Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC Has $2.22 Million Position in Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG

Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 2.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 384 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 11 shares during the quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $2,223,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Booking during the first quarter worth about $28,000. Atwood & Palmer Inc. bought a new position in shares of Booking during the second quarter worth about $29,000. Keystone Global Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking during the 1st quarter valued at $32,000. O Brien Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking during the 2nd quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, First PREMIER Bank raised its holdings in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Booking

In other news, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of Booking stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director owned 747 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,108,500. The trade was a 1.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Larry Quinlan sold 64 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,587.11, for a total value of $357,575.04. Following the transaction, the director owned 195 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,089,486.45. This represents a 24.71% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 4,195 shares of company stock worth $23,467,630. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on BKNG. Evercore ISI upped their target price on Booking from $5,500.00 to $6,250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $6,000.00 target price (up previously from $5,700.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $6,200.00 target price (up previously from $6,000.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Booking from $5,418.00 to $5,443.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating and eleven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Booking has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,808.81.

Booking Price Performance

Booking stock opened at $5,164.93 on Friday. Booking Holdings Inc. has a one year low of $4,096.23 and a one year high of $5,839.41. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $5,492.50 and a 200-day moving average price of $5,321.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $167.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.92, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.35.

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

Booking Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 0.7%. Booking’s payout ratio is currently 26.71%.

Booking Company 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.