Top 5 Financial Stocks To Invest In

1. Visa, Inc. (NYSE:V)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 162

Visa, Inc. (NYSE:V) is a California-based multinational financial services company engaged in the provision of electronic funds transfer across the globe.

As of the end of the second quarter, 162 hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey reported owning stakes in Visa, Inc. (NYSE:V). The total worth of these stakes is $27.6 billion. This is compared to 164 funds that had stakes in the company in the previous quarter, with a total worth of $26.5 billion. Alexander Becker of Codex Capital is the leading stakeholder of the company.

On October 28, Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette kept an Overweight rating and $280 price target on Visa, Inc. (NYSE:V) shares.

In its Q1 2021 investor letter, ClearBridge Investments mentioned Visa Inc. (NYSE:V). Here is what the fund said:

“To make room for these new names with more attractive outlooks related to the reopening, we sold out of companies where the thesis is not playing out at the pace we expected including Visa.”

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