Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG – Free Report) – Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Booking in a report released on Tuesday, July 29th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $92.21 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $96.36. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share.
Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. 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. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $6,000.00 price target (up previously from $5,700.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $5,750.00 price target (up previously from $5,077.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday. Susquehanna lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $6,000.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Booking from $5,800.00 to $5,650.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Booking presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $5,781.04.
Booking Stock Down 2.1%
Shares of BKNG opened at $5,386.29 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $174.57 billion, a PE ratio of 37.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.41. The company’s fifty day moving average is $5,568.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5,074.51. Booking has a fifty-two week low of $3,180.00 and a fifty-two week high of $5,839.41.
Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. The firm had revenue of $6.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.54 billion. Booking had a net margin of 19.23% and a negative return on equity of 134.19%. Booking’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $41.90 EPS.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of BKNG. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Booking by 521,609.7% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,363,345 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $10,887,718,000 after purchasing an additional 2,362,892 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its position in Booking by 1,411.9% in the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 112,201 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $516,900,000 after purchasing an additional 104,780 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in Booking by 79.4% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 154,206 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $695,259,000 after purchasing an additional 68,243 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc grew its position in Booking by 182.2% in the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 104,643 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $482,081,000 after purchasing an additional 67,562 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp grew its position in Booking by 18.8% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 368,628 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,831,499,000 after purchasing an additional 58,357 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling at Booking
In other Booking news, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 26,633 shares in the company, valued at approximately $151,674,935. This represents a 3.66% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 3,039 shares of company stock worth $16,963,769. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Booking Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $9.60 per share. This represents a $38.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.89%.
About Booking
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.
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