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Travel Stocks To Consider - November 15th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat’s screener identified Booking, Travelers Companies, Expedia, Trip.com Group, and Virgin Galactic as travel-related stocks with the highest recent dollar trading volume.
  • On Friday, Booking, Travelers, Expedia, and Virgin Galactic shares fell, while Trip.com rose to $43.58. Virgin Galactic had especially heavy trading volume and closed at $1.83, near its 52-week low of $1.81.
  • Booking traded at $159.58 and Expedia at $257.97; both were below their 50-day moving averages. Travelers, at $402.68, was below its 52-week high of $418.
  • Interested in Booking? Here are five stocks we like better.

Booking, Travelers Companies, Expedia Group, Trip.com Group, and Virgin Galactic are the five Travel stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Travel stocks are shares of companies that serve the travel and tourism industry, such as airlines, hotels, cruise lines, and online booking platforms. Their performance often depends on travel demand and can be affected by economic conditions, fuel prices, and seasonal trends. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Travel stocks within the last several days.

Booking (BKNG)

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.

Shares of BKNG traded down $1.62 during trading on Friday, reaching $159.58. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,563,508 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,837,696. The company has a fifty day moving average of $162.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $175.02. Booking has a twelve month low of $146.28 and a twelve month high of $220.81. The company has a market cap of $118.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.22, a P/E/G ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.17.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BKNG

Travelers Companies (TRV)

The Travelers Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Business Insurance, Bond & Specialty Insurance, and Personal Insurance.

Shares of Travelers Companies stock traded down $0.50 on Friday, hitting $402.68. 1,373,492 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,652,948. Travelers Companies has a 52-week low of $268.00 and a 52-week high of $418.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The stock has a market cap of $82.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.56, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 0.40. The firm's 50-day moving average is $380.88 and its 200 day moving average is $335.82.

Read Our Latest Research Report on TRV

Expedia Group (EXPE)

Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com.

Shares of NASDAQ:EXPE traded down $3.08 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $257.97. The company had a trading volume of 1,122,308 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,153,199. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.77. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $276.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $259.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.06, a PEG ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.39. Expedia Group has a one year low of $185.34 and a one year high of $342.00.

Read Our Latest Research Report on EXPE

Trip.com Group (TCOM)

Trip.com Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a travel service provider for accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and in-destination, corporate travel management, and other travel-related services in China and internationally. The company acts as an agent for hotel-related transactions and selling air tickets, as well as provides train, long-distance bus, and ferry tickets; travel insurance products, such as flight delay, air accident, and baggage loss coverage; and air-ticket delivery, online check-in and seat selection, express security screening, real-time flight status tracker, and airport VIP lounge services.

TCOM traded up $0.37 during trading on Friday, hitting $43.58. The company had a trading volume of 1,800,305 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,947,993. The company has a market cap of $28.31 billion and a PE ratio of 8.99. The business has a 50-day moving average of $40.18 and a 200-day moving average of $47.02. Trip.com Group has a 1-year low of $37.58 and a 1-year high of $78.99.

Read Our Latest Research Report on TCOM

Virgin Galactic (SPCE)

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., an aerospace and space travel company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and operation of spaceships and related technologies. The company engages in the design and development, manufacturing, ground and flight testing, spaceflight operation, and post-flight maintenance of spaceflight systems for private individuals, researchers, and government agencies.

SPCE stock traded down $0.83 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $1.83. 38,115,157 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,805,476. The company has a market capitalization of $278.19 million, a PE ratio of -0.68 and a beta of 3.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Virgin Galactic has a twelve month low of $1.81 and a twelve month high of $8.90. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $2.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $2.90.

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