Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - Analysts at B. Riley raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Booking in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 11th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $99.25 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $98.60. B. Riley currently has a "Buy" rating and a $5,100.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking's current full-year earnings is $181.49 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Booking's FY2025 earnings at $213.57 EPS.
Several other research analysts also recently commented on BKNG. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $4,600.00 price target on shares of Booking in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Tigress Financial boosted their price objective on Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on Booking from $4,448.00 to $4,850.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Barclays boosted their price objective on Booking from $4,500.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Booking from $3,940.00 to $4,510.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Booking has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $4,866.03.
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Booking Stock Performance
Shares of Booking stock traded down $41.19 during trading on Friday, hitting $5,227.74. 76,841 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 244,895. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $4,792.61 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4,181.06. Booking has a twelve month low of $3,180.00 and a twelve month high of $5,337.24. The stock has a market cap of $173.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.75, a PEG ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.41.
Booking Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be issued a $8.75 dividend. This represents a $35.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 6th. Booking's dividend payout ratio is presently 23.75%.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Booking
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 797,116 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $3,350,605,000 after purchasing an additional 11,211 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 492,274 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $2,073,508,000 after purchasing an additional 2,321 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 418,742 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,763,797,000 after purchasing an additional 13,429 shares in the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 358,720 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,421,069,000 after purchasing an additional 10,889 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 296,599 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,249,311,000 after acquiring an additional 11,649 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company's stock.
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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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