Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) Shares Sold by Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC

Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC lessened its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V - Free Report) by 10.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 21,039 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after selling 2,425 shares during the period. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC's holdings in Visa were worth $6,649,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in V. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Visa in the fourth quarter worth $1,955,403,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Visa by 17,018.7% in the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,949,118 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $1,248,079,000 after acquiring an additional 3,926,049 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Visa by 4.5% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,610,942 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $21,064,179,000 after acquiring an additional 3,327,977 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in Visa by 6.1% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 57,111,843 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $15,702,901,000 after buying an additional 3,265,518 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 7.7% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 38,655,250 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $10,601,135,000 after purchasing an additional 2,772,549 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company's stock.

Visa Price Performance

V opened at $345.79 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $642.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.86, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Visa Inc. has a twelve month low of $252.70 and a twelve month high of $366.54. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $336.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $308.63.

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Visa (NYSE:V - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The credit-card processor reported $2.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.66 by $0.09. Visa had a net margin of 54.27% and a return on equity of 54.79%. Equities research analysts expect that Visa Inc. will post 11.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th were given a $0.59 dividend. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.68%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 11th. Visa's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.79%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Citigroup reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Visa in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Visa from $346.00 to $384.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on Visa from $350.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Visa has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $353.96.

Insider Transactions at Visa

In other Visa news, CAO Peter M. Andreski sold 2,332 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, February 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $349.62, for a total value of $815,313.84. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 4,488 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,569,094.56. The trade was a 34.19 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 8,620 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $363.00, for a total transaction of $3,129,060.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 537 shares in the company, valued at approximately $194,931. This trade represents a 94.14 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 64,505 shares of company stock valued at $22,290,507 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.

About Visa

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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