Despegar.com (DESP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Despegar.com, Corp., an online travel company, provides a range of travel and travel-related products to leisure and corporate travelers through its websites and mobile applications in Latin America and the United States. The company operates in two segments, Travel Business and Financial Services Business. It sells airline tickets, travel packages, hotel rooms, car rentals, bus and cruise tickets, travel insurance, destination services, and other travel-related products, which enable consumers to find, compare, plan, and purchase travel products through its marketplace. The company also provides a technology platform for its travel suppliers to manage the distribution of their travel products and access to traveler customers. In addition, it offers loan origination services to its travel business' customers and to customers of other merchants in various industries; processing, fraud identification, credit scoring and IT services to travel business, and to third-party merchants; and Koin, an online payment and consumer lending services platform. The company offers travel products and services under the Despegar, Decolar, Best Day, BD Experience, and HotelDo brands. Despegar.com, Corp. was founded in 1999 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.50 to $19.50
• 50-Day Range: $19.14 to $19.50
• 52-Week Range: $9.25 to $19.55
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 1.65 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $16.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

DESP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DESP shares performed this year?

Despegar.com's stock was trading at $19.25 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, DESP stock has increased by 1.3% and is now trading at $19.50.
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How were Despegar.com's earnings last quarter?

Despegar.com, Corp. (NYSE:DESP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 29th. The company reported ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.61. The firm's revenue was up 8.7% on a year-over-year basis.

When did Despegar.com IPO?

Despegar.com (DESP) raised $314 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, September 20th 2017. The company issued 12,800,000 shares at a price of $23.00-$26.00 per share. Morgan Stanley and Citigroup acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Itau BBA, UBS Investment Bank, Cowen and KeyBanc Capital Markets were co-managers.

How do I buy shares of Despegar.com?

Shares of DESP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Despegar.com own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Despegar.com investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), Humana (HUM), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AU Optronics (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/29/2025
• Today: 6/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/13/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Transportation
• Industry: Transportation services
• Sub-Industry: Transportation
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DESP
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:DESP
• CIK: 1703141
• Web: www.despegar.com.ar
• Phone: 541148943500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,820
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $16.75
• High Stock Price Target: $21.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -14.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.03)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.41
• P/E Growth: 0.91
• Net Income: $24.49 million
• Net Margins: 4.45%
• Pretax Margin: 5.98%
• Return on Equity: -58.97%
• Return on Assets: 6.70%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.83
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $774.06 million
• Price / Sales: 2.11
• Cash Flow: $1.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.91
• Book Value: ($1.89) per share
• Price / Book: -10.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 83,614,000
• Free Float: 82,611,000
• Market Cap: $1.63 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.61