Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. increased its position in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) by 5.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,282 shares of the business services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc.'s holdings in Booking were worth $6,372,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of BKNG. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking in the 3rd quarter valued at about $203,000. Ledyard National Bank bought a new stake in shares of Booking in the 3rd quarter valued at about $265,000. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Booking by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 436 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,837,000 after purchasing an additional 32 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Booking by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 752 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $3,169,000 after purchasing an additional 8 shares during the period. Finally, Eastern Bank raised its holdings in shares of Booking by 82.4% in the 3rd quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 124 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $522,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
BKNG has been the topic of a number of research reports. Baird R W upgraded shares of Booking to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on shares of Booking from $4,900.00 to $5,200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Booking from $3,940.00 to $4,510.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Booking from $4,657.00 to $4,470.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Argus lowered shares of Booking from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $5,044.43.
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NASDAQ BKNG opened at $5,110.60 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $169.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.68, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.39. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $4,913.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4,537.47. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1 year low of $3,180.00 and a 1 year high of $5,337.24.
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.
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