Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC boosted its position in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 49.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,911 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after purchasing an additional 4,963 shares during the period. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC's holdings in Visa were worth $4,713,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Peterson Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in Visa during the 3rd quarter worth $26,000. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. acquired a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Reston Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Visa during the 3rd quarter worth $31,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Visa during the 4th quarter worth $32,000. Finally, West Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Visa by 101.4% during the 3rd quarter. West Financial Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. 82.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
V has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Visa from $325.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Visa from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of Visa from $320.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Monness Crespi & Hardt restated a "neutral" rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Visa from $326.00 to $354.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $331.92.
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V stock opened at $319.97 on Friday. Visa Inc. has a 52 week low of $252.70 and a 52 week high of $321.61. The company has a market capitalization of $596.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.96. The firm's 50-day moving average is $313.41 and its two-hundred day moving average is $288.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.
Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The credit-card processor reported $2.71 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.58 by $0.13. Visa had a net margin of 54.96% and a return on equity of 53.16%. The company had revenue of $9.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.49 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.33 EPS. Visa's revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts forecast that Visa Inc. will post 11.22 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th were given a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.74%. This is an increase from Visa's previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, November 12th. Visa's payout ratio is 24.25%.
In other news, insider Paul D. Fabara sold 2,171 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $307.97, for a total value of $668,602.87. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 17,894 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,510,815.18. The trade was a 10.82 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was 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. 0.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.
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.
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