Asset One Wealth Management LLC Buys 2,189 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

Asset One Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 12.7% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 19,390 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after buying an additional 2,189 shares during the period. Asset One Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Visa were worth $6,967,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. XXEC Inc. raised its stake in Visa by 153,118.8% during the second quarter. XXEC Inc. now owns 186,260,448 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $63,904,097,000 after buying an additional 186,138,883 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC acquired a new position in Visa during the second quarter worth $1,435,262,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted 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 during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its stake in Visa by 33.1% during the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 4,486,927 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $1,356,090,000 after purchasing an additional 1,116,498 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi grew its position in Visa by 16.5% in 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 during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Visa Stock Performance

NYSE V opened at $422.76 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $754.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.80. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $385.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $344.69. Visa Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $293.89 and a fifty-two week high of $442.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 0.97.

Visa (NYSE:V) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 27th. The credit-card processor reported $3.48 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.44 by $0.04. Visa had a return on equity of 70.50% and a net margin of 51.20%. The business had revenue of $12.14 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.09 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.98 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 15.02 earnings per share for the current year.

Visa Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 10th will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 10th. This is a positive change from Visa’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 21.74%.

Visa News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa reported record fourth-quarter and full-year results, with adjusted earnings up 17% year over year, and raised its dividend by 16%. Truist also raised its price target to $470 and maintained a Buy rating, signaling analyst confidence in further upside. Visa earnings and dividend report Truist price target report
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is building six technology hubs in Singapore focused on AI, cybersecurity, and next-generation payments. The investment could strengthen its capabilities and support future commerce growth. Singapore technology hubs
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa launched an AI-shopping benchmark, highlighting potential opportunities in agentic commerce while noting that many test runs failed—evidence the technology is still developing. AI shopping benchmark announcement
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts have flagged rising client incentives and Visa’s premium valuation as risks that could constrain the case for buying the stock despite strong results. Zacks analysis of incentives and valuation
• Negative Sentiment: Gnosis Pay, a crypto-card provider that uses Visa, disclosed exposure of customers’ payment and personal data. The report says customer funds were safe; the incident was at Gnosis Pay’s legacy system, not Visa’s own platform, though it may raise broader questions about payment security. Gnosis Pay breach report

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have issued reports on V. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Visa from $443.00 to $470.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Evercore set a $405.00 price target on Visa in a research report on Wednesday, October 28th. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of Visa from $410.00 to $430.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $440.00 price objective (up from $400.00) on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $420.00 target price (up from $410.00) on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and thirty-five have given a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $440.82.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 5,875 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $416.22, for a total transaction of $2,445,292.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares in the company, valued at $6,315,722.28. This trade represents a 27.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 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 shares were sold at an average price of $368.34, for a total transaction 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 trade represents a 9.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 27,395 shares of company stock valued at $10,406,050 over the last 90 days. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Visa

Visa Inc operates a global payments network that connects consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments. Its network supports the authorization, clearing and settlement of electronic payments, including transactions made in person and online.

The company’s services include payment processing, fraud prevention, identity and risk management, and money-transfer solutions such as Visa Direct. Visa-branded credit, debit and prepaid cards are issued by participating financial institutions; Visa generally provides the network and related services rather than issuing cards or extending credit directly to consumers.

Visa traces its roots to BankAmericard, a bank card program launched in California in 1958.