Vanguard Group Inc. Has $19.55 Billion Stake in Intuit Inc. $INTU

Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 28,621,990 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 914,024 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned about 10.27% of Intuit worth $19,546,243,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co boosted 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 worth $30,771,000 after purchasing an additional 3,600 shares during the period. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intuit during the 3rd quarter worth about $1,465,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Intuit by 50.3% during the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 31,871 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $21,765,000 after buying an additional 10,661 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its stake in Intuit by 11.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 145,211 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $99,166,000 after buying an additional 15,471 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MUFG Securities EMEA plc bought a new position in Intuit in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,733,000. 83.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Intuit

Here are the key news stories impacting Intuit this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intuit launched a new AI-powered “Construction Edition” for its Intuit Enterprise Suite aimed at mid-sized construction firms — a targeted vertical push that could expand enterprise bookings and stickier ARR. Article Title Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary argues Intuit is well-positioned to survive the so‑called “SaaS‑pocalypse,” supporting a longer-term bull case on durable subscription cash flows and AI-driven product differentiation. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: BMO Capital kept an Outperform rating on INTU but reduced its price target significantly (reported coverage and commentary); the maintained rating is supportive, but the lower target signals tempered near‑term upside expectations. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Several market pieces (Zacks, Motley Fool) debate whether Intuit is a buying opportunity or overhyped — useful context for sentiment-driven flows but not immediate catalysts. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest data feeds show anomalous “0 shares / NaN” values for February — likely a reporting/data error rather than a real change in short positioning, but noisy headlines can stoke volatility.
• Negative Sentiment: Unusual options activity: traders bought ~184k put contracts in a single session (a very large spike vs. average), indicating elevated bearish hedging/speculation that can pressure the stock via sentiment and gamma trading dynamics.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrades and lower price targets have coincided with Intuit sliding to a new 52‑week low in recent sessions — explicit near‑term negative catalyst that likely amplified selling pressure. Article Title Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/headline risk: an employee lawsuit alleging discriminatory labeling over DEI hiring adds reputational and potential legal risk that can weigh on sentiment if it escalates. Article Title

Analyst Ratings Changes

INTU has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on Intuit from $810.00 to $624.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Intuit in a research note on Monday, January 12th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $720.00 price target for the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded Intuit from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, January 11th. TD Cowen reduced their target price on shares of Intuit from $802.00 to $658.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group raised their price target on shares of Intuit from $770.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Twenty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $772.42.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intuit news, CFO Sandeep Aujla sold 1,335 shares of Intuit stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $629.46, for a total value of $840,329.10. Following the transaction, 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 333 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $659.95, for a total value of $219,763.35. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 13,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,893,486.20. The trade was a 2.41% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 388,464 shares of company stock valued at $255,514,393 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 2.49% of the company’s stock.

Intuit Stock Up 0.4%

INTU stock opened at $399.40 on Monday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $582.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $642.81. The company has a market cap of $111.14 billion, a PE ratio of 27.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. Intuit Inc. has a 52 week low of $389.32 and a 52 week high of $813.70.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 20th. The software maker reported $3.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.09 by $0.25. Intuit had a net margin of 21.19% and a return on equity of 23.52%. The business had revenue of $3.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.76 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.50 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.3% on a year-over-year basis. Intuit has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.680 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Intuit Inc. will post 14.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Intuit Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th were issued a dividend of $1.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Intuit’s payout ratio is 32.81%.

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.