Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Booking Q2 Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Booking in a research note issued on Wednesday, December 11th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $49.36 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $50.26. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $5,100.00 price objective 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $45.66 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $260.20 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $328.46 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $413.17 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on BKNG. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on Booking from $4,900.00 to $5,200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Tigress Financial boosted their price target on shares of Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,200.00 to $4,300.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Finally, JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $5,400.00 target price on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $4,866.03.

Booking Price Performance

Booking stock opened at $5,227.61 on Monday. Booking has a 12 month low of $3,180.00 and a 12 month high of $5,337.24. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $4,813.41 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4,197.05. The company has a market cap of $173.03 billion, a PE ratio of 35.47, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.41.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $8.75 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.67%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is presently 23.75%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new stake in shares of Booking in the 3rd quarter worth about $18,508,000. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. grew its stake in Booking by 404.4% during the third quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. now owns 459 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,933,000 after buying an additional 368 shares during the last quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Booking by 2.2% during the third quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC now owns 91 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $383,000 after buying an additional 2 shares in the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB increased its holdings in shares of Booking by 27.6% during the third quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 1,550 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $6,529,000 after buying an additional 335 shares in the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Booking by 3,561.9% in the third quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,076 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $12,955,000 after acquiring an additional 2,992 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

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.