Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Booking Q2 Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Booking in a research note issued on Thursday, February 20th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $49.77 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $51.14. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $207.62 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Booking’s Q3 2025 earnings at $96.17 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $244.23 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also commented on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,470.00 to $5,248.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday. Cfra upgraded shares of Booking from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. B. Riley lifted their price objective on Booking from $5,700.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on Booking from $5,155.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Citigroup boosted their target price on Booking from $5,500.00 to $5,800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,370.43.

Booking Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ BKNG opened at $4,989.22 on Monday. Booking has a twelve month low of $3,180.00 and a twelve month high of $5,337.24. The company has a market capitalization of $165.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.83, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.39. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $4,903.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $4,568.73.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $35.82 by $5.73. Booking had a net margin of 24.78% and a negative return on equity of 159.60%. The company had revenue of $5.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.18 billion.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Proficio Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Booking by 621,874.8% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 864,545 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,295,423,000 after purchasing an additional 864,406 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 803,125 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,986,244,000 after purchasing an additional 6,009 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 492,274 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,073,508,000 after purchasing an additional 2,321 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 418,742 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,763,797,000 after purchasing an additional 13,429 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Booking in the 4th quarter worth about $1,958,352,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

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.