Most-Upgraded StocksMost-UpgradedNASDAQ:BKNG Booking (BKNG) Stock Price, News & Analysis $5,201.98 -21.17 (-0.41%) (As of 11/29/2024 05:27 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends About Booking Stock (NASDAQ:BKNG) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Booking alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$5,177.36▼$5,230.0050-Day Range$4,097.08▼$5,223.1552-Week Range$3,079.50▼$5,237.00Volume132,706 shsAverage Volume251,434 shsMarket Capitalization$172.19 billionP/E Ratio35.30Dividend Yield0.67%Price Target$4,820.50Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company OverviewBooking 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. Its other brands include KAYAK, Rentalcars.com and OpenTable, Inc. (OpenTable). As of December 31, 2016, Booking.com offered accommodation reservation services for over 1,115,000 properties in over 220 countries and territories on its various Websites and in over 40 languages, which included over 568,000 vacation rental properties (updated property counts were available on the Booking.com Website).Read More… Urgent Briefing: Why Wyoming is vital for a 2025 AI portfolio (Ad)We have a truly special way for you to gain access to all this information. For one day only … this Black Friday (Cyber Monday) … we are offering an opportunity to score access to this wealth of information … for just $19.You read that correctly — just $19. This offer is limited to Black Friday (Cyber Monday) ONLY Booking Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks96th Percentile Overall ScoreBKNG MarketRank™: Booking scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 21st out of 217 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.4 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingBooking has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.76, and is based on 22 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageBooking has been the subject of 26 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Booking's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation3.1 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth15.68% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Booking are expected to grow by 15.68% in the coming year, from $181.49 to $209.95 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Booking is 35.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 121.24.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Booking is 35.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 123.26.Price to Earnings Growth RatioBooking has a PEG Ratio of 1.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Read more about Booking's valuation and earnings. Short Interest5.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted1.89% of the float of Booking has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBooking has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Booking has recently decreased by 21.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldBooking has a dividend yield of 0.67%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBooking does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Booking is 23.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Booking will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.67% next year. This indicates that Booking will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about Booking's dividend. Sustainability and ESG1.7 / 5Environmental Score-3.49 Percentage of Shares Shorted1.89% of the float of Booking has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBooking has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Booking has recently decreased by 21.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. News and Social Media4.1 / 5News Sentiment1.30 News SentimentBooking has a news sentiment score of 1.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 36 news articles for Booking this week, compared to 19 articles on an average week.Search Interest25 people have searched for BKNG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows13 people have added Booking to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 86% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership1.7 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Booking insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.12% of the stock of Booking is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions92.42% of the stock of Booking is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Booking's insider trading history. Receive BKNG Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Booking and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address BKNG Stock News Headlines3 Hot Stock Trends to Ride Into 2025 (BKNG)Analysts are lifting their price targets for these companies and leading their markets to new highs. Growth is expected to be sustained in 2023.November 19, 2024 | marketbeat.comIs Confluent the Next Big Winner in AI-Powered Data Streaming? (BKNG)Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) achieves record margins, driven by strong GenAI demand and real-time data streaming growth. See how GenAI tailwinds are boosting CFLT.November 13, 2024 | marketbeat.comVideo: Blindfolded Man Gets Into a Cybertruck… What Happens Next Will Shock You“Hi, I’m Jeff Brown… Even though I can’t see a thing… I’m about to get in this Cybertruck and drive up to a location just a few miles from here to show you Elon Musk’s next AI product. I promise what happens next will shock you…”December 1, 2024 | Brownstone Research (Ad)Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) Upgraded at Baird R WDecember 1 at 2:46 AM | americanbankingnews.comBooking (NASDAQ:BKNG) Now Covered by Robert W. BairdNovember 28 at 4:17 AM | americanbankingnews.comBaird Initiates Coverage of Booking Holdings (BKNG) with Outperform RecommendationNovember 28 at 1:39 AM | msn.comBaird initiates on Booking, Expedia with Outperform rating aided by positive sector outlookNovember 27, 2024 | msn.comBaird starts Expedia and Booking with ‘outperform’ amid strong travel demandNovember 27, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines BKNG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have BKNG shares performed this year? Booking's stock was trading at $3,547.22 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BKNG shares have increased by 46.6% and is now trading at $5,201.98. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How were Booking's earnings last quarter? Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The business services provider reported $41.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $39.22 by $2.68. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. Read the conference call transcript. Does Booking have any subsidiaries? Booking subsidiaries include these companies: HotelsCombined, FareHarbor, momondo, AS Digital, PriceMatch, Rocketmiles, OpenTable, and others. Who are Booking's major shareholders? Top institutional investors of Booking include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.41%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.49%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.27%) and UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC (0.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Glenn D Fogel, David I Goulden, Susana D'emic, Paulo Pisano, Radakovich Lynn M Vojvodich and Radakovich Lynn Vojvodich. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Booking? Shares of BKNG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. Compare Top Brokerages Here. What other stocks do shareholders of Booking own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Booking investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), ServiceNow (NOW), Netflix (NFLX), UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/01/2024Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend9/06/2024Dividend Payable9/30/2024Today11/30/2024Ex-Dividend for 12/31 Dividend12/06/2024Dividend Payable12/31/2024Fiscal Year End12/31/2024Next Earnings (Estimated)2/27/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorRetail/Wholesale Industry Transportation services Sub-IndustryInternet Retail Current SymbolNASDAQ:BKNG CUSIP74150340 CIK1075531 Webwww.bookingholdings.com Phone203-299-8000Fax203-595-0160Employees23,600Year Founded1997Price Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$4,820.50 High Stock Price Target$5,850.00 Low Stock Price Target$3,590.00 Potential Upside/Downside-7.3%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.76 Research Coverage34 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$147.37 Trailing P/E Ratio35.30 Forward P/E Ratio28.66 P/E Growth1.62Net Income$4.29 billion Net Margins21.85% Pretax Margin26.63% Return on Equity-166.06% Return on Assets22.52% Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio1.23 Quick Ratio1.23 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$23.05 billion Price / Sales7.47 Cash Flow$173.11 per share Price / Cash Flow30.05 Book Value($110.37) per share Price / Book-47.13Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares33,097,000Free Float33,057,000Market Cap$172.17 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.38 Social Links The Next 7 Blockbuster Stocks for Growth InvestorsWondering what the next stocks will be that hit it big, with solid fundamentals? 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