Q1 Earnings Estimate for Booking Issued By Seaport Res Ptn

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Booking in a research note issued on Tuesday, October 28th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler expects that the business services provider will earn $25.09 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Booking’s Q2 2026 earnings at $65.40 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $114.58 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $55.81 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $298.20 EPS.

BKNG has been the topic of several other reports. UBS Group set a $6,806.00 price objective on shares of Booking and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Evercore ISI increased their price target on Booking from $5,500.00 to $6,250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Bank of America increased their target price on Booking from $5,820.00 to $5,850.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on Booking from $5,590.00 to $5,550.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Booking to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $6,117.90.

Booking Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of Booking stock opened at $5,080.21 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $164.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.35. Booking has a 1-year low of $4,096.23 and a 1-year high of $5,839.41. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $5,394.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5,384.14.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $99.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $95.56 by $3.94. Booking had a net margin of 19.37% and a negative return on equity of 134.86%. The business had revenue of $9.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.71 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $83.39 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 12.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Booking has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at EPS.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 5th will be given a $9.60 dividend. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 5th. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.96%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Booking news, Director Larry Quinlan sold 64 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,511.80, for a total transaction of $352,755.20. Following the transaction, the director owned 131 shares in the company, valued at approximately $722,045.80. This trade represents a 32.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,516.92, for a total value of $5,588,639.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 23,607 shares in the company, valued at approximately $130,237,930.44. This trade represents a 4.11% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 3,197 shares of company stock worth $17,260,963. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Booking

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BKNG. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Booking by 1.0% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,956,462 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $13,620,154,000 after acquiring an additional 30,054 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 854,838 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,936,132,000 after purchasing an additional 9,333 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Booking during the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,210,917,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 6.8% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 379,583 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,197,495,000 after purchasing an additional 24,030 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its stake in Booking by 4.9% in the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 377,198 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,183,690,000 after buying an additional 17,662 shares in the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.