Long Road Investment Counsel LLC trimmed its position in shares of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU – Free Report) by 25.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 3,870 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 1,300 shares during the quarter. Long Road Investment Counsel LLC’s holdings in Intuit were worth $2,564,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of Intuit by 61.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,552 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,233,000 after acquiring an additional 1,350 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Intuit by 145.6% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 813 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $511,000 after acquiring an additional 482 shares in the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Intuit in the first quarter valued at $785,564,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Intuit by 23.1% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 886 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $698,000 after acquiring an additional 166 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Florida Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Intuit by 12.2% in the second quarter. Florida Financial Advisors LLC now owns 470 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $370,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. 83.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Intuit Stock Performance
NASDAQ:INTU opened at $393.29 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $108.76 billion, a PE ratio of 25.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.04. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $417.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $528.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.32. Intuit Inc. has a 12 month low of $342.11 and a 12 month high of $813.70.
Intuit Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were given a dividend of $1.20 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Intuit’s payout ratio is 31.09%.
Insider Activity at Intuit
In other news, Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 333 shares of Intuit stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $440.40, for a total transaction of $146,653.20. Following the sale, the director owned 13,253 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,836,621.20. The trade was a 2.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 2.49% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several analysts have recently issued reports on INTU shares. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on Intuit from $720.00 to $519.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Wall Street Zen cut Intuit from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Intuit from $725.00 to $440.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Northcoast Research raised Intuit from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $575.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, March 6th. Finally, Guggenheim set a $633.00 target price on Intuit in a report on Monday, March 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $634.26.
Check Out Our Latest Analysis on Intuit
About Intuit
Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU) is a financial software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, that develops and sells cloud-based financial management and compliance products for individuals, small businesses, self-employed workers and accounting professionals. Founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx, the company has grown from desktop tax and accounting software into a diversified provider of online financial tools. As of my latest update, Sasan Goodarzi serves as Chief Executive Officer.
Intuit’s product portfolio includes QuickBooks, its flagship accounting and business-management platform that offers bookkeeping, payroll, payments and invoicing capabilities; TurboTax, a tax-preparation and filing service aimed at individual taxpayers; and Mint, a consumer personal-finance and budgeting app.
Featured Articles
- Five stocks we like better than Intuit
- Before the Moon Base Gets Built, These 4 Companies Win
- Industrial Buybacks: Top Homebuilding Supplier Leads Buyback Increases
- 3 Stocks That Win If Inflation Surprises to the Downside
- MercadoLibre Boldly Invests in Growth: Discount Deepens
Want to see what other hedge funds are holding INTU? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU – Free Report).
Receive News & Ratings for Intuit Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Intuit and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
