Certuity LLC Sells 17 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Certuity LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 4.8% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 334 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 17 shares during the period. Certuity LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $1,661,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. increased its position in shares of Booking by 16.4% during the fourth quarter. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 1,876 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $9,321,000 after acquiring an additional 264 shares in the last quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV boosted its holdings in Booking by 55.9% in the 3rd quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 931 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,921,000 after buying an additional 334 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in Booking by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 179,902 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $896,455,000 after buying an additional 8,735 shares in the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 5,869 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $29,160,000 after purchasing an additional 368 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in Booking by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 39,597 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $166,787,000 after buying an additional 2,010 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently issued reports on BKNG. Barclays raised their price objective on Booking from $4,500.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on Booking from $4,205.00 to $5,155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of Booking from $4,850.00 to $5,522.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Tigress Financial lifted their price target on Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Booking from $5,050.00 to $5,550.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Ten research 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,044.43.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BKNG opened at $4,897.32 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $162.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.39. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $4,941.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $4,475.19. Booking Holdings Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $3,180.00 and a fifty-two week high of $5,337.24.

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.