LGT Group Foundation Boosts Stock Position in Visa Inc. $V

LGT Group Foundation increased its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 9.5% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 382,649 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 33,221 shares during the quarter. Visa makes up about 1.5% of LGT Group Foundation’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. LGT Group Foundation’s holdings in Visa were worth $133,097,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in V. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC increased its stake in shares of Visa by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 1,875 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $640,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Old Port Advisors boosted its position in shares of Visa by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Old Port Advisors now owns 3,423 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,169,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp boosted its position in shares of Visa by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp now owns 1,290 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $440,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Define Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 4.0% in the third quarter. Define Financial LLC now owns 779 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $266,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Finally, Patron Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.6% in the third quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 4,648 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $1,587,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Visa

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America initiated coverage on Visa with a Buy rating and a $410 price target, signaling material upside from current levels and likely supporting sentiment among institutional investors. Finviz: Bank of America coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is pushing into stablecoin-linked card offerings globally with Bridge, a move that could expand payment rails, capture crypto-related volume, and diversify revenue sources beyond traditional card fees. Visa and Bridge take stablecoin cards global
• Positive Sentiment: Visa appointed a veteran executive, Leonardo J. Collado, to lead growth for Pismo (the payments processor Visa acquired), which could accelerate integration and revenue expansion in processing services. Visa taps Leonardo Collado to lead Pismo’s global growth
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and media pieces continue to highlight Visa’s strong free cash flow and high margins, reinforcing its long-term valuation case even as the stock pulls back; useful for buy-and-hold investors but not new operational news. These 3 Cash Flow Machines Provide Stability
• Neutral Sentiment: New U.S. legislative text (H.R. 7316) would mandate chip-enabled EBT/SNAP terminals and stronger fraud controls; this could require upgrades by retailers/processors and create both compliance costs and potential processing opportunities for networks like Visa. SNAP Payment Security and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
• Negative Sentiment: Brazil’s instant-pay system PIX processed 64 billion transactions in 2024—surpassing Visa and Mastercard combined in that market—and charges far lower merchant fees, demonstrating a fast-shifting payments landscape that pressures Visa’s merchant-fee and growth prospects in Brazil and similar markets. Brazil’s PIX Outpaces Visa and Mastercard Combined
• Negative Sentiment: Fintech Revolut is pursuing a U.S. bank charter and named a former Visa executive as U.S. CEO, an effort that could accelerate Revolut’s U.S. card, deposit and lending capabilities and intensify competition for transaction volume and card issuance. Revolut files for US bank charter

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the firm’s 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,401 shares in the company, valued at $3,282,641.18. This trade represents a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.12% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $395.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Truist Financial set a $372.00 price target on shares of Visa in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 price target on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Evercore set a $380.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Friday, December 12th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $392.65.

Visa Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of V stock opened at $317.23 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. The firm has a market cap of $575.83 billion, a PE ratio of 29.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a 50-day moving average of $329.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $337.25. Visa Inc. has a 1-year low of $299.00 and a 1-year high of $375.51.

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

Visa Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were given 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 0.8%. Visa’s payout ratio is presently 25.14%.

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.