Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. Sells 15 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. lessened its holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 9.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 139 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 15 shares during the period. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC.’s holdings in Booking were worth $691,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc purchased a new stake in Booking in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Valley National Advisers Inc. lifted its stake in Booking by 600.0% in the 4th quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 7 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 6 shares in the last quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Booking in the fourth quarter worth $42,000. Finally, Addison Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Booking by 80.0% in the 3rd quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 9 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 4 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Booking Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of Booking stock opened at $5,044.40 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $4,919.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $4,510.94. The company has a market cap of $166.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.23, a PEG ratio of 1.65 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on BKNG. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price target on shares of Booking from $5,100.00 to $4,900.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on Booking from $4,657.00 to $4,470.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on Booking from $4,200.00 to $4,300.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 22nd. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,005.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Booking from $3,940.00 to $4,510.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Booking currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,044.43.

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.