ST Germain D J Co. Inc. Makes New $153,000 Investment in Expedia Group, Inc. $EXPE

ST Germain D J Co. Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 908 shares of the online travel company’s stock, valued at approximately $153,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Expedia Group by 10.2% during the first quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC now owns 29,950 shares of the online travel company’s stock worth $5,051,000 after buying an additional 2,776 shares during the last quarter. OMNI 360 Wealth Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Expedia Group in the 2nd quarter valued at $325,000. Praxis Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Expedia Group by 63.5% in the 1st quarter. Praxis Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,610 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $775,000 after purchasing an additional 1,790 shares during the last quarter. Korea Investment CORP lifted its stake in shares of Expedia Group by 55.1% in the 1st quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 177,934 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $29,911,000 after purchasing an additional 63,244 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Monument Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Expedia Group in the 1st quarter valued at $2,261,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.76% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on EXPE shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $200.00 price target on shares of Expedia Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of Expedia Group in a research note on Tuesday, September 9th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $210.00 price target on Expedia Group in a research note on Monday, August 11th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Expedia Group from $182.00 to $209.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Truist Financial decreased their target price on Expedia Group from $175.00 to $168.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $207.77.

Expedia Group Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of EXPE stock opened at $222.87 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14. Expedia Group, Inc. has a twelve month low of $130.01 and a twelve month high of $229.00. The company has a market capitalization of $27.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.57. The business’s 50 day moving average is $206.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $179.45.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The online travel company reported $4.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.13 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $3.79 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.70 billion. Expedia Group had a return on equity of 56.25% and a net margin of 7.94%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.51 earnings per share. Expedia Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Expedia Group, Inc. will post 12.28 EPS for the current year.

Expedia Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 28th were given a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 28th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Expedia Group’s payout ratio is currently 19.61%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Expedia Group

In other Expedia Group news, insider Robert J. Dzielak sold 2,658 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.57, for a total transaction of $546,405.06. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 74,417 shares in the company, valued at $15,297,902.69. This represents a 3.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Lance A. Soliday sold 852 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.88, for a total value of $175,409.76. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 12,036 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,477,971.68. This represents a 6.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 9,816 shares of company stock valued at $2,009,132. Company insiders own 9.13% of the company’s stock.

Expedia Group Company Profile

Expedia Group, Inc operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com.