Booking FY2025 EPS Estimate Increased by Seaport Res Ptn

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Booking in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 28th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $227.23 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $216.65. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Booking’s Q4 2025 earnings at $47.98 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $260.21 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Booking in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $6,250.00 price target on shares of Booking in a research report on Wednesday. Piper Sandler reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $5,750.00 price objective (up from $5,077.00) on shares of Booking in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Booking from $5,640.00 to $6,050.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price target on Booking from $6,000.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $6,121.23.

Booking Price Performance

BKNG stock opened at $5,077.74 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $164.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $5,381.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $5,387.76. Booking has a 12 month low of $4,096.23 and a 12 month high of $5,839.41.

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

Booking Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity at Booking

In related news, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,141.53, for a total transaction of $3,213,456.25. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 22,982 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $118,162,642.46. This represents a 2.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5,291.98, for a total value of $79,379.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 732 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,873,729.36. The trade was a 2.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 3,197 shares of company stock worth $17,260,963 over the last three months. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Booking

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BKNG. Vontobel Holding Ltd. increased its position in Booking by 18.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 75,534 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $437,284,000 after purchasing an additional 11,829 shares in the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd lifted its holdings in Booking by 15.6% in the 2nd quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd now owns 511 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,958,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Covey Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Booking by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Covey Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,117 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $6,467,000 after purchasing an additional 11 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Booking by 20.0% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,052 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $6,090,000 after buying an additional 175 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atria Investments Inc grew its holdings in shares of Booking by 12.7% during the second quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 2,291 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $13,262,000 after buying an additional 259 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

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.