B. Riley Issues Positive Estimate for Booking Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - Research analysts at B. Riley boosted their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Booking in a note issued to investors on Friday, April 25th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $103.16 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $99.83. B. Riley has a "Buy" rating and a $6,000.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking's current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Booking's Q4 2025 earnings at $48.42 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $215.84 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $251.35 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $293.07 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $342.03 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $417.57 EPS.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $35.82 by $5.73. Booking had a negative return on equity of 159.34% and a net margin of 24.78%. The business had revenue of $5.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.18 billion.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on BKNG. JMP Securities dropped their price target on Booking from $6,100.00 to $5,600.00 and set a "market outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. Erste Group Bank lowered Booking from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, March 17th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Booking from $5,250.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. StockNews.com lowered Booking from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Finally, Benchmark upped their target price on Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $5,278.66.

Booking Stock Performance

Shares of BKNG stock opened at $4,838.44 on Monday. Booking has a fifty-two week low of $3,180.00 and a fifty-two week high of $5,337.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $157.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.96, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.37. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $4,652.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $4,799.78.

Booking Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th were given a dividend of $9.60 per share. This is a boost from Booking's previous quarterly dividend of $8.75. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.79%. Booking's payout ratio is presently 22.19%.

Institutional Trading of Booking

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BKNG. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc purchased a new stake in Booking in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Booking during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new stake in Booking in the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Bernard Wealth Management Corp. acquired a new position in Booking in the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Promus Capital LLC purchased a new position in Booking during the fourth quarter worth about $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.

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