X Square Capital LLC Purchases 153 Shares of Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE)

X Square Capital LLC raised its holdings in Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) by 1.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 10,659 shares of the online travel company’s stock after buying an additional 153 shares during the quarter. X Square Capital LLC’s holdings in Expedia Group were worth $1,986,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in EXPE. Greenleaf Trust lifted its holdings in shares of Expedia Group by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Greenleaf Trust now owns 2,520 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $470,000 after buying an additional 61 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Expedia Group by 2.1% in the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 2,980 shares of the online travel company’s stock worth $441,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. raised its position in shares of Expedia Group by 14.8% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 489 shares of the online travel company’s stock worth $91,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the period. Signet Financial Management LLC grew its holdings in Expedia Group by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Signet Financial Management LLC now owns 25,499 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $4,751,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the period. Finally, Metis Global Partners LLC grew its stake in Expedia Group by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 4,149 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $773,000 after acquiring an additional 74 shares during the period. 90.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Robert J. Dzielak sold 5,000 shares of Expedia Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.70, for a total transaction of $1,028,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 74,502 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,325,061.40. This trade represents a 6.29 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Dara Khosrowshahi sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $185.15, for a total value of $1,851,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 168,505 shares in the company, valued at $31,198,700.75. This trade represents a 5.60 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 25,000 shares of company stock valued at $4,577,900 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 6.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have commented on EXPE shares. Bank of America upgraded Expedia Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $187.00 to $221.00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 target price on shares of Expedia Group in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Melius raised Expedia Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 6th. B. Riley reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $235.00 price objective (up previously from $220.00) on shares of Expedia Group in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Expedia Group from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 15th. Nineteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $193.43.

Expedia Group Stock Down 2.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ EXPE opened at $169.07 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $21.79 billion, a PE ratio of 18.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.83. Expedia Group, Inc. has a 52-week low of $107.25 and a 52-week high of $207.73. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $182.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $173.61. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.87.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) last posted 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 net margin of 9.01% and a return on equity of 52.41%. Equities research analysts forecast that Expedia Group, Inc. will post 12.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Expedia Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th were given a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.95%. This is an increase from Expedia Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. Expedia Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 17.68%.

Expedia Group Company 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.