Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Visa (V)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Visa (NYSE: V) recently:

• 2/21/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Susquehanna from $395.00 to $410.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Visa had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc..
• 2/13/2025 – Visa had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
• 2/13/2025 – Visa had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
• 2/3/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $361.00 to $396.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Susquehanna from $375.00 to $395.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Piper Sandler. They now have a $383.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $368.00.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $340.00 to $375.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $360.00 to $395.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. from $375.00 to $390.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Raymond James. They now have a $393.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $374.00.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $360.00 to $400.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at William Blair.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $331.00 to $363.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $354.00 to $393.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $350.00 to $400.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $346.00 to $384.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/24/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $322.00 to $368.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/22/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $314.00 to $331.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/14/2025 – Visa was given a new $361.00 price target on by analysts at Barclays PLC.
• 1/14/2025 – Visa was upgraded by analysts at Seaport Res Ptn from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/14/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $326.00 to $354.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/3/2025 – Visa had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $325.00 to $360.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Visa Trading Down 1.4 %

Visa stock traded down $5.07 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $356.75. The stock had a trading volume of 5,178,441 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,100,298. The stock has a market capitalization of $662.77 billion, a PE ratio of 35.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $333.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $306.64. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $252.70 and a twelve month high of $366.54.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.66 by $0.09. Visa had a return on equity of 54.79% and a net margin of 54.27%. Analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current year.

Visa Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 11th were issued a $0.59 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.66%. Visa’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.79%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Visa

In related news, insider Tullier Kelly Mahon sold 33,741 shares of Visa stock in a transaction on Friday, February 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $349.77, for a total transaction of $11,801,589.57. Following the sale, the insider now owns 36,566 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,789,689.82. The trade was a 47.99 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $317.78, for a total transaction of $2,739,263.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 55,885 shares of company stock valued at $19,161,447 over the last three months. 0.13% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Visa

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC raised its stake in shares of Visa by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC now owns 2,291 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $724,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. FWL Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Visa by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. FWL Investment Management LLC now owns 6,344 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,005,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Visa by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 939 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $297,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Warther Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Visa by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Warther Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,935 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $928,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its position in Visa by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 7,251 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $2,292,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

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.