LPL Financial LLC Grows Holdings in Intuit Inc. $INTU

LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTUFree Report) by 1.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 245,971 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,159 shares during the quarter. LPL Financial LLC owned about 0.09% of Intuit worth $162,936,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of INTU. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Intuit in the 4th quarter valued at $3,058,407,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its position in Intuit by 183.8% in the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,999,737 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,365,640,000 after purchasing an additional 1,295,199 shares during the last quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. purchased a new stake in Intuit in the 1st quarter valued at $785,564,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Intuit by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 28,621,990 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $19,546,243,000 after purchasing an additional 914,024 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in Intuit by 20.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,791,212 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,848,954,000 after purchasing an additional 471,451 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.66% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently commented on INTU shares. KeyCorp reduced their price target on shares of Intuit from $520.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Intuit from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Intuit from $440.00 to $360.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna cut their price objective on shares of Intuit from $640.00 to $550.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group cut their price objective on shares of Intuit from $640.00 to $500.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Twenty-four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intuit has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $514.58.

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Insider Activity

In related news, Director Vasant M. Prabhu acquired 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $309.71 per share, for a total transaction of $154,855.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 1,750 shares in the company, valued at approximately $541,992.50. The trade was a 40.00% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 2.49% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Intuit Stock Performance

NASDAQ:INTU opened at $284.22 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $77.75 billion, a PE ratio of 17.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 0.98. Intuit Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $281.93 and a fifty-two week high of $813.70. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $369.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is $478.11. The company has a quick ratio of 1.45, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTUGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The software maker reported $12.80 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $12.57 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $8.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.54 billion. Intuit had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 25.18%. The firm’s revenue was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $11.65 EPS. Intuit has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.560-3.620 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 23.800-23.850 EPS. Analysts expect that Intuit Inc. will post 18.18 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Intuit Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $1.20 per share. This represents a $4.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 9th. Intuit’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.07%.

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Intuit Profile

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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.

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