Insider Selling: Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) Director Sells 284 Shares of Stock

Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTUGet Free Report) Director Richard Dalzell sold 284 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total transaction of $80,144.80. Following the sale, the director owned 12,042 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,398,252.40. This represents a 2.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Intuit Trading Down 4.2%

Shares of NASDAQ INTU traded down $11.91 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $269.08. 4,689,469 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,340,387. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $354.99 and a 200 day simple moving average of $465.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $73.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.30, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 1.45 and a current ratio of 1.45. Intuit Inc. has a twelve month low of $268.01 and a twelve month high of $813.70.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTUGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The software maker reported $12.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $12.57 by $0.23. The business had revenue of $8.56 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.54 billion. Intuit had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 25.18%. The business’s revenue was up 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $11.65 EPS. Intuit has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.560-3.620 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 23.800-23.850 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Intuit Inc. will post 18.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Intuit Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 9th will be issued a dividend of $1.20 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 9th. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. Intuit’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.07%.

Intuit News Roundup

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Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intuit

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in INTU. Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new position in Intuit in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management purchased a new position in Intuit in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in Intuit by 75.0% in the 1st quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 70 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Whipplewood Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Intuit in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, CrossGen Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Intuit in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.66% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on INTU shares. TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Intuit from $576.00 to $504.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 21st. BNP Paribas Exane dropped their target price on shares of Intuit from $463.00 to $315.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Intuit from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $275.00 target price on shares of Intuit in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on shares of Intuit from $600.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Twenty-four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Intuit presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $511.35.

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Intuit Company Profile

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Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU) is a financial software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, that develops and sells cloud-based financial management and compliance products for individuals, small businesses, self-employed workers and accounting professionals. Founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx, the company has grown from desktop tax and accounting software into a diversified provider of online financial tools. As of my latest update, Sasan Goodarzi serves as Chief Executive Officer.

Intuit’s product portfolio includes QuickBooks, its flagship accounting and business-management platform that offers bookkeeping, payroll, payments and invoicing capabilities; TurboTax, a tax-preparation and filing service aimed at individual taxpayers; and Mint, a consumer personal-finance and budgeting app.

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