Wedbush Predicts Booking’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Booking in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $44.33 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $49.27. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $5,500.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Booking’s Q3 2025 earnings at $88.67 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $41.54 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $190.96 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on BKNG. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Booking from $5,155.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $5,400.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. StockNews.com cut shares of Booking from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Booking from $5,560.00 to $5,960.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Booking from $5,248.00 to $4,567.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $5,278.66.

Booking Stock Up 0.7 %

NASDAQ BKNG opened at $4,573.31 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $4,695.61 and a 200-day moving average price of $4,771.47. The firm has a market cap of $150.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.37. Booking has a twelve month low of $3,180.00 and a twelve month high of $5,337.24.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $35.82 by $5.73. The company had revenue of $5.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.18 billion. Booking had a net margin of 24.78% and a negative return on equity of 159.34%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Booking

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc purchased a new stake in Booking in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Booking in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new position in Booking in the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Bernard Wealth Management Corp. bought a new stake in Booking during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Promus Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Booking in the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Booking Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th were issued a $9.60 dividend. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.84%. This is an increase from Booking’s previous quarterly dividend of $8.75. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 7th. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is presently 22.19%.

Booking Company Profile

Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc, is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.