Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. Acquires New Holdings in Expedia Group, Inc. $EXPE

Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,687 shares of the online travel company’s stock, valued at approximately $316,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Expedia Group during the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Expedia Group during the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. GFG Capital LLC acquired a new position in Expedia Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH acquired a new position in Expedia Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Park Square Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in Expedia Group during the first quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Institutional investors own 90.76% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Expedia Group news, CAO Lance A. Soliday sold 852 shares of Expedia Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.88, for a total transaction of $175,409.76. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 12,036 shares in the company, valued at $2,477,971.68. The trade was a 6.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Craig A. Jacobson sold 3,000 shares of Expedia Group stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $207.78, for a total transaction of $623,340.00. Following the sale, the director owned 33,858 shares in the company, valued at $7,035,015.24. This represents a 8.14% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 9,816 shares of company stock worth $2,009,132 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 9.13% of the company’s stock.

Expedia Group Trading Down 4.7%

Shares of Expedia Group stock opened at $215.65 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $216.91 and its 200-day simple moving average is $186.26. The company has a market cap of $26.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.43, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14. Expedia Group, Inc. has a 1 year low of $130.01 and a 1 year high of $240.98.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The online travel company reported $4.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.13 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $3.79 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.70 billion. Expedia Group had a net margin of 7.94% and a return on equity of 56.25%. Expedia Group’s quarterly revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.51 earnings per share. Expedia Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Expedia Group, Inc. will post 12.28 EPS for the current year.

Expedia Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 28th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 28th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Expedia Group’s payout ratio is currently 19.61%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

EXPE has been the topic of several analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Expedia Group from $211.00 to $212.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. Susquehanna increased their price target on Expedia Group from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Expedia Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Barclays increased their price target on Expedia Group from $190.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Benchmark increased their price target on Expedia Group from $215.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $211.89.

Expedia Group Profile

Expedia Group, Inc operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com.