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Best Travel Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top travel stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best travel stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best vacation stocks to buy right now are:

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) is the #1 top travel stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 2 points higher than the travel industry average of 32.

TRIP passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Tripadvisor has seen its stock return 18.18% over the past year, underperforming other travel stocks by -32 percentage points.

Tripadvisor has an average 1 year price target of $17.46, an upside of 2.55% from Tripadvisor's current stock price of $17.03.

Tripadvisor stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Tripadvisor, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 85.71% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 14.29% have issued a Strong Sell.

Carnival (NYSE:CCL) is the #2 top travel stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Carnival (NYSE:CCL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Carnival (NYSE:CCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -4 points lower than the travel industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CCL as a "B".

CCL passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Carnival has seen its stock return 88.25% over the past year, overperforming other travel stocks by 38 percentage points.

Carnival has an average 1 year price target of $32.00, an upside of 2.4% from Carnival's current stock price of $31.25.

Carnival stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Carnival, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) is the #3 top travel stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 20 points higher than the travel industry average of 32.

EXPE passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Expedia Group has seen its stock return 55.59% over the past year, overperforming other travel stocks by 5 percentage points.

Expedia Group has an average 1 year price target of $204.56, a downside of -4.12% from Expedia Group's current stock price of $213.35.

Expedia Group stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 18 analysts covering Expedia Group, 22.22% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 5.56% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.56% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 travel stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 travel stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.14%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the travel industry average of 1.62%.

Tuniu's dividend payout ratio of 108.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Travel & Leisure Co (NYSE:TNL) has an annual dividend yield of 3.42%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the travel industry average of 1.62%. Travel & Leisure Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Travel & Leisure Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Travel & Leisure Co's dividend payout ratio of 36.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) has an annual dividend yield of 0.71%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the travel industry average of 1.62%. Royal Caribbean Cruises's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Royal Caribbean Cruises's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Royal Caribbean Cruises's dividend payout ratio of 18.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Travel stocks were down -0.32% in the last day, and up 3.2% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued travel stocks right now are:

Travel & Leisure Co (NYSE:TNL) is the most undervalued travel stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Travel & Leisure Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the travel industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Travel & Leisure Co's stock has gained 42.44% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the travel industry by -8 percentage points.

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) is the second most undervalued travel stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Tripadvisor has a valuation score of 29, which is -1 points higher than the travel industry average of 30. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TRIP a Valuation Rating of "A".

Tripadvisor's stock has gained 18.18% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the travel industry by -32 percentage points.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) is the third most undervalued travel stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Expedia Group has a valuation score of 29, which is -1 points higher than the travel industry average of 30. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EXPE a Valuation Rating of "B".

Expedia Group's stock has gained 55.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the travel industry by 5 percentage points.

42.86% of travel stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect travel stocks to rise by 3.68% over the next year.

0% of travel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 33.33% of travel stocks are rated B (Buy), 60% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).