New York State Teachers Retirement System Sells 1,774 Shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

New York State Teachers Retirement System lowered its stake in shares of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) by 5.4% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 30,902 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 1,774 shares during the quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in Booking were worth $153,534,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Jamison Private Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in Booking in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc bought a new stake in shares of Booking during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Valley National Advisers Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 600.0% during the 4th quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 7 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 6 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Addison Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Booking by 80.0% in the third quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 9 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 4 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Booking Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ BKNG opened at $5,008.70 on Friday. Booking Holdings Inc. has a one year low of $3,180.00 and a one year high of $5,337.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.77 billion, a PE ratio of 33.99, a PEG ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.39. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $4,930.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4,487.36.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on BKNG. Wedbush boosted their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Booking from $4,850.00 to $5,522.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. 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 research report on Monday, November 18th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $4,600.00 price target on shares of Booking in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,500.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given 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 target price 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.