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Investors cannot turn a blind eye to insiders as well as institutional ownership. They need to follow insider trades to determine the direction the stock is likely to take.
About 89.55% of V shares are held by financial institutions. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN is the top corporate investor, holding 7.82M shares valued at $2.18B. A 0.39% stake in Visa Inc. is owned by the company. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ADVISERS, LP owns 4.29M shares valued at $1.20B, which translates its holding of 0.21% of the stake in the company.
Among the V insiders holding of 0.55% of the stake in company, TANEJA RAJAT, PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY, holds the largest shares of 232.11K. KELLY ALFRED F JR, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, is the second largest V insider with ownership of 139.85K shares. PRABHU VASANT M, VICE CHAIR, CFO, stands third with possession of 73.64K shares of that stake.
A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own V shares is 5122, representing 89.55% of the company's common stock.
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ADVISERS, LP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in V by -2.16% restricting it's holding to 4.29 million shares of worth nearly $1.20B. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. also lessened -1.51% of the V shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.2 million shares of worth $1.17B. 1832 ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. also shunned V shares holding by -7.74% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.13 million shares worth $1.15B.
As per its latest 13F filing, WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN increased its stake in V by 6.78% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 7.82 million shares having worth more than $2.18B. ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC also added 2.81% more shares of V to its portfolio, raising its holding to 4.13 million shares of worth $1.15B. RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES also increased its V shares holding by 2.56% which brought its holding to 4.09 million shares worth $1.14B.
The insider with the most stakes in V is Taneja Rajat , PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY at the company. Additionally, V stock is highly held by EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN KELLY ALFRED F JR and VICE CHAIR, CFO PRABHU VASANT M among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.55% percent of Visa Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 11 transaction(s) in which V insiders have sold stock, totaling 123.55K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include TANEJA RAJAT, MCINERNEY RYAN, and FABARA PAUL D.
There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Visa Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares
Around 595.28K Visa Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.55% of V stock.
V PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY, Taneja Rajat holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. V shares owned by Taneja total nearly 232.11 thousand.
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN is the largest institutional owner in V which holds 7.82 million shares worth $2.18B or 0.39% of the total V shares outstanding followed by SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ADVISERS, LP with ownership of 4.29 million shares representing 0.21% of the V ownership. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 4.2 million shares or 0.21% of the ownership worth more than $1.17B.
Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the V is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of V shares short is 30.26M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.
As of today, 1.73B shares of V are outstanding.
Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, V has 1.70B shares in float.
Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for V is 4.83.