Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) Shares Bought by Savant Capital LLC

Savant Capital LLC grew its holdings in Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) by 269.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 6,596 shares of the online travel company’s stock after buying an additional 4,812 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Expedia Group were worth $1,229,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Windacre Partnership LLC grew its stake in Expedia Group by 49.5% during the 3rd quarter. Windacre Partnership LLC now owns 4,323,700 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $639,994,000 after purchasing an additional 1,431,500 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Expedia Group by 22.5% during the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 3,250,710 shares of the online travel company’s stock worth $481,170,000 after purchasing an additional 596,510 shares during the period. Alkeon Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Expedia Group by 46.3% during the third quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC now owns 1,576,472 shares of the online travel company’s stock worth $233,349,000 after purchasing an additional 498,934 shares during the period. KBC Group NV boosted its position in Expedia Group by 326.9% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 293,482 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $54,685,000 after buying an additional 224,732 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its position in Expedia Group by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 1,689,485 shares of the online travel company’s stock worth $250,078,000 after buying an additional 144,579 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.76% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently commented on EXPE shares. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Expedia Group from $137.00 to $156.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Hsbc Global Res raised Expedia Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. StockNews.com raised Expedia Group from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Baird R W upgraded Expedia Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Expedia Group from $165.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Nineteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $192.64.

Expedia Group Stock Down 0.4 %

EXPE stock opened at $202.38 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.03. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $183.58 and a two-hundred day moving average of $162.44. Expedia Group, Inc. has a 12 month low of $107.25 and a 12 month high of $207.73. The company has a market cap of $25.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.36, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.82.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The online travel company reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.06 by ($0.22). Expedia Group had a return on equity of 55.42% and a net margin of 9.01%. As a group, analysts forecast that Expedia Group, Inc. will post 10.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Expedia Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.79%. This is a positive change from Expedia Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.

Insider Activity at Expedia Group

In related news, Director Dara Khosrowshahi sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.79, for a total value of $1,697,900.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 158,505 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,912,563.95. This represents a 5.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Robert J. Dzielak sold 1,951 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.00, for a total value of $351,180.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 85,250 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,345,000. This trade represents a 2.24 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 21,951 shares of company stock valued at $3,900,580. 6.80% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Expedia Group Profile

Expedia Group, Inc operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com.