Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Buy" by Brokerages

Moreover, Channing Capital Management Llc has 2.12% invested in the company for 1.45 million shares. The institutional investor held 19,522 shares of the life insurance company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $1.56M, down from 81,579 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Akanthos Capital Management Llc who had been investing in Brookdale Sr Living Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $1.38 billion market cap company.

The stock increased 0.62% or $0.22 during the last trading session, reaching $35.53. About 525,660 shares traded or 6.03% up from the average. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) has risen 133.80% since March 12, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 9.18% the S&P500.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co increased Priceline Group Inc/The (PCLN) stake by 128.77% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Douglass Winthrop Advisors Llc bought 790 shares as the company's stock rose 10.44% with the market. The institutional investor held 1.79 million shares of the auto manufacturing company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $21.41M, up from 10,192 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Myriad Asset Management Ltd who had been investing in Priceline Grp Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $92.94B market cap company. MKM Partners lowered Booking from a buy rating to a neutral rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $2,225.00 to $1,850.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 7th.

Shares of Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) traded up $20.53 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $2,170.61.

Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc, is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. It has outperformed by 27.93% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.03 in 2017 Q3. 1,653 were accumulated by Old Mutual Customised Solutions (Proprietary) Ltd. Massachusetts Fincl Company Ma holds 0.28% or 358,165 shares. It dived, as 53 investors sold FB shares while 618 reduced holdings. Blue Ridge Limited Com reported 98,500 shares.

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Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 27th. They expect $0.47 earnings per share, down 27.69% or $0.18 from last year's $0.65 per share. After $1.24 actual EPS reported by Torchmark Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 17.74% EPS growth.

Among 20 analysts covering Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO), 16 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 74% are positive. The stock has "Sector Perform" rating by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, February 9. The rating was maintained by Piper Jaffray on Friday, August 5 with "Overweight". The rating was maintained by Jefferies on Wednesday, February 7 with "Buy". The firm has "Hold" rating given on Monday, October 16 by Robert W. Baird. HAIN was included in 5 notes of analysts from September 15, 2016. Jefferies maintained Brookdale Senior Living Inc. The company was maintained on Wednesday, August 10 by Barclays Capital. The firm earned "Buy" rating on Wednesday, November 8 by BTIG Research. Argus cut Booking from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and raised their price target for the company from $1,459.49 to $1,739.71 in a report on Friday, December 1st.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.82 in Q3 2017. Its down 0.25, from 1.4 in 2017Q2. 93 funds opened positions while 306 raised stakes. Goldman Sachs Group owns 397,936 shares. Rosenbaum Jay D accumulated 580 shares or 2.03% of the stock. Moreover, Korea Invest has 0.17% invested in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLN). Susquehanna Interest Grp Ltd Liability Partnership invested 0.17% in Booking Holdings Inc. Strs Ohio stated it has 13,696 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Magellan Asset Limited stated it has 48 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Point72 Asia (Hong Kong) Ltd reported 10 shares. New York State Teachers Retirement System stated it has 83,324 shares. Fisher Asset Management Llc reported 0% in Booking Holdings Inc. Coldstream Management holds 12,441 shares or 0.08% of its portfolio. (NASDAQ:PCLN). Tiger Global Mngmt Limited Liability Corporation has 12.93% invested in Booking Holdings Inc. North Carolina-based Holderness Investments Com has invested 0.38% in Booking Holdings Inc.

Since September 15, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 6 insider sales for $1.65 million activity. (NASDAQ:PCLN) rating on Thursday, June 30.

(NASDAQ:BKNG) have been given a consensus recommendation of "Buy" by the thirty-two research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Therefore 0 are positive. F&M Bank had 58 analyst reports since August 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. RBC Capital Markets has "Hold" rating and $14.0 target. The firm earned "Neutral" rating on Friday, November 18 by Bank of America. Morgan Stanley maintained the shares of TMK in report on Monday, November 13 with "Underweight" rating. (NASDAQ:PCLN) rating on Wednesday, October 4. (NASDAQ:PCLN) rating on Tuesday, March 8. On Wednesday, August 9 the stock rating was maintained by Jefferies with "Buy". Shares for $273,080 were sold by Armstrong Steven R. on Wednesday, October 4. The stock has "Outperform" rating by Raymond James on Tuesday, January 5. $505,000 worth of Booking Holdings Inc.

Parus Finance Uk Ltd, which manages about $570.29 million US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Amazon Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 3,620 shares to 7,880 shares, valued at $7.58 million in 2017Q3, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) by 509,350 shares in the quarter, for a total of 3.75 million shares, and has risen its stake in Visa Inc (NYSE:V).

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