Bank Hapoalim BM Lowers Position in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Bank Hapoalim BM decreased its stake in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 10.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 76 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 9 shares during the quarter. Bank Hapoalim BM’s holdings in Booking were worth $378,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Jamison Private Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Booking in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc purchased a new stake in shares of Booking in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. West Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Booking during the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, Valley National Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in Booking by 600.0% in the 4th quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 7 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 6 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on BKNG. Truist Financial raised their price target on Booking from $4,100.00 to $4,700.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Booking from $5,500.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. B. Riley increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,650.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $3,940.00 to $4,510.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Tigress Financial increased their price objective 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. Ten 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Booking has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $5,044.43.

Booking Trading Down 0.3 %

NASDAQ:BKNG opened at $4,678.94 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 cap of $154.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.39. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $4,983.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $4,442.11.

Booking 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.