Connors Investor Services Inc. Buys 3,572 Shares of Visa Inc. $V

Connors Investor Services Inc. grew its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) by 8.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 46,935 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,572 shares during the quarter. Connors Investor Services Inc.’s holdings in Visa were worth $16,023,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in V. Parvin Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Visa by 200.0% in the 3rd quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Sagard Holdings Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Visa during the 2nd quarter worth about $31,000. Bare Financial Services Inc raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 287.0% in the 2nd quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 89 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Imprint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa in the 3rd quarter valued at about $39,000. Finally, Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Visa in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Key Visa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Visa launched the “Agentic Ready” program to help 21 banks test AI-driven payments by autonomous agents — a direct revenue pathway if banks scale agentic commerce. Visa Launches Agentic Ready Program to Help Banks Test AI Payments
• Positive Sentiment: Visa Crypto Labs rolled out Visa CLI (beta), a command-line tool that lets AI agents execute payments — an early move to own payments for machine-to-machine commerce. New Visa Crypto Labs Tool Hands AI a Wallet—and the Keys to the Checkout
• Positive Sentiment: Visa is extending support for Stripe/Tempo’s Machine Payments Protocol to enable card-based payments for autonomous agents on Visa’s network — further positioning Visa as the rails provider for agentic commerce. Visa Scales Agentic Commerce Through Stripe Protocol Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Visa and Ingenico expanded unified commerce integrations (AXIUM POS + Visa Acceptance Platform), which can boost acceptance and transaction volumes over time but is incremental. Ingenico and Visa Collaborate to Accelerate Unified Commerce Solutions Across Industries
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts/market commentary note Visa fell more than the broader market today — indicating profit‑taking or sentiment-driven selling beyond fundamentals. Here’s Why Visa (V) Fell More Than Broader Market
• Negative Sentiment: Legal overhang: London’s Court of Appeal allowed Visa (and Mastercard) to challenge a prior ruling on merchant interchange fees — ongoing litigation creates uncertainty and potential future liabilities. Mastercard, Visa can appeal UK ruling that merchant fees breach antitrust law
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure in crypto/stablecoin rails: Mastercard’s large BVNK deal and other moves accelerate the race to tokenize deposits and stablecoin settlement — a space where Visa must match pace or risk losing share. Crypto Rails Go Mainstream — Inside Mastercard’s Bold $1.8 Billion BVNK Acquisition

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently commented on V shares. Piper Sandler set a $160.00 price target on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Daiwa Securities Group upgraded Visa from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Truist Financial set a $372.00 price objective on Visa in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 target price on Visa in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $410.00 target price on shares of Visa in a report on Friday, January 30th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Visa currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $392.65.

Visa Trading Down 3.0%

Shares of NYSE:V opened at $299.09 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $542.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.06, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.78. Visa Inc. has a 1 year low of $298.50 and a 1 year high of $375.51. 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 business’s 50 day simple moving average is $322.51 and its 200 day simple moving average is $335.07.

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

Visa Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other Visa news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of the firm’s 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 transaction, the director directly owned 2,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $829,471.98. This trade represents a 19.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 10,485 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were 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 owned 9,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,282,641.18. The trade was a 52.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.