University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. Has $855,000 Holdings in Visa Inc. $V

University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. grew its holdings in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 282.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,437 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,799 shares during the period. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co.’s holdings in Visa were worth $855,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Invariant Investment Management bought a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter worth $969,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Visa by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 160,975,832 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $56,455,834,000 after buying an additional 1,054,343 shares during the period. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd increased its position in Visa by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 527,530 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $180,088,000 after buying an additional 23,863 shares during the period. Savvy Advisors Inc. increased its position in Visa by 30.1% during the 4th quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. now owns 28,922 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $10,143,000 after buying an additional 6,688 shares during the period. Finally, Ticino Wealth bought a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter worth $1,837,000. 82.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa announced a partnership with Mintoak to add merchant SaaS capabilities for acquirers across Asia Pacific, strengthening its value proposition beyond basic payment acceptance. Visa and Mintoak Join Forces to Bring Merchant SaaS Capabilities to Acquirers Across Asia Pacific
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage around Visa’s AI-agent and stablecoin initiatives highlights the company’s efforts to embed its network into next-generation digital transactions, which investors may view as a growth catalyst. Visa’s AI Agent and Stablecoin Push Could Be A Game Changer For Visa (V)
• Positive Sentiment: Visa Direct is being positioned as a solution for healthcare’s slow, check-based payout process, expanding use cases for real-time payments and reinforcing Visa’s money-movement growth opportunity. Visa Direct Takes On Healthcare’s Paper Payout Problem
• Positive Sentiment: Visa continues to receive favorable analyst-style comparisons versus peers like PayPal and Mastercard, with commentary emphasizing stronger upside from its growth in payments, AI commerce, stablecoins, and money movement. Visa vs. PayPal: Which Payments Stock Wins the Upside Race?
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles simply highlight Visa in broader industry or investing discussions, including comparisons to Mastercard, travel trends, and World Cup AI-related coverage, which may support sentiment but are not direct catalysts. Visa vs Mastercard: The Better Buy This Year
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa was named a partner for Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock, a brand-building deal that is unlikely to materially affect near-term fundamentals. ROCKEFELLER CENTER AND VISA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FOR TOP OF THE ROCK OBSERVATION DECK

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other Visa news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 31,455 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.14, for a total value of $10,699,103.70. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 15,174 shares in the company, valued at $5,161,284.36. The trade was a 67.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Chris Suh sold 10,639 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $324.81, for a total value of $3,455,653.59. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 9,872 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,206,524.32. The trade was a 51.87% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

Visa Stock Up 2.9%

Shares of NYSE V opened at $333.08 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.09. Visa Inc. has a 52 week low of $293.89 and a 52 week high of $359.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $597.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.01, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $319.80 and its 200 day moving average is $324.29.

Visa (NYSE:V) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.31 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.10 by $0.21. Visa had a return on equity of 65.00% and a net margin of 51.68%.The company had revenue of $11.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.75 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.76 earnings per share. Visa’s revenue was up 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 13.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Visa announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $20.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the credit-card processor to repurchase up to 3.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 12th were given a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 12th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.34%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

V has been the topic of several recent research reports. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $415.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $403.00 price objective (up from $391.00) on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Visa from $450.00 to $400.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Truist Financial set a $371.00 price objective on Visa and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $450.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $387.78.

Visa Company Profile

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.