Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Wedbush raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Booking in a research note issued on Monday, January 6th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now anticipates that the business services provider will earn $22.84 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $21.64. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $5,500.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking's current full-year earnings is $181.49 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Booking's Q2 2025 earnings at $49.94 EPS.
Several other equities research analysts have also commented on the stock. JMP Securities restated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $5,400.00 price target on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Tigress Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. DA Davidson increased their target price on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,005.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Argus lowered shares of Booking from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Booking from $3,560.00 to $4,900.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $4,972.75.
Check Out Our Latest Report on BKNG
Booking Trading Up 1.6 %
Shares of Booking stock traded up $76.32 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $4,872.42. 266,274 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 210,874. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $5,048.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4,335.11. The firm has a market cap of $161.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.41. Booking has a 52-week low of $3,180.00 and a 52-week high of $5,337.24.
Booking Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th were given a $8.75 dividend. This represents a $35.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. Booking's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.75%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. First Foundation Advisors increased its stake in shares of Booking by 10.2% during the second quarter. First Foundation Advisors now owns 97 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $384,000 after purchasing an additional 9 shares in the last quarter. Choreo LLC raised its holdings in shares of Booking by 338.9% during the second quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 1,308 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $5,090,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010 shares during the last quarter. LGT Fund Management Co Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Booking in the second quarter valued at approximately $3,229,000. Provident Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Booking by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Provident Investment Management Inc. now owns 13,341 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $52,851,000 after purchasing an additional 370 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted its position in Booking by 2.2% during the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 6,031 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $23,892,000 after acquiring an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Booking
(
Get Free Report)
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.
Featured Articles
Before you consider Booking, you'll want to hear this.
MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and Booking wasn't on the list.
While Booking currently has a "Moderate Buy" rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.
View The Five Stocks Here
MarketBeat has just released its list of 20 stocks that Wall Street analysts hate. These companies may appear to have good fundamentals, but top analysts smell something seriously rotten. Are any of these companies lurking around your portfolio? Find out by clicking the link below.
Get This Free Report
Like this article? Share it with a colleague.
Link copied to clipboard.
