10 Best Stocks for Beginners with Little Money According to Hedge Funds

5. Visa Inc. (NYSE:V)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 165

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is a global payments technology company that facilitates digital payments across more than 200 markets. The company’s journey started in 1958 when the Bank of America introduced the first consumer credit card program in the United States. It was in 2007 that Visa formed a global corporation and eventually went public in 2008 in one of the largest IPOs.

Visa powers the global economy by connecting 4 billion account holders to more than 130 million merchants, 14,500 financial institutions, and governments across its markets. Other than being a world leader in digital payments, the firm builds its portfolio of value-added services for its clients and partners which offer it an opportunity to diversify its revenue. The firm has accomplished making one of the most reliable and secure payment networks in the world. The firm’s scale and reach are evident from the fact that the Visa network enabled $16 trillion in total volume and 234 billion transactions in fiscal year 2024.

Recently, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) closed a strong fiscal first quarter of 2025. The company successfully delivered 10% net revenue growth and 8% GAAP EPS growth, over the prior year. The results demonstrated improving trends in payments volume, cross-border volume, and processed transactions growth, as well as healthy spending during the holiday season.