Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG Shares Sold by Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V.

Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. lessened its stake in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 3.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,302 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 500 shares during the quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V.’s holdings in Booking were worth $71,219,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wedmont Private Capital boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 531 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,010,000 after purchasing an additional 32 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,064 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $40,895,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 7.1% during the 2nd quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 181 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,050,000 after acquiring an additional 12 shares in the last quarter. Sovran Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Booking during the 2nd quarter valued at $594,000. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 25.0% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 165 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $955,000 after acquiring an additional 33 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,500.00, for a total value of $82,500.00. Following the sale, the director owned 747 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,108,500. This trade represents a 1.97% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Larry Quinlan sold 64 shares of Booking stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,511.80, for a total value of $352,755.20. Following the sale, the director directly owned 131 shares in the company, valued at $722,045.80. The trade was a 32.82% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 4,195 shares of company stock valued at $23,467,630. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on BKNG shares. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of Booking from $5,500.00 to $6,250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and set a $6,000.00 target price (up previously from $5,700.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of Booking from $6,000.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,360.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 4th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $5,808.81.

Booking Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ BKNG opened at $5,553.70 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $180.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.39. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 12-month low of $3,985.57 and a 12-month high of $5,839.41. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $5,581.82 and its 200 day simple moving average is $5,225.67.

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

Booking Dividend Announcement

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

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.