Visa CEO Completes $3.6M Share Sale as Trading Volume Dips 20.5% to 39th Rank

On August 15, 2025, Visa (V) closed at $343.13, reflecting a 0.30% decline in share price. The stock saw a trading volume of 1.71 billion, a 20.49% drop from the previous day's activity, ranking it 39th in volume among listed equities. This follows a significant transaction involving the company's CEO.

Visa's Chief Executive Officer, Ryan McInerney, executed a stock sale of 10,485 Class A shares under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The transaction, reported in an SEC Form 4 filing, totaled $3.597 million. Post-transaction, McInerney retains direct ownership of 537 shares and indirect holdings of 247,326 shares via the Ryan and Angela McInerney Trust. The sale occurred one day prior to the stock's reported closing price.

While the CEO's activity typically draws market attention, its immediate impact on Visa's equity remains neutral given the modest volume decline. The broader context includes a strategy backtested from 2022 to the present, which showed a net profit of $2,550 from a "buy top 500 by volume" approach. This strategy faced a maximum drawdown of -15.4% on October 27, 2022, underscoring its volatility despite overall positive returns.