Legacy Private Trust Co.出售的Visa Inc.（纽约证券交易所代码：V）股票|Canada_新浪财经

Legacy Private Trust Co. decreased its holdings in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V – Get Rating) by 3.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,322 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after selling 286 shares during the quarter. Legacy Private Trust Co.'s holdings in Visa were worth $1,729,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in V. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Visa by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 145,236,910 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $25,801,337,000 after purchasing an additional 912,545 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in shares of Visa by 0.4% in the second quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 51,261,821 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $10,092,940,000 after buying an additional 200,057 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its holdings in shares of Visa by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 27,141,800 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $4,821,741,000 after buying an additional 1,785,695 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its stake in Visa by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 13,270,127 shares of the credit-card processor's stock worth $2,357,438,000 after acquiring an additional 77,186 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in Visa by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 13,157,577 shares of the credit-card processor's stock valued at $2,337,444,000 after acquiring an additional 383,335 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 81.87% of the company's stock.

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Visa Stock Performance

Visa stock opened at $221.81 on Tuesday. Visa Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $174.60 and a fifty-two week high of $234.30. The company has a market capitalization of $417.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.02, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.97. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $223.50 and a two-hundred day moving average of $209.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a current ratio of 1.44.

Visa (NYSE:V – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 26th. The credit-card processor reported $2.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.01 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $7.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.70 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.28% and a return on equity of 49.95%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.81 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Visa Inc. will post 8.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visa Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 10th were issued a $0.45 dividend. This is a boost from Visa's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 9th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.81%. Visa's payout ratio is 25.17%.

Insider Activity

In other Visa news, President Ryan Mcinerney sold 58,197 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.47, for a total transaction of $3,635,566.59. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In other Visa news, President Ryan Mcinerney sold 58,197 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.47, for a total transaction of $3,635,566.59. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Chairman Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. sold 58,000 shares of Visa stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $223.99, for a total value of $12,991,420.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 162,354 shares in the company, valued at $36,365,672.46. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 191,312 shares of company stock valued at $33,751,165 in the last 90 days. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

V has been the subject of several recent research reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Visa from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, January 27th. Raymond James upped their price target on Visa from $261.00 to $281.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on Visa from $225.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 18th. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Visa from $220.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, January 30th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Visa from $290.00 to $287.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and twenty have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Visa presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $259.11.

Visa Company Profile

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Visa, Inc engages in the provision of digital payment services. It also facilitates global commerce through the transfer of value and information among a global network of consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, strategic partners, and government entities. It offers debit cards, credit cards, prepaid products, commercial payment solutions, and global automated teller machines (ATMs).

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