Kintegral Advisory LLC Has $5 Million Holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Kintegral Advisory LLC decreased its position in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 4.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,007 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 47 shares during the quarter. Kintegral Advisory LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $5,003,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc acquired a new position in shares of Booking during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Booking in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Valley National Advisers Inc. raised its stake in Booking by 600.0% during the fourth quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 7 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 6 shares in the last quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Booking in the fourth quarter worth about $42,000. Finally, Addison Advisors LLC boosted its stake 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 purchasing an additional 4 shares in the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on BKNG shares. Argus cut shares of Booking from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. StockNews.com raised shares of Booking from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 9th. Mizuho increased their price target on Booking from $5,400.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on Booking from $3,940.00 to $4,510.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, B. Riley boosted their price target on Booking from $5,700.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Booking currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $5,370.43.

Booking Stock Down 0.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ BKNG opened at $4,989.22 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $165.14 billion, a PE ratio of 28.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.39. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $4,903.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4,551.96. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 12-month low of $3,180.00 and a 12-month high of $5,337.24.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $35.82 by $5.73. Booking had a net margin of 24.78% and a negative return on equity of 159.60%. The company had revenue of $5.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.18 billion. On average, equities analysts predict that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 207.62 earnings per share for the current year.

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.