Visa
About: Visa is the largest payment processor in the world. In fiscal 2023, it processed almost $15 trillion in total volume. Visa operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 160 currencies. Its systems are capable of processing over 65,000 transactions per second.
Employees: 31,600
0
Funds holding %
of 7,457 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 6 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
47% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 209 | Existing positions closed: 142
22% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 543 [Q4 2024] → 662 (+119) [Q1 2025]
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $482B [Q4 2024] → $518B (+$36.6B) [Q1 2025]
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 4,194 [Q4 2024] → 4,121 (-73) [Q1 2025]
1.83% less ownership
Funds ownership: 87.69% [Q4 2024] → 85.86% (-1.83%) [Q1 2025]
15% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,586 | Existing positions reduced: 1,867
22% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.19B | Put options by funds: $6.61B
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$330
10%
downside
Avg. target
$380
4%
upside
High target
$410
12%
upside
6 analyst ratings
5 positive
83%
1 neutral
17%
0 negative
0%
Macquarie Paul Golding 45% 1-year accuracy 27 / 60 met price target | 4%upside $380 | Outperform Maintained | 30 Apr 2025 |
UBS Timothy Chiodo 80% 1-year accuracy 8 / 10 met price target | 8%upside $395 | Buy Maintained | 30 Apr 2025 |
BMO Capital Rufus Hone 69% 1-year accuracy 18 / 26 met price target | 4%upside $380 | Outperform Maintained | 30 Apr 2025 |
Piper Sandler Arvind Ramnani 62% 1-year accuracy 41 / 66 met price target | 5%upside $384 | Overweight Maintained | 30 Apr 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group | 10%downside $330 | In-Line Initiated | 9 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 73 articles about V published over the past 30 days
Positive
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Positive
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Negative
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Neutral
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Visa Inc. (NYSE:V ) Annual JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference May 14, 2025 12:20 PM ET Company Participants Ryan McInerney - CEO Conference Call Participants Tien-Tsin Huang - JP Morgan Tien-Tsin Huang All right, I think we're going to get started here. We'll let everyone continue eating their lunch.
Negative
Reuters
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Positive
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Positive
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