Asset Management One Co. Ltd. Increases Stock Position in Expedia Group, Inc. $EXPE

Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) by 1.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 50,822 shares of the online travel company’s stock after purchasing an additional 772 shares during the quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Expedia Group were worth $8,573,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Expedia Group by 2.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,201,811 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $2,555,424,000 after purchasing an additional 394,147 shares in the last quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Expedia Group by 20.2% in the 1st quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC now owns 2,375,276 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $399,284,000 after purchasing an additional 398,804 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Expedia Group by 174.0% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,444,283 shares of the online travel company’s stock valued at $235,592,000 after purchasing an additional 917,192 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Expedia Group in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $227,174,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in shares of Expedia Group by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,331,482 shares of the online travel company’s stock worth $223,822,000 after acquiring an additional 55,575 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.76% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Expedia Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Expedia Group from $211.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Expedia Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Benchmark lifted their price objective on Expedia Group from $215.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Wedbush lifted their price objective on Expedia Group from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Expedia Group currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $214.29.

Expedia Group Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of EXPE opened at $222.50 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $217.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of $187.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 0.75. The company has a market capitalization of $27.53 billion, a PE ratio of 27.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.56. Expedia Group, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $130.01 and a fifty-two week high of $240.98.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The online travel company reported $4.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.13 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $3.79 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.70 billion. Expedia Group had a return on equity of 56.25% and a net margin of 7.94%.Expedia Group’s revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.51 EPS. Expedia Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Expedia Group, Inc. will post 12.28 EPS for the current year.

Expedia Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 28th were issued a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 28th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Expedia Group’s payout ratio is 19.61%.

Insider Transactions at Expedia Group

In other news, Director Craig A. Jacobson sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $207.78, for a total transaction of $623,340.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 33,858 shares in the company, valued at $7,035,015.24. This represents a 8.14% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Robert J. Dzielak sold 2,658 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.57, for a total value of $546,405.06. Following the sale, the insider owned 74,417 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,297,902.69. The trade was a 3.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 9,816 shares of company stock worth $2,009,132 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 9.13% of the company’s stock.

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.