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BKNG vs. ABNB, EXPE, MAR, CCL, H, HLT, RCL, TNL, NFLX, and TRIP

Should you be buying Booking stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booking include Airbnb (ABNB), Expedia Group (EXPE), Marriott International (MAR), Carnival (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Netflix (NFLX), and TripAdvisor (TRIP).

Booking vs. Its Competitors

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

92.4% of Booking shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Booking shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.60% compared to Booking's net margin of 22.58%. Airbnb's return on equity of 30.91% beat Booking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Booking22.58% -143.67% 23.29%
Airbnb 22.60%30.91%10.74%

In the previous week, Booking had 14 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Booking and 32 mentions for Airbnb. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Airbnb's score of 1.19 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Booking
36 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Airbnb
20 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Booking has higher revenue and earnings than Airbnb. Airbnb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Booking$23.74B7.97$5.88B$160.7436.18
Airbnb$11.10B7.73$2.65B$3.9634.60

Booking currently has a consensus price target of $5,415.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.89%. Airbnb has a consensus price target of $141.47, suggesting a potential upside of 3.26%. Given Airbnb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Booking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Booking
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74
Airbnb
5 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Booking has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Booking beats Airbnb on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BKNG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BKNG vs. The Competition

MetricBookingINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$186.03B$68.92B$26.57B$9.02B
Dividend Yield0.67%2.18%175.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio36.1832.8529.4220.04
Price / Sales7.9713.834.68100.83
Price / Cash27.1733.1217.1528.59
Price / Book-47.887.965.755.55
Net Income$5.88B$2.21B$872.97M$248.49M
7 Day Performance1.49%1.49%0.80%4.87%
1 Month Performance3.59%2.86%2.84%6.63%
1 Year Performance45.96%96.96%21.48%20.38%

Booking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKNG
Booking
4.3656 of 5 stars
$5,815.92
+1.7%
$5,415.00
-6.9%
+48.0%$186.03B$23.74B36.1824,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABNB
Airbnb
3.4627 of 5 stars
$136.78
+1.0%
$141.23
+3.3%
-10.2%$85.68B$11.23B34.547,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EXPE
Expedia Group
4.7534 of 5 stars
$177.42
+3.7%
$186.08
+4.9%
+43.8%$22.55B$13.69B20.9216,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MAR
Marriott International
4.2577 of 5 stars
$280.08
+0.9%
$275.90
-1.5%
+15.5%$76.71B$25.10B31.90418,000
CCL
Carnival
4.7248 of 5 stars
$29.94
+1.0%
$28.65
-4.3%
+70.4%$34.95B$25.97B16.18100,000Trending News
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.4575 of 5 stars
$140.75
-3.2%
$150.63
+7.0%
-2.2%$13.44B$6.65B18.28227,000
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.3187 of 5 stars
$273.21
+1.1%
$249.06
-8.8%
+26.3%$64.94B$11.17B43.09181,000Positive News
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.6404 of 5 stars
$333.86
+2.4%
$280.40
-16.0%
+109.6%$90.66B$16.76B27.73106,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.4729 of 5 stars
$56.31
+0.7%
$59.20
+5.1%
+29.5%$3.74B$3.86B9.4016,800
NFLX
Netflix
4.4745 of 5 stars
$1,294.41
+0.7%
$1,182.58
-8.6%
+86.7%$550.86B$39.00B61.1714,000Trending News
TRIP
TripAdvisor
3.3607 of 5 stars
$17.50
+16.7%
$17.27
-1.3%
-2.4%$2.48B$1.84B47.282,860High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:BKNG) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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