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Top Travel Stocks To Watch Today - October 7th

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Key Points

  • Booking Holdings Inc and Expedia Group are among the top travel stocks being monitored, reflecting strong trading volumes and interest in the travel sector amidst global tourism trends.
  • Investors are advised to consider travel stocks for potential exposure to economic recovery and consumer sentiment rebound, as these companies are positioned to benefit from increasing demand in the tourism industry.
  • Travel stocks are characterized by their sensitivity to economic fluctuations, geopolitical events, and health crises, highlighting the potential risks alongside growth opportunities.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by November 1st.

Booking, Expedia Group, Travelers Companies, MakeMyTrip, and Trip.com Group are the five Travel stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Travel stocks are shares of companies whose core businesses involve facilitating or providing travel services—such as airlines, hotels, cruise lines, online travel agencies and car rental firms. Investors buy travel stocks to gain exposure to global tourism trends, which can offer strong growth when demand is high but also carry heightened volatility and sensitivity to economic slowdowns, geopolitical events and health crises. 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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BKNG

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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on EXPE

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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on TRV

MakeMyTrip (MMYT)

MakeMyTrip Limited, an online travel company, sells travel products and solutions in India, the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Peru, Colombia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The company operates through three segments: Air Ticketing, Hotels and Packages, and Bus Ticketing.

Read Our Latest Research Report on MMYT

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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on TCOM

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