Visa’s (V) Outperform Rating Reaffirmed at William Blair

William Blair reissued their outperform rating on shares of Visa (NYSE:V) in a report released on Friday morning,RTT News reports. William Blair also issued estimates for Visa’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.64 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.04 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $11.23 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.74 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on V. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of Visa from $300.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Visa from $326.00 to $371.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on shares of Visa from $335.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of Visa from $375.00 to $395.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $352.27.

Visa Stock Down 0.3 %

NYSE:V opened at $342.05 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $317.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $292.96. The company has a market cap of $637.19 billion, a PE ratio of 35.15, a P/E/G ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.96. Visa has a twelve month low of $252.70 and a twelve month high of $351.25. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The credit-card processor reported $2.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.66 by $0.09. Visa had a net margin of 54.96% and a return on equity of 53.16%. Analysts anticipate that Visa will post 11.18 EPS for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.59 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.69%. Visa’s payout ratio is currently 24.25%.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other Visa news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $317.78, for a total transaction of $2,739,263.60. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,171 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $307.97, for a total value of $668,602.87. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 17,894 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,510,815.18. The trade was a 10.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Czech National Bank increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 13.4% during the 3rd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 340,238 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $93,548,000 after buying an additional 40,268 shares during the last quarter. Unique Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Visa by 16.7% during the 3rd quarter. Unique Wealth LLC now owns 8,170 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,246,000 after purchasing an additional 1,171 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in Visa by 4,412.3% in the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 4,072,467 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,119,725,000 after buying an additional 4,166,905 shares during the period. Farmers Trust Co. lifted its position in Visa by 0.6% in the third quarter. Farmers Trust Co. now owns 25,773 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $7,086,000 after buying an additional 154 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Delta Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in Visa by 1.3% during the third quarter. Delta Financial Group Inc. now owns 7,673 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,110,000 after buying an additional 99 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Company Profile

Visa Inc operates as a payment technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. It also offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products; tap to pay, tokenization, and click to pay services; Visa Direct, a solution that facilitates the delivery of funds to eligible cards, deposit accounts, and digital wallets; Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral business-to-business cross-border payments network; Visa Cross-Border Solution, a cross-border consumer payments solution; and Visa DPS that provides a range of value-added services, including fraud mitigation, dispute management, data analytics, campaign management, a suite of digital solutions, and contact center services.