Childress Capital Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Childress Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 2.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 126 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 3 shares during the period. Childress Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $625,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of BKNG. Garner Asset Management Corp grew its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 2 shares during the last quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC grew its stake in Booking by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC now owns 91 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $383,000 after acquiring an additional 2 shares during the last quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Booking by 23.1% during the 3rd 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. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Booking by 1.0% in the third quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 292 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,229,000 after acquiring an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Procyon Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Booking by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC now owns 266 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,121,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Booking Stock Down 0.9 %

BKNG stock opened at $4,692.90 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $155.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $4,992.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $4,436.74. Booking Holdings Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $3,180.00 and a fifty-two week high of $5,337.24.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on shares of Booking from $4,200.00 to $4,300.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and set a $5,400.00 target price on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Tigress Financial raised their price target on shares of Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $4,600.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Booking from $3,560.00 to $4,900.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average 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.