10 Best Low Risk Stocks To Buy in 2025

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1. Visa Inc. (NYSE:V)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 165

Equity Beta: 0.96x

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is a global payments technology company that facilitates digital transactions through its network, enabling secure electronic payments between consumers, businesses, and financial institutions. Its core services include credit, debit, and prepaid card processing, as well as digital payment solutions and fraud prevention technologies. The company operates worldwide, partnering with banks, merchants, and fintech companies to expand payment accessibility, and focuses on innovation in contactless payments, blockchain, and AI to enhance transaction security and efficiency. The California-based company ranked 6th on our recent list of 10 Companies That Are Buying Back Their Stock in 2025.

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) has evolved significantly, growing from 450 million credentials in the 1990s to 4.7 billion credentials by the end of 2024, while scaling tokens from under 50 million in 2016 to 12.6 billion tokens recently. The company sees enormous market opportunities across three key areas: $41 trillion in addressable consumer spend with over 55% currently underserved, $200 trillion in commercial and money movement solutions, and $520 billion in potential revenue opportunity for value-added services. The company’s growth strategy focuses on four key actions: strengthening card-based consumer payments, expanding reach in consumer payments including non-card payments, driving commercial payments and money movement penetration, and delivering innovative value-added services.

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V)’s value-added services have shown strong growth, reaching $8.8 billion in revenue in 2024, with all four portfolios exceeding $1 billion in revenue and growing at mid-teens or better rates. The company expects continued strong performance through a combination of durable top-line growth, leading operating margins, and consistent capital returns to shareholders. Over the last 5 years, V has demonstrated its commitment to shareholder returns by returning $17 billion in dividends and $58 billion in buybacks.

Overall, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) ranks first on our list of the 10 best low risk stocks to buy in 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of V as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than V but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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