Booking Holdings Inc. provides travel and restaurant online reservation and related services worldwide. The company operates Booking. com, which offers online accommodation reservations; Rentalcars.
Booking Holdings stock last closed at $3,708.35, down 0.71% from the previous day, and has increased 37.51% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Travel Services industry by 0.01 percentage points. Booking Holdings stock is currently +50.93% from its 52-week low of $2,456.93, and -5.35% from its 52-week high of $3,918.00.
At the moment, there are 33.93M BKNG shares outstanding. The market capitalization of BKNG is $125.82B. In the past 24 hours, 197,795 BKNG shares were traded.
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Out of 21 Equities analysts who monitor BKNG, the consensus analyst rating on BKNG is a Strong Buy
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Doug Anmuth, a top 1% analyst from JP Morgan maintains BKNG with a strong buy rating and raises their BKNG price target from $3,950.00 to $4,025.00, on May 3, 2024.
JP Morgan's Doug Anmuth raised their price target on Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) by 1.9% from $3,950 to $4,025 on 2024/05/03. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Booking Holdings' results beat both guidance and consensus estimates, Anmuth highlighted following a review of the company's Q1 2024 print, released on 2024/05/02.
However, the analyst noted that management offered a "less optimistic" Q2 outlook and reaffirmed its FY 2024 guidance.
Looking ahead, demand is strong as the peak summer travel season approaches, and comps become more manageable in 2H, Anmuth added.
For Q1 2024, Booking Holdings reported:
For Q2 2024, management guided:
CEO Glenn Fogel commented: "We are pleased to report a strong start to 2024 with Q1 Y/Y growth in room nights of 9%, revenue of 17%, and operating income of 76%, all of which were ahead of our prior expectations.
"As we continue our work to deliver a better planning, booking, and traveling experience for our travelers, we are seeing encouraging results at Booking.com with increasing direct mix, higher frequency, and more of our travelers moving into the upper Genius loyalty tiers."
Scott Devitt, a top 3% analyst from Wedbush reiterates BKNG with a buy rating and maintains their BKNG price target from $3,850.00 to $3,850.00, on May 3, 2024.
Tom White, a top 41% analyst from DA Davidson maintains BKNG with a strong buy rating and raises their BKNG price target from $4,100.00 to $4,150.00, on May 3, 2024.
Justin Post, a top 1% analyst from Bank of America maintains BKNG with a hold rating and raises their BKNG price target from $3,900.00 to $3,950.00, on May 3, 2024.
Naved Khan, a top 10% analyst from B. Riley Securities initiates coverage on BKNG with a strong buy rating and announces their BKNG price target of $4,400.00, on Apr 3, 2024.
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Last year, BKNG earnings were $4.80B. Over the past 5 year, BKNG's earnings have gone up by 8.86% per year. This was slower than the Travel Services industry average of 43.72%.
Last year, BKNG revenue was $22.00B. In the past five year, BKNG's revenue has grown by 8.79% per year. This was slower than the Travel Services industry average of 38.95%.
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In the past year, insiders at BKNG have sold more shares than they have bought.
Glenn D. Fogel, CEO AND PRESIDENT of BKNG, was the latest BKNG insider to sell. They sold $140,307.70 worth of BKNG shares on May 15, 2024.
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Booking Holdings pays a dividend of 0.24%, compared to the Travel Services industry's average dividend yield of 2.17%. If you owned $1,000 of BKNG stock, you would have been paid $2.36 in the past year.
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