IFP Advisors Inc Has $17.15 Million Stock Position in Visa Inc. $V

IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 14.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 49,884 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,220 shares during the quarter. IFP Advisors Inc’s holdings in Visa were worth $17,150,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sonoma Allocations LLC bought a new position in shares of Visa during the 3rd quarter worth about $710,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Visa by 1.8% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,241,348 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $438,196,000 after acquiring an additional 21,401 shares during the period. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. raised its position in Visa by 5.9% in the second quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 95,150 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $33,783,000 after purchasing an additional 5,295 shares in the last quarter. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA raised its position in Visa by 2.6% in the third quarter. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA now owns 574,043 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $198,596,000 after purchasing an additional 14,581 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its stake in Visa by 24.1% during the third quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 823,262 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $281,045,000 after purchasing an additional 159,906 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $349.18, for a total transaction of $3,661,152.30. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,401 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,282,641.18. This represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total value of $201,253.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 2,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $829,471.98. This represents a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Visa Stock Performance

NYSE V opened at $299.86 on Friday. Visa Inc. has a 1-year low of $297.03 and a 1-year high of $375.51. The company has a 50 day moving average of $321.47 and a 200-day moving average of $334.82. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The firm has a market cap of $544.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.13, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.78.

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

Visa Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were paid a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. Visa’s payout ratio is currently 25.14%.

Visa News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa deepened its commerce push by integrating Ingenico POS into its Acceptance Platform to unify online/offline payments — a move that can drive higher merchant penetration and capture more of the checkout stack. Visa’s Ingenico Tie-Up: Expanding Beyond the Payment Layer
• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched Visa Intelligent Authorisation (VIA) in Europe, expanding fraud/risk tools on the Visa Acceptance Platform — this should improve authorization rates and reduce merchant friction, supporting volume and fee growth. Visa Scales Intelligent Authorization Tech to Europe
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships expanding addressable markets: Visa + Paythru on an EV fleet wallet and Fastboy Payments making BambooPay available via Cybersource broaden merchant use cases (mobility, IoT) and payment acceptance. These deals help diversify revenue beyond pure transaction fees. Visa and Paythru Team on EV Payments With White-Label Fleet Wallet Fastboy Payments / Cybersource
• Positive Sentiment: Visa Crypto Labs unveiled Visa CLI and is enabling agentic (AI) payments through collaborations with Stripe/Tempo — these experimental tools position Visa for emerging machine‑to‑machine payment flows and stablecoin rails. That narrative supports longer‑term growth optionality. Visa and Stripe-backed Tempo launch tools for AI agents
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces argue the card networks are “buy the dip” opportunities as they expand into stablecoins and new rails; these articles reinforce a positive narrative but are more sentiment than new fundamentals. Visa, Mastercard and American Express Have Gotten Roughed Up. The Case for Buying the Dip.
• Negative Sentiment: Unusual options activity: investors bought ~129,825 put options (a ~332% jump vs. typical volume), signaling increased short/bear hedging and potential downward pressure or heightened volatility in the near term.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Mastercard’s large BVNK/stablecoin push and other network moves accelerate rivalry in crypto/stablecoin rails — investors may worry about market share and margin pressure in new settlement rails. Mastercard BVNK acquisition coverage

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on V shares. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Bank of America started coverage on Visa in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $410.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Evercore set a $380.00 price objective on Visa in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

About Visa

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.