B. Riley Brokers Lower Earnings Estimates for Booking

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - B. Riley decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Booking in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, April 30th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now expects that the business services provider will earn $49.90 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $51.90. B. Riley has a "Buy" rating and a $6,100.00 price objective 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $97.32 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $46.45 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $217.88 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $241.99 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $279.87 EPS.

BKNG has been the subject of a number of other reports. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on Booking from $5,540.00 to $4,330.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $5,900.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. BTIG Research raised Booking from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $5,500.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 4th. StockNews.com raised shares of Booking from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,100.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, February 21st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $5,262.41.

Booking Stock Up 0.8 %

BKNG stock traded up $39.94 during trading on Friday, hitting $5,202.31. 66,288 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 249,206. The stock has a market capitalization of $169.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.42. Booking has a 52 week low of $3,180.00 and a 52 week high of $5,337.24. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $4,660.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4,833.19.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $24.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $17.57 by $7.24. The firm had revenue of $4.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.58 billion. Booking had a negative return on equity of 159.34% and a net margin of 24.78%. Booking's revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $20.39 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Booking

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc acquired a new position in Booking in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Booking during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Summit Securities Group LLC acquired a new position in Booking during the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Bernard Wealth Management Corp. acquired a new position in Booking during the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Promus Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Booking in the 4th quarter worth about $35,000. 92.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Booking Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th were paid a dividend of $9.60 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. This is a positive change from Booking's previous quarterly dividend of $8.75. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.74%. Booking's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.89%.

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.