Saturna Capital Corp Decreases Holdings in Intuit Inc. $INTU

Saturna Capital Corp reduced its holdings in shares of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTUFree Report) by 68.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,568 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 5,647 shares during the quarter. Saturna Capital Corp’s holdings in Intuit were worth $1,110,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Intuit by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 28,918,438 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $19,156,152,000 after purchasing an additional 296,448 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in Intuit by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,062,848 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $8,653,092,000 after purchasing an additional 180,069 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Intuit by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,614,539 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,369,488,000 after purchasing an additional 87,451 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Intuit by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,100,857 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,378,912,000 after buying an additional 60,910 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Intuit in the 4th quarter valued at $3,058,407,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intuit news, Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 284 shares of Intuit stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $262.32, for a total value of $74,498.88. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 11,758 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,084,358.56. This trade represents a 2.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Vasant M. Prabhu purchased 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were bought at an average price of $309.71 per share, with a total value of $154,855.00. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 1,750 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,992.50. The trade was a 40.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,239 shares of company stock valued at $348,354 over the last ninety days. 2.49% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Intuit News Summary

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on INTU. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Intuit from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on shares of Intuit from $600.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. KeyCorp dropped their price objective on Intuit from $520.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $400.00 target price on shares of Intuit in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane reduced their target price on Intuit from $463.00 to $315.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $468.84.

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Intuit Stock Performance

Shares of Intuit stock opened at $289.92 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $299.25 and its 200-day simple moving average is $399.41. Intuit Inc. has a 12 month low of $252.84 and a 12 month high of $813.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $79.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.56, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 1.45.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTUGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The software maker reported $12.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $12.57 by $0.23. Intuit had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 25.18%. The company had revenue of $8.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.54 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $11.65 EPS. 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 forecast that Intuit Inc. will post 18.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Intuit Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 9th were paid a dividend of $1.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 9th. This represents a $4.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. Intuit’s dividend payout ratio is currently 29.07%.

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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