CreativeOne Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) by 25.0% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 400 shares of the business services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC's holdings in Booking were worth $1,844,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of BKNG. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Booking by 521,609.7% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,363,345 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $10,887,718,000 after purchasing an additional 2,362,892 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Booking by 1,411.9% in the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 112,201 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $516,900,000 after purchasing an additional 104,780 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc boosted its position in shares of Booking by 182.2% in the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 104,643 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $482,081,000 after purchasing an additional 67,562 shares during the period. Voloridge Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Booking by 127.3% in the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 81,785 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $406,342,000 after purchasing an additional 45,808 shares during the period. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Booking by 27.8% in the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 181,515 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $836,223,000 after purchasing an additional 39,523 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company's stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on BKNG shares. UBS Group increased their price target on Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,300.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Hsbc Global Res raised Booking to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Barclays increased their price objective on Booking from $5,700.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Booking from $5,411.00 to $5,418.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, B. Riley reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $6,700.00 price objective (up from $6,100.00) on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $5,781.04.
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Booking Stock Performance
Shares of Booking stock traded down $52.94 during trading on Friday, hitting $5,599.05. 138,885 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 176,955. The stock has a market cap of $181.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.94, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.39. Booking Holdings Inc. has a twelve month low of $3,700.97 and a twelve month high of $5,839.41. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $5,612.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $5,183.09.
Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. The business had revenue of $6.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.54 billion. Booking had a negative return on equity of 134.19% and a net margin of 19.23%.The firm's revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $41.90 EPS. Booking has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 209.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Booking Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be issued a dividend of $9.60 per share. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. Booking's payout ratio is currently 26.71%.
Insider Activity
In other news, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of Booking stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,476.89, for a total transaction of $5,548,089.57. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 24,620 shares in the company, valued at $134,841,031.80. The trade was a 3.95% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. In the last three months, insiders sold 4,052 shares of company stock worth $22,511,858. 0.16% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Booking Company Profile
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Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc, is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.
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