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Silver Oak Securities Incorporated grew its holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG – Free Report) by 20.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 202 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the period. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated’s holdings in Booking were worth $1,008,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Booking by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 797,116 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,350,605,000 after acquiring an additional 11,211 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in shares of Booking by 0.5% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 492,274 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,073,508,000 after purchasing an additional 2,321 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Booking by 3.3% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 418,742 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,763,797,000 after purchasing an additional 13,429 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 4.1% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 296,599 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,249,311,000 after purchasing an additional 11,649 shares during the period. Finally, Icon Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Booking by 342,723.5% during the third quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 233,120 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $981,929,000 after purchasing an additional 233,052 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
BKNG has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho increased their target price on shares of Booking from $5,400.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Booking from $4,657.00 to $4,470.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Barclays boosted their target price on Booking from $4,500.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Susquehanna raised their price target on Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Baird R W raised Booking to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $5,044.43.
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Booking Stock Up 1.7 %
Shares of BKNG opened at $4,779.71 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $4,962.67 and its 200 day moving average price is $4,448.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $158.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.43, a P/E/G ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.39. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 12-month low of $3,180.00 and a 12-month high of $5,337.24.
Booking Company Profile
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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