Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Booking Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• B. Riley has upgraded its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Booking Holdings Inc. to $99.52, up from a previous estimate of $97.32, while maintaining a "Buy" rating and a price objective of $6,700.00.
• The company's recent quarterly earnings were $55.40 per share, exceeding analysts' expectations of $50.32, with revenues reaching $6.80 billion.
• Booking has declared a quarterly dividend of $9.60 per share, which translates to an annualized dividend of $38.40 and a dividend yield of 0.7%.

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - Stock analysts at B. Riley upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Booking in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 30th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $99.52 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $97.32. B. Riley currently has a "Buy" rating and a $6,700.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking's current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Booking's Q4 2025 earnings at $48.44 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $227.48 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $57.83 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $373.09 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $454.29 EPS.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. Booking had a negative return on equity of 134.19% and a net margin of 19.23%. The company had revenue of $6.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.54 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $41.90 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on Booking from $5,900.00 to $6,100.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Booking from $5,360.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $6,000.00 price target (up from $5,700.00) on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group increased their price target on Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,300.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and issued a $5,750.00 price objective (up from $5,077.00) on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $5,781.04.

Booking Trading Down 2.1%

Booking stock traded down $117.77 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $5,386.29. The company had a trading volume of 199,536 shares, compared to its average volume of 184,546. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $5,568.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5,076.22. Booking has a 12 month low of $3,180.00 and a 12 month high of $5,839.41. The company has a market capitalization of $174.57 billion, a PE ratio of 37.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.41.

Institutional Trading of Booking

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BKNG. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of Booking by 521,609.7% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,363,345 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $10,887,718,000 after purchasing an additional 2,362,892 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Booking by 1,411.9% in the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 112,201 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $516,900,000 after purchasing an additional 104,780 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Booking by 79.4% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 154,206 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $695,259,000 after acquiring an additional 68,243 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its position in shares of Booking by 182.2% during the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 104,643 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $482,081,000 after acquiring an additional 67,562 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in Booking by 18.8% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 368,628 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,831,499,000 after buying an additional 58,357 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,695.00, for a total value of $5,769,035.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 26,633 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $151,674,935. This trade represents a 3.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold a total of 3,039 shares of company stock worth $16,963,769 over the last ninety days. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $9.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Booking's dividend payout ratio is currently 26.71%.

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.