Kintegral Advisory LLC Sells 2 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG

Kintegral Advisory LLC lessened its holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 0.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,002 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 2 shares during the period. Kintegral Advisory LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $5,801,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in Booking by 34.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 251 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,249,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Booking in the fourth quarter valued at $209,000. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC increased its stake in Booking by 9.8% in the first quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC now owns 56 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $258,000 after acquiring an additional 5 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its stake in Booking by 13.2% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 513 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,363,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC increased its stake in Booking by 45.8% in the first quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 191 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $881,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Booking news, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,500.00, for a total value of $82,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 747 shares in the company, valued at $4,108,500. This trade represents a 1.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Larry Quinlan sold 64 shares of Booking stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,511.80, for a total transaction of $352,755.20. Following the transaction, the director owned 131 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $722,045.80. The trade was a 32.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 4,195 shares of company stock worth $23,467,630 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BKNG has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of Booking in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Erste Group Bank raised Booking from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Booking from $5,418.00 to $5,443.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Finally, BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $6,250.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $5,808.81.

Booking Price Performance

NASDAQ BKNG opened at $5,164.93 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $167.40 billion, a PE ratio of 35.92, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.35. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1 year low of $4,096.23 and a 1 year high of $5,839.41. The business’s 50-day moving average is $5,492.50 and its 200 day moving average is $5,325.09.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. Booking had a net margin of 19.23% and a negative return on equity of 134.19%. The business had revenue of $6.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.54 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $41.90 earnings per share. Booking’s quarterly revenue was up 16.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Booking has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 209.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were issued a $9.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.71%.

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.