Wedbush Has Negative Outlook for Booking Q2 Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Booking in a report issued on Thursday, October 31st. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now expects that the business services provider will earn $48.88 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $51.01. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $4,750.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking's current full-year earnings is $177.37 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Booking's Q4 2025 earnings at $40.78 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $206.46 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $233.16 EPS.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The business services provider reported $83.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $77.94 by $5.95. The company had revenue of $7.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.63 billion. Booking had a negative return on equity of 165.63% and a net margin of 21.85%.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on BKNG. Bank of America raised their target price on Booking from $4,448.00 to $4,850.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday. Tigress Financial increased their target price on shares of Booking from $4,285.00 to $4,580.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 9th. Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Booking from $4,250.00 to $4,800.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Susquehanna increased their price objective on Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Oppenheimer boosted their target price on Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Booking currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $4,680.18.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of BKNG traded up $72.86 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $4,749.11. The company's stock had a trading volume of 519,724 shares, compared to its average volume of 247,428. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $4,136.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $3,880.99. Booking has a 52-week low of $2,756.39 and a 52-week high of $4,856.60. The company has a market cap of $159.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.23, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.40.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Booking

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of BKNG. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in Booking by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 157 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $570,000 after acquiring an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Csenge Advisory Group boosted its stake in shares of Booking by 4.7% during the first quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 67 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $243,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Team Hewins LLC boosted its stake in shares of Booking by 1.7% during the first quarter. Team Hewins LLC now owns 182 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $660,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in Booking by 0.3% during the first quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 869 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $3,153,000 after buying an additional 3 shares during the period. Finally, Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Booking by 0.8% in the first quarter. Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC now owns 403 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,461,000 after buying an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other Booking news, insider Paulo Pisano sold 100 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $3,887.61, for a total value of $388,761.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 3,787 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,722,379.07. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.12% of the company's stock.

Booking Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a $8.75 dividend. This represents a $35.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 6th. Booking's payout ratio is 23.75%.

Booking Company Profile

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.