DA Davidson Estimates Booking’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Booking in a report issued on Thursday, July 31st. DA Davidson analyst T. White expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $96.10 for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $6,500.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. Booking had a net margin of 19.23% and a negative return on equity of 134.19%. The firm had revenue of $6.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.54 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $41.90 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis.

BKNG has been the subject of several other reports. Wedbush reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $5,900.00 price target on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday. Benchmark lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $6,000.00 to $6,200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $5,411.00 to $5,418.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,900.00 to $6,100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Booking has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $5,781.04.

Booking Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of BKNG stock opened at $5,386.29 on Friday. Booking has a 12-month low of $3,180.00 and a 12-month high of $5,839.41. The company has a market capitalization of $174.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.41. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $5,568.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $5,074.51.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Booking

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of BKNG. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in Booking by 34.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 251 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,249,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Booking in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Bryce Point Capital LLC bought a new position in Booking in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $547,000. OneAscent Financial Services LLC lifted its stake in Booking by 22.9% in the fourth quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC now owns 118 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $586,000 after buying an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Westpac Banking Corp lifted its stake in Booking by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Westpac Banking Corp now owns 2,447 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $12,158,000 after buying an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Booking news, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,695.00, for a total value of $5,769,035.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 26,633 shares in the company, valued at approximately $151,674,935. This trade represents a 3.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders have sold 3,039 shares of company stock valued at $16,963,769 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be issued a $9.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 23.89%.

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.