Seaport Res Ptn Has Negative Outlook of Booking Q2 Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Booking in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $47.22 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $49.77. The consensus estimate for Booking's current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Booking's Q3 2025 earnings at $96.36 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $46.35 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $214.03 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on BKNG. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on shares of Booking from $5,000.00 to $4,800.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Booking from $5,750.00 to $4,850.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. JMP Securities raised their price target on shares of Booking from $5,600.00 to $5,700.00 and gave the company a "market outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on Booking from $5,120.00 to $5,077.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 28th. Finally, Wedbush lifted their target price on Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Ten 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 company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $5,262.41.

Booking Trading Up 2.0 %

Booking stock opened at $5,202.80 on Monday. Booking has a 12 month low of $3,180.00 and a 12 month high of $5,337.24. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $4,652.67 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $4,824.98. The company has a market capitalization of $169.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.37.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results 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. Booking had a net margin of 24.78% and a negative return on equity of 159.34%. The firm had revenue of $4.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.58 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $20.39 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Booking Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 7th were paid a $9.60 dividend. This represents a $38.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. This is a positive change from Booking's previous quarterly dividend of $8.75. Booking's dividend payout ratio is presently 23.89%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Booking

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in Booking by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 39,597 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $166,787,000 after purchasing an additional 2,010 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 179,902 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $896,455,000 after buying an additional 8,735 shares in the last quarter. Pensionfund Sabic boosted its position in shares of Booking by 37.5% during the fourth quarter. Pensionfund Sabic now owns 550 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $2,733,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC grew its stake in Booking by 214.2% during the fourth quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 751 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $3,731,000 after acquiring an additional 512 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Market Strategies LLC increased its holdings in Booking by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Market Strategies LLC now owns 120 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $596,000 after acquiring an additional 5 shares during the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.

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