Wedbush Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for Booking

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Booking in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 6th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $98.60 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $95.53. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $40.66 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $211.68 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $235.58 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on BKNG. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $3,590.00 target price on shares of Booking in a report on Monday, October 7th. B. Riley raised their price target on Booking from $4,650.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Tigress Financial upped 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. Susquehanna raised their target price on Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of 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 investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $4,972.75.

Booking Stock Performance

Booking stock opened at $4,796.10 on Tuesday. Booking has a 1 year low of $3,180.00 and a 1 year high of $5,337.24. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $5,048.13 and its 200-day moving average is $4,335.11. The company has a market cap of $158.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.54, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.41.

Booking Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were issued a dividend of $8.75 per share. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.75%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BKNG. Garner Asset Management Corp grew its holdings in shares of Booking by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Garner Asset Management Corp now owns 258 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,087,000 after acquiring an additional 2 shares in the last quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC boosted its position in Booking by 2.2% during the third quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC now owns 91 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $383,000 after purchasing an additional 2 shares during the last quarter. Quent Capital LLC grew its stake in Booking by 2.7% in the third quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 113 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $477,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares in the last quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC increased its position in Booking by 23.1% in the 3rd quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 16 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $67,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in Booking by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 292 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,229,000 after purchasing an additional 3 shares during the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Booking

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.