Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Purchases 210,042 Shares of Intuit Inc. $INTU

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) by 17.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,411,158 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 210,042 shares during the quarter. Intuit accounts for 0.6% of Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest position. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership owned about 0.51% of Intuit worth $963,694,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. NEOS Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Intuit by 63.8% in the third quarter. NEOS Investment Management LLC now owns 121,516 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $82,984,000 after acquiring an additional 47,330 shares during the period. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co lifted its position in Intuit by 8.7% during the third quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 45,058 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,771,000 after purchasing an additional 3,600 shares during the period. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in Intuit in the third quarter worth approximately $1,465,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its position in Intuit by 50.3% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 31,871 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $21,765,000 after purchasing an additional 10,661 shares during the period. Finally, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. grew its position in Intuit by 15.8% in the 3rd quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 47,629 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $32,526,000 after purchasing an additional 6,503 shares during the period. 83.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Intuit Price Performance

Shares of Intuit stock opened at $435.13 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $120.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.32. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $486.10 and its 200 day moving average is $602.18. Intuit Inc. has a one year low of $349.00 and a one year high of $813.70.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The software maker reported $4.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.68 by $0.47. The business had revenue of $4.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.53 billion. Intuit had a return on equity of 24.23% and a net margin of 21.57%.Intuit’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.32 earnings per share. Intuit has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 12.450-12.510 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 22.980-23.180 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Intuit Inc. will post 14.09 earnings per share for the current year.

Intuit Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be given a $1.20 dividend. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 9th. Intuit’s dividend payout ratio is presently 31.09%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Scott D. Cook sold 75,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $673.43, for a total value of $50,507,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,669,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,818,067,953.12. This represents a 1.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Sandeep Aujla sold 1,335 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $629.46, for a total transaction of $840,329.10. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 536 shares in the company, valued at $337,390.56. The trade was a 71.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 120,501 shares of company stock valued at $79,983,892. Company insiders own 2.49% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Intuit

Here are the key news stories impacting Intuit this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results and guidance remain supportive — Intuit reported better‑than‑expected Q4 earnings and gave FY/Q3 guidance that indicates continued high-margin growth, which underpins the company’s cash flow and longer‑term valuation. Q4 Earnings Outperformers: Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU)
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic AI partnership with Anthropic — Intuit and Anthropic are rolling out AI financial agents that combine Intuit’s proprietary financial data with advanced Claude models; this could accelerate product differentiation and retention across consumer and small‑business offerings. Intuit (INTU), Anthropic Partner to Launch AI Financial Agents
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrade — Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded Intuit, which may support sentiment among institutional holders. Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) Stock Rating Upgraded by Rothschild & Co Redburn
• Neutral Sentiment: Market/valuation focus amid share weakness — coverage is highlighting that recent price weakness is a function of valuation resetting and AI uncertainty rather than a single company-specific miss; this is keeping volatility elevated as investors re‑price growth optionality. Assessing Intuit (INTU) Valuation After Recent Share Price Weakness
• Neutral Sentiment: Retail/investor attention has increased — several trend and “what to know” pieces summarize catalysts and risks, which can boost trading volume but don’t change fundamentals by themselves. Here is What to Know Beyond Why Intuit Inc. (INTU) is a Trending Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling disclosed — Director Richard Dalzell sold small blocks of stock recently (two filings at ~$474 and ~$440 per share), which may be viewed negatively by some investors even though the sales are modest relative to total holdings. Richard L. Dalzell insider sale filings
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish technical/structural and valuation takes — several analysts and commentary pieces argue the stock faces structural/technical headwinds and that volatility/valuation risk could lead to further downside, which pressures sentiment and selling. Intuit Stock Faces Structural Trouble Despite Optimistic Calls
• Negative Sentiment: Calls to brace for more downside — opinion pieces note that despite solid revenue growth, AI uncertainty and stretched prior valuation could produce additional share‑price volatility. Intuit Stock Has Been Crushed This Year. How Much Further Could It Fall?

Analysts Set New Price Targets

INTU has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Intuit from $700.00 to $425.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Intuit from $850.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on Intuit from $720.00 to $519.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 27th. Susquehanna dropped their target price on Intuit from $819.00 to $720.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Oppenheimer reduced their price target on shares of Intuit from $696.00 to $558.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $634.26.

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.