Rooted Wealth Advisors Inc. Has $787,000 Position in Visa Inc. $V

Rooted Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:VFree Report) by 238.8% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,385 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,681 shares during the quarter. Rooted Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Visa were worth $787,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of V. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 50.1% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 20,635 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $6,522,000 after acquiring an additional 6,883 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 68.9% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,811 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,733,000 after acquiring an additional 4,817 shares during the period. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 4.6% during the first quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 10,941 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $3,834,000 after acquiring an additional 477 shares during the period. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 16.9% during the second quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 1,133 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 164 shares during the period. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Visa by 13.8% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 18,367 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $6,521,000 after acquiring an additional 2,230 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.15% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. Piper Sandler set a $160.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $389.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Visa from $390.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $385.00 price objective on Visa in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Loop Capital assumed coverage on Visa in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. They set a “buy” rating and a $387.00 price objective for the company. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $387.67.

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Insider Activity at Visa

In related news, Director Lloyd Carney sold 650 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.62, for a total value of $201,253.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 2,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $829,471.98. The trade was a 19.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Chris Suh sold 10,639 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $324.81, for a total value of $3,455,653.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 9,872 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,206,524.32. This represents a 51.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 42,744 shares of company stock valued at $14,356,010 over the last ninety days. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Visa Stock Performance

Visa stock opened at $329.21 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $312.77 and a 200 day simple moving average of $325.34. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. Visa Inc. has a 12-month low of $293.89 and a 12-month high of $375.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $590.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.68, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.78.

Visa (NYSE:VGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $11.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.75 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.76 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 13.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Visa Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 12th will be issued a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 12th. Visa’s payout ratio is currently 23.34%.

Visa declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, April 28th that allows the company to repurchase $20.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the credit-card processor to purchase up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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Visa Company Profile

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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.

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