Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) Price Target Raised to $6,800.00

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) had its price objective increased by B. Riley from $6,700.00 to $6,800.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday morning,MarketScreener reports. They currently have a buy rating on the business services provider’s stock. B. Riley also issued estimates for Booking’s Q4 2025 earnings at $46.95 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $226.18 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $27.95 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $67.13 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $121.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $59.88 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $275.27 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $333.91 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $406.64 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $490.26 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Wedbush set a $6,000.00 target price on shares of Booking and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Gordon Haskett decreased their target price on shares of Booking from $5,680.00 to $5,620.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Booking from $5,640.00 to $6,050.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price objective on Booking from $6,250.00 to $6,400.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Seaport Global Securities upped their price objective on Booking from $6,030.00 to $6,260.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $6,121.23.

Booking Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of BKNG opened at $5,077.74 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $164.57 billion, a PE ratio of 33.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.35. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $5,381.21 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5,387.76. Booking has a 1-year low of $4,096.23 and a 1-year high of $5,839.41.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $99.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $95.56 by $3.94. The business had revenue of $9.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.71 billion. Booking had a net margin of 19.37% and a negative return on equity of 134.86%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $83.39 EPS. Booking has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Booking will post 209.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Booking Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Booking

In other Booking news, Director Vanessa Ames Wittman sold 15 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,291.98, for a total transaction 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. This represents a 2.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,516.92, for a total transaction of $5,588,639.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 23,607 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $130,237,930.44. This trade represents a 4.11% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 3,197 shares of company stock valued at $17,260,963 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BKNG. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Booking in the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,210,917,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 578,824.0% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 289,462 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,675,765,000 after acquiring an additional 289,412 shares during the last quarter. Vestor Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 658,925.0% in the 2nd quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 105,444 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $610,441,000 after acquiring an additional 105,428 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 1,411.9% in the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 112,201 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $516,900,000 after acquiring an additional 104,780 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. bought a new position in shares of Booking in the 2nd quarter valued at about $536,675,000. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

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.