Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG Shares Purchased by Accretive Wealth Partners LLC

Accretive Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 0.5% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 370 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2 shares during the period. Accretive Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $2,143,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BKNG. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Booking by 1,411.9% during the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 112,201 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $516,900,000 after acquiring an additional 104,780 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Booking by 79.4% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 154,206 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $695,259,000 after acquiring an additional 68,243 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its position in Booking by 182.2% during the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 104,643 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $482,081,000 after acquiring an additional 67,562 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its position in Booking by 27.8% during the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 181,515 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $836,223,000 after acquiring an additional 39,523 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position in Booking by 19.7% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 213,529 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $983,707,000 after acquiring an additional 35,171 shares during the period. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Booking Stock Performance

Shares of BKNG stock opened at $5,070.02 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $5,459.08 and a 200 day moving average price of $5,343.06. The stock has a market cap of $164.32 billion, a PE ratio of 35.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.35. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1 year low of $4,096.23 and a 1 year high of $5,839.41.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. The company had revenue of $6.80 billion for 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%.Booking’s revenue was up 16.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $41.90 earnings per share. Booking has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 209.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were issued a dividend of $9.60 per share. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.71%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Booking

In other Booking news, Director Larry Quinlan sold 64 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,511.80, for a total transaction of $352,755.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 131 shares in the company, valued at approximately $722,045.80. This trade represents a 32.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,291.98, for a total transaction of $79,379.70. Following the transaction, the director owned 732 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,873,729.36. This trade represents a 2.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 3,197 shares of company stock worth $17,260,963. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BKNG has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $6,250.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Evercore ISI raised their price target on Booking from $5,500.00 to $6,250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. DA Davidson raised their price target on Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Booking in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and eleven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Booking presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $5,808.81.

Booking 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.