Booking.com
BKNG
1,117 hedge funds and large institutions have $85.6B invested in Booking.com in 2018 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 84 funds opening new positions, 399 increasing their positions, 445 reducing their positions, and 100 closing their positions.
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $89.5B → $85.6B (-$3.93B)
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,141 → 1,117 (-24)
3% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 76 → 74 (-2)
10% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 399 | Existing positions reduced: 445
16% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 84 | Existing positions closed: 100
31.91% less ownership
Funds ownership: 2,304.39% → 2,272.48% (-32%)
33% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $3.98B | Put options by funds: $5.96B
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dodge & Cox
San Francisco,
California
|
+$833M |
| 2 |
Capital International Investors
Los Angeles,
California
|
+$479M |
| 3 |
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
|
+$470M |
| 4 |
SCP
Soroban Capital Partners
New York
|
+$349M |
| 5 |
State Street
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$332M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
T. Rowe Price Associates
Baltimore,
Maryland
|
-$1.18B |
| 2 |
Capital World Investors
Los Angeles,
California
|
-$1.12B |
| 3 |
LPC
Lone Pine Capital
Greenwich,
Connecticut
|
-$1.08B |
| 4 |
Fidelity Investments
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$482M |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$401M |
BKNG Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2018 in Review
1,117 of the 4,374 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Booking.com (BKNG) for Q3 2018, worth a combined $85.6B — down 4.4% from $89.5B a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 100 funds closed out of BKNG and 84 opened new positions — a net loss of 16 holders — while 445 trimmed existing stakes and 399 added.
The largest buyer was Dodge & Cox, adding an estimated $833M. The largest seller was T. Rowe Price Associates, cutting an estimated $1.18B.
- 1,117 institutional investors held Booking.com (BKNG) as of Q3 2018, down from 1,141 in Q2 2018.
- Funds reported $85.6B of Booking.com stock for Q3 2018, down 4.4% quarter-over-quarter.
- 84 funds opened new Booking.com positions in Q3 2018 and 100 closed out, a net change of -16 holders.
- The largest Booking.com buyer in Q3 2018 was Dodge & Cox, an estimated $833M added.
- The largest Booking.com seller in Q3 2018 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $1.18B sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2018.