Visa Inc. $V Stock Sold by Robbins Farley

Robbins Farley decreased its holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 11.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 16,232 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 2,045 shares during the period. Visa comprises approximately 2.1% of Robbins Farley’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. Robbins Farley’s holdings in Visa were worth $5,833,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. XXEC Inc. raised its stake in shares of Visa by 153,118.8% in the second quarter. XXEC Inc. now owns 186,260,448 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $63,904,097,000 after acquiring an additional 186,138,883 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Visa by 0.7% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 82,872,209 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $28,432,626,000 after purchasing an additional 566,194 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its stake in Visa by 13.0% during the 2nd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 15,720,068 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $5,393,398,000 after purchasing an additional 1,808,496 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in Visa by 3.7% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 8,842,842 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,672,655,000 after purchasing an additional 316,559 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in Visa by 16.5% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 7,714,919 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,646,911,000 after purchasing an additional 1,092,315 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

More Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI-driven business payments: Visa launched a live pilot with BILL Holdings and Billtrust that allows authenticated AI agents to initiate and complete approved invoice payments through supplier portals. The initiative could help Visa capture more high-value business-to-business transactions while reducing reliance on checks and legacy payment processes. Visa Launches Agentic Payments Pilot With BILL and Billtrust
• Positive Sentiment: Fraud prevention and commercial-card tools: New capabilities for virtual commercial cards are designed to improve transaction security, authentication and corporate payment controls. These products may support growth in Visa’s commercial payments and value-added services businesses. Visa Debuts Tools to Keep Fraud Out of Virtual Commercial Card Payments
• Positive Sentiment: Crypto and stablecoin reach: Visa’s partnership with Mesh is intended to let users spend eligible cryptocurrency and stablecoin balances at more than 175 million Visa-accepting locations without first using a separate crypto card. Although rollout details remain limited, the arrangement could increase payment volume and reinforce Visa’s role as digital assets enter mainstream commerce. Visa Starts AI Agent Pilot for Business Payments
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings and valuation are key near-term tests: Analysts expect continued earnings growth following Visa’s latest revenue and EPS beat, while investors will look for guidance and a potential dividend increase in the October 27 report. However, the stock’s premium valuation—around 35 times earnings—leaves less room for disappointment. Visa Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
• Negative Sentiment: Fee and regulatory pressure: Canadian merchants are urging card networks to reduce interchange fees, and Visa is changing certain Canadian fees. Broader merchant resistance, antitrust scrutiny and potential U.S. credit-card competition legislation remain risks to Visa’s pricing power and future valuation multiples. Visa Changes Fees in Canada

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have weighed in on V. President Capital upped their price target on Visa from $411.00 to $474.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 17th. Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their price objective on Visa from $430.00 to $444.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $432.00 price objective (up from $412.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Visa from $400.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $406.00 target price (up from $389.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and thirty-four have given a Buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $426.12.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other Visa news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 5,875 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $358.81, for a total transaction of $2,108,008.75. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,444,582.94. The trade was a 27.91% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, General Counsel Julie Rottenberg sold 1,867 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $368.34, for a total value of $687,690.78. Following the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 18,404 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,778,929.36. This represents a 9.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 78,792 shares of company stock worth $28,863,319 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Visa Price Performance

Shares of V opened at $408.02 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $728.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.70, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $375.43 and its 200-day simple moving average is $348.85. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $293.89 and a twelve month high of $409.53. The company has a current ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.32 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.23 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $11.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.40 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.78% and a return on equity of 67.68%. The company’s revenue was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.98 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 13.22 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 11th were paid a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 11th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 22.79%.

Visa Profile

Visa Inc (NYSE: V) is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic payments between consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments. Through its VisaNet network, the company authorizes, clears and settles transactions made with Visa-branded credit, debit and prepaid cards, while generally not issuing cards, extending credit or setting cardholder account terms.

Visa provides payment products and services for consumer, commercial and government payments, as well as digital commerce and money movement.