New U.S. legislative text (H.R. 7316) would mandate chip-enabled EBT/SNAP terminals and stronger fraud controls; this could require upgrades by retailers/processors and create both compliance costs and potential processing opportunities for networks like Visa. SNAP Payment Security and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
• Negative Sentiment: Brazil’s instant-pay system PIX processed 64 billion transactions in 2024—surpassing Visa and Mastercard combined in that market—and charges far lower merchant fees, demonstrating a fast-shifting payments landscape that pressures Visa’s merchant-fee and growth prospects in Brazil and similar markets. Brazil’s PIX Outpaces Visa and Mastercard Combined
• Negative Sentiment: Fintech Revolut is pursuing a U.S. bank charter and named a former Visa executive as U.S. CEO, an effort that could accelerate Revolut’s U.S. card, deposit and lending capabilities and intensify competition for transaction volume and card issuance. Revolut files for US bank charter

About Visa

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.