Country Club Bank Has $939,000 Stock Position in Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG

Country Club Bank boosted its stake in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 165 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 4 shares during the period. Country Club Bank’s holdings in Booking were worth $939,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Booking during the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Atwood & Palmer Inc. acquired a new stake in Booking during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Keystone Global Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Booking during the 1st quarter worth approximately $32,000. O Brien Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Booking during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, First PREMIER Bank raised its holdings in Booking by 100.0% during the 2nd quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 6 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 3 shares during the period. 92.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Booking

In other Booking news, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,516.92, for a total transaction of $5,588,639.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 23,607 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $130,237,930.44. This trade represents a 4.11% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the director directly owned 747 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,108,500. This represents a 1.97% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 4,195 shares of company stock valued at $23,467,630 in the last quarter. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $6,250.00 price target on shares of Booking in a research note on Thursday, September 4th. Wedbush reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $5,900.00 price target on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Booking from $5,560.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $6,000.00 price target (up from $5,700.00) on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Booking from $5,418.00 to $5,443.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Booking currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,808.81.

Booking Trading Down 3.3%

NASDAQ:BKNG opened at $5,242.00 on Wednesday. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1-year low of $4,096.23 and a 1-year high of $5,839.41. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $5,512.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $5,312.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $169.89 billion, a PE ratio of 36.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.35.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 analysts’ expectations of $6.54 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $41.90 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. Booking has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 209.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Booking Dividend Announcement

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