DGS Capital Management LLC Has $542,000 Stock Holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

DGS Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 5.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 109 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 6 shares during the quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Booking were worth $542,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in BKNG. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Booking by 16.4% during the fourth 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 lifted its position in Booking by 55.9% in the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its stake in Booking by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 179,902 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $896,455,000 after purchasing an additional 8,735 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in Booking by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 39,597 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $166,787,000 after purchasing an additional 2,010 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cumberland Partners Ltd increased its holdings in Booking by 25.0% during the 3rd quarter. Cumberland Partners Ltd now owns 500 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,106,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Booking Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ BKNG opened at $4,764.89 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $5,028.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4,406.60. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 52 week low of $3,180.00 and a 52 week high of $5,337.24. The company has a market cap of $157.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.33, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.41.

Booking Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were paid a dividend of $8.75 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.73%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.75%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Citigroup increased their price target on Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Mizuho increased their target price on shares of Booking from $5,400.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Tigress Financial boosted their price target on shares of Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Argus lowered shares of Booking from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $4,600.00 target price on shares of Booking in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $4,997.64.

Booking Company 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.