Dunhill Financial LLC Has $654,000 Stock Holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Dunhill Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 155 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 3 shares during the quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $654,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Garner Asset Management Corp increased its holdings in Booking by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Garner Asset Management Corp now owns 258 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,087,000 after purchasing an additional 2 shares in the last quarter. American National Bank raised its holdings in shares of Booking by 3.7% in the second quarter. American National Bank now owns 84 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $333,000 after buying an additional 3 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Booking by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 96 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $380,000 after buying an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Jacobsen Capital Management grew its holdings in Booking by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Jacobsen Capital Management now owns 191 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $757,000 after acquiring an additional 3 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC grew its holdings in Booking by 2.9% during the 2nd quarter. Optas LLC now owns 107 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $424,000 after acquiring an additional 3 shares during the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wedbush upped their target price on shares of Booking from $3,900.00 to $4,750.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Baird R W raised Booking to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Tigress Financial lifted their target price on Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $3,590.00 price target on shares of Booking in a research note on Monday, October 7th. Finally, JMP Securities boosted their price objective on Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,400.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $4,837.17.

Booking Trading Up 0.2 %

BKNG opened at $5,300.34 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $175.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.41. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 12 month low of $3,177.16 and a 12 month high of $5,337.20. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $4,705.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4,143.70.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $8.75 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.66%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.75%.

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.