QRG Capital Management Inc. Has $25.19 Million Stock Position in Intuit Inc. $INTU

QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTUFree Report) by 12.5% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 58,255 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,495 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Intuit were worth $25,188,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of INTU. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Intuit by 522.3% during the 4th quarter. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. now owns 51,697 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $34,852,000 after acquiring an additional 43,389 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of Intuit by 20.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,791,212 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,848,954,000 after purchasing an additional 471,451 shares in the last quarter. Vestcor Inc boosted its position in shares of Intuit by 79.1% during the 4th quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 20,717 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $13,723,000 after purchasing an additional 9,148 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in Intuit by 119.5% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 86,618 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $37,452,000 after purchasing an additional 47,148 shares during the period. Finally, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Intuit by 13.2% in the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 59,974 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $39,728,000 after purchasing an additional 6,999 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Intuit

In related news, Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 338 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $279.86, for a total value of $94,592.68. Following the sale, the director owned 12,326 shares in the company, valued at $3,449,554.36. This represents a 2.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Vasant M. Prabhu purchased 1,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $309.45 per share, for a total transaction of $386,812.50. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,250 shares in the company, valued at $386,812.50. This represents a ∞ increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,239 shares of company stock valued at $348,354 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 2.49% of the company’s stock.

Intuit Stock Performance

Shares of Intuit stock opened at $275.35 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $75.32 billion, a PE ratio of 16.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.00. Intuit Inc. has a 52 week low of $252.84 and a 52 week high of $813.70. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $325.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $433.75. 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 (NASDAQ:INTUGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The software maker reported $12.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $12.57 by $0.23. Intuit had a return on equity of 25.18% and a net margin of 21.91%.The company had revenue of $8.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $11.65 earnings per share. Intuit’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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 anticipate that Intuit Inc. will post 18.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Intuit Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 9th will be paid a $1.20 dividend. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 9th. Intuit’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 29.07%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Intuit from $550.00 to $412.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Intuit from $425.00 to $360.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Freedom Capital lowered shares of Intuit from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Scotiabank set a $575.00 target price on shares of Intuit in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Intuit from $650.00 to $550.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Twenty-two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $498.40.

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Intuit 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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