Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Acquires 756 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH lifted its position in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 8.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,444 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 756 shares during the quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s holdings in Booking were worth $46,922,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Garner Asset Management Corp raised its stake in shares of Booking by 0.8% in the third quarter. Garner Asset Management Corp now owns 258 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,087,000 after acquiring an additional 2 shares during the period. Optimist Retirement Group LLC increased its stake in Booking by 2.2% in the third quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC now owns 91 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $383,000 after purchasing an additional 2 shares during the period. Quent Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 2.7% in the third quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 113 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $477,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares during the period. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in Booking by 23.1% in the third quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 16 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $67,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Booking by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 292 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,229,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares during the period. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of BKNG stock opened at $4,686.41 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $5,049.41 and a 200 day moving average of $4,391.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $155.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.41. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1 year low of $3,180.00 and a 1 year high of $5,337.24.

Booking Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were given a dividend of $8.75 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.75%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is presently 23.75%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on BKNG shares. Barclays upped their target price on Booking from $4,500.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $5,400.00 price target on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Booking from $3,940.00 to $4,510.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,850.00 to $5,522.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $4,997.64.

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.