Inspire Advisors LLC Acquires New Position in Viking Holdings Ltd. $VIK

Inspire Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Viking Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:VIK) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 12,975 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $807,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VIK. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Viking by 400.3% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 10,577,113 shares of the company’s stock worth $563,654,000 after buying an additional 8,462,947 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its holdings in Viking by 80.3% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 8,117,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $504,601,000 after acquiring an additional 3,615,969 shares in the last quarter. Holocene Advisors LP raised its position in Viking by 57.9% during the second quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 5,706,427 shares of the company’s stock worth $304,095,000 after acquiring an additional 2,092,729 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Viking during the second quarter worth about $236,911,000. Finally, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in shares of Viking by 2.1% in the second quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 2,198,739 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,171,000 after purchasing an additional 44,540 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.84% of the company’s stock.

Viking News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Viking this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains constructive: independent coverage shows an average “Moderate Buy” rating on Viking, reinforcing expectations for continued demand recovery and supporting medium-term upside. Viking Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:VIK) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts
• Positive Sentiment: Operational strategy spotlight: Travel Weekly’s piece on Viking’s ship-design repetition highlights the company’s standardized, scalable fleet approach — a potential structural advantage for cost control, operational reliability and consistent guest experience that can support margins and repeat bookings. Viking’s ship design strategy: Strength is in repetition
• Neutral Sentiment: Viral/AI video fact checks: multiple outlets report that a circulating clip showing immigration agents chasing a “Viking” is AI-generated and not connected to Viking Holdings (the cruise company). This is noise rather than company news and should have limited impact on fundamentals. Fact check: Viral video of ICE agents chasing Viking man on streets is AI-generated
• Neutral Sentiment: Social-media confusion: a Biden adviser reportedly deleted a post after being duped by the same AI clip; additional human-interest pieces (e.g., “Viking in bathtub” reports) are trending but unrelated to the company’s operations. Expect these to be reputational noise only. Biden adviser deletes X post after getting duped by AI clip of ICE chasing a Viking through the streets of Minnesota

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VIK has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Barclays boosted their price target on Viking from $62.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Viking in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Viking from $74.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Mizuho set a $59.00 price target on shares of Viking in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Viking from $69.00 to $79.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Viking currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $67.19.

Viking Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of NYSE VIK opened at $69.46 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.68, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.63. Viking Holdings Ltd. has a 1 year low of $31.79 and a 1 year high of $74.61. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $68.41 and its 200-day simple moving average is $62.87. The firm has a market cap of $30.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.46, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.07.

Viking (NYSE:VIK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The company reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.01. Viking had a return on equity of 716.92% and a net margin of 15.53%.The firm had revenue of $2 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. Viking’s quarterly revenue was up 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Viking Holdings Ltd. will post 1.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Viking Company Profile

Viking Holdings Ltd engages in the passenger shipping and other forms of passenger transport in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through River and Ocean segments. The company also operates as a tour entrepreneur for passengers and related activities in tourism. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of 92 ships, including 81 river vessels comprising 58 Longships, 10 smaller classes based on the Longship design, 11 other river vessels, and 1 river vessel charter and the Viking Mississippi; 9 ocean ships; and 2 expedition ships.