Intuit Inc. $INTU Stock Position Trimmed by Public Sector Pension Investment Board

Public Sector Pension Investment Board decreased its position in Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) by 34.0% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 29,355 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 15,140 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s holdings in Intuit were worth $20,047,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Intuit during the second quarter worth approximately $3,268,830,000. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. bought a new stake in Intuit during the 1st quarter valued at $785,564,000. Winslow Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Intuit during the 2nd quarter worth $782,677,000. Swedbank AB grew its stake in shares of Intuit by 575.4% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 881,555 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $602,023,000 after purchasing an additional 751,027 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in shares of Intuit by 520.9% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 558,499 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $381,405,000 after purchasing an additional 468,547 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.66% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting 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

Intuit Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:INTU opened at $399.40 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $111.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.30, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.24. Intuit Inc. has a 1-year low of $389.32 and a 1-year high of $813.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 1.39. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $582.36 and a 200 day moving average price of $645.09.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $3.09 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $3.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.76 billion. Intuit had a return on equity of 23.52% and a net margin of 21.19%.The firm’s revenue was up 18.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.50 earnings per share. Intuit has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.680 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Intuit Inc. will post 14.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Intuit Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 16th. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were given a $1.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Intuit’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 32.81%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Richard L. Dalzell sold 333 shares of Intuit stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were 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 $8,893,486.20. This trade represents a 2.41% 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, CFO Sandeep Aujla sold 1,335 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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. This represents a 71.35% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 388,464 shares of company stock worth $255,514,393. Company insiders own 2.49% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on INTU. Daiwa Securities Group lifted their price objective on shares of Intuit from $770.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Intuit in a research note on Monday, January 12th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $720.00 price target for the company. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on shares of Intuit from $868.00 to $696.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Truist Financial initiated coverage on Intuit in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. They set a “buy” rating and a $739.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $700.00 price target (down from $840.00) on shares of Intuit in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Twenty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $772.42.

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.