Quent Capital LLC Buys 35 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Quent Capital LLC boosted its stake in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 31.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 148 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. Quent Capital LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $736,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. raised its holdings in Booking by 16.4% during the 4th quarter. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 1,876 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $9,321,000 after buying an additional 264 shares during the last quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV raised its stake in shares of Booking by 55.9% during the third quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 931 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,921,000 after acquiring an additional 334 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its stake in shares of Booking by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 179,902 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $896,455,000 after acquiring an additional 8,735 shares during the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. grew its stake in shares of Booking by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 5,869 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $29,160,000 after purchasing an additional 368 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Booking by 5.3% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 39,597 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $166,787,000 after purchasing an additional 2,010 shares during the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Booking Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of BKNG opened at $4,897.32 on Wednesday. Booking Holdings Inc. has a twelve month low of $3,180.00 and a twelve month high of $5,337.24. The company has a market capitalization of $162.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.39. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $4,941.29 and a 200 day moving average of $4,475.19.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BKNG has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $4,600.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Robert W. Baird started coverage on Booking in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $5,850.00 price target for the company. Wedbush boosted their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,600.00 to $5,000.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Ten equities 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Booking presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $5,044.43.

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.