Visa (NYSE:V) Receives “Outperform” Rating from William Blair

William Blair reaffirmed their outperform rating on shares of Visa (NYSE:V) in a research report sent to investors 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 analysts have also recently issued reports on V. Citigroup upped their price objective on Visa from $326.00 to $354.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Susquehanna increased 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. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded Visa from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on Visa from $320.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Macquarie lifted their target price on Visa from $300.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $352.27.

Visa Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE V opened at $342.05 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $637.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.15, a P/E/G ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.96. Visa has a 52-week low of $252.70 and a 52-week high of $351.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.28. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $317.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $292.96.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The credit-card processor reported $2.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.09. Visa had a return on equity of 53.16% and a net margin of 54.96%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Visa will post 11.18 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,171 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $307.97, for a total transaction of $668,602.87. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 17,894 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,510,815.18. This trade represents a 10.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $317.78, for a total value of $2,739,263.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Czech National Bank raised its holdings in Visa by 13.4% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 340,238 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $93,548,000 after purchasing an additional 40,268 shares in the last quarter. Unique Wealth LLC raised its stake 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 acquiring an additional 1,171 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in Visa by 4,412.3% during the third 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 acquiring an additional 4,166,905 shares during the last quarter. Farmers Trust Co. boosted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 154 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Delta Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in Visa by 1.3% in the third quarter. Delta Financial Group Inc. now owns 7,673 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $2,110,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares during the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.