Visa Inc. $V Shares Sold by CoreCap Advisors LLC

CoreCap Advisors LLC reduced its holdings in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 23.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,492 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 1,724 shares during the quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $1,926,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Parvin Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Visa by 200.0% during the 3rd quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Sagard Holdings Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Visa in the 2nd quarter valued at $31,000. Bare Financial Services Inc raised its position in Visa by 287.0% in the second quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 89 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Imprint Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Visa in the third quarter valued at about $39,000. Finally, Strategic Advocates LLC acquired a new position in shares of Visa during the third quarter worth about $43,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

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)

Insider Transactions at Visa

In related news, 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 value of $3,661,152.30. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,282,641.18. The trade was a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the company’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 value of $201,253.00. Following the sale, the director owned 2,679 shares in the company, valued at $829,471.98. The trade was a 19.53% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

V has been the subject of several analyst reports. Macquarie Infrastructure reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $410.00 target price on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Freedom Capital raised Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $395.00 price target on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, January 30th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, HSBC upgraded shares of Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Visa currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $392.65.

Visa Trading Down 3.4%

V opened at $295.23 on Friday. Visa Inc. has a 12-month low of $294.32 and a 12-month 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 capitalization of $535.89 billion, a PE ratio of 27.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.78. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $317.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $332.86.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The credit-card processor reported $3.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.14 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $10.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.69 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.23% and a return on equity of 61.74%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.75 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared 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 was Tuesday, February 10th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 25.14%.

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.