Warren Street Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 7 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. $BKNG

Warren Street Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 10.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 75 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 7 shares during the period. Warren Street Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $434,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of BKNG. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Booking by 1,411.9% during the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 112,201 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $516,900,000 after acquiring an additional 104,780 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Booking by 79.4% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 154,206 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $695,259,000 after acquiring an additional 68,243 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its stake in shares of Booking by 182.2% in the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 104,643 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $482,081,000 after purchasing an additional 67,562 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Booking by 27.8% in the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 181,515 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $836,223,000 after purchasing an additional 39,523 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Booking by 19.7% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 213,529 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $983,707,000 after purchasing an additional 35,171 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Booking

In related news, 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 747 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,108,500. This trade represents a 1.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,476.89, for a total transaction of $5,548,089.57. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 24,620 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $134,841,031.80. This trade represents a 3.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 4,195 shares of company stock valued at $23,467,630. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of BKNG opened at $5,350.56 on Thursday. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1 year low of $4,060.98 and a 1 year high of $5,839.41. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $5,533.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5,285.05. The firm has a market cap of $173.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.35.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $6.54 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $41.90 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. Booking has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 209.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed 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. This represents a $38.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 5th. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.71%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on BKNG shares. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of Booking to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. B. Riley reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $6,700.00 price objective (up previously from $6,100.00) on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $5,750.00 price objective (up previously from $5,077.00) on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $6,200.00 price objective (up previously from $6,000.00) on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $5,807.89.

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.