Venture Visionary Partners LLC Has $2.44 Million Holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG

Key Points

• Venture Visionary Partners LLC increased its stake in Booking Holdings Inc. by 22% during Q2, now owning shares worth $2.44 million.
• Booking recently reported a Q2 EPS of $55.40, beating estimates, with revenue growth of 16% year-over-year.
• Analysts have raised their price targets for Booking, with Truist Financial increasing theirs from $4,720 to $5,630 and targets ranging up to $6,700 from other firms.

Venture Visionary Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) by 22.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 421 shares of the business services provider's stock after buying an additional 76 shares during the quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC's holdings in Booking were worth $2,441,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Booking during the first quarter worth approximately $28,000. Atwood & Palmer Inc. acquired a new position in Booking during the second quarter worth approximately $29,000. Keystone Global Partners LLC acquired a new position in Booking during the first quarter worth approximately $32,000. O Brien Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking during the second quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, First PREMIER Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 100.0% during the second quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 6 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 3 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on BKNG shares. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Booking from $4,720.00 to $5,630.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a "neutral" rating on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,300.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Booking from $5,560.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, B. Riley restated a "buy" rating and set a $6,700.00 price objective (up previously from $6,100.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $5,808.81.

Insider Transactions at Booking

In other news, Director Larry Quinlan sold 64 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,587.11, for a total transaction of $357,575.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 195 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,089,486.45. This represents a 24.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,500.00, for a total transaction of $82,500.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 747 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,108,500. This trade represents a 1.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 4,195 shares of company stock worth $23,467,630. Corporate insiders own 0.16% of the company's stock.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of BKNG opened at $5,454.81 on Tuesday. Booking Holdings Inc. has a one year low of $4,060.98 and a one year high of $5,839.41. The company has a market cap of $176.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.39. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $5,548.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5,283.80.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. Booking had a net margin of 19.23% and a negative return on equity of 134.19%. The business had revenue of $6.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.54 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $41.90 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. Booking has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts expect that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 209.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booking Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $9.60 per share. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. Booking's payout ratio is currently 26.71%.

About Booking

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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