Waldron Private Wealth LLC Purchases 415 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Waldron Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 103.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 816 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 415 shares during the quarter. Waldron Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $4,054,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Booking by 342,723.5% during the 3rd 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. International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Booking during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $5,322,600,000. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Booking during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $207,089,000. Harvard Management Co. Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Booking during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $155,427,000. Finally, Claro Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Booking by 16,668.9% in the 3rd quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 15,092 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $63,569,000 after acquiring an additional 15,002 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

BKNG has been the subject of a number of research reports. Mizuho increased their price objective on Booking from $5,400.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Wedbush lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Baird R W upgraded shares of Booking to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Booking from $5,050.00 to $5,550.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Booking from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 9th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,044.43.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BKNG opened at $4,737.56 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $5,000.97 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $4,426.92. The company has a market capitalization of $156.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.15, a P/E/G ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.41. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1-year low of $3,180.00 and a 1-year high of $5,337.24.

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.