Research Analysts Set Expectations for Booking Q1 Earnings

Key Points

• B. Riley has estimated that Booking Holdings Inc. will earn $21.91 per share in Q1 2026, maintaining a "Buy" rating with a target price of $6,700.00.
• For Q2 and Q3 2026, B. Riley forecasts earnings of $60.19 EPS and $105.79 EPS, respectively, with a full-year estimate of $237.62 EPS for FY2026.
• Booking's recent earnings report indicated an EPS of $55.40, exceeding analysts' expectations, and the company has announced a quarterly dividend of $9.60 per share payable on September 30th.

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG - Free Report) - Stock analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Booking in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 30th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $21.91 for the quarter. B. Riley currently has a "Buy" rating and a $6,700.00 target price 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 Q2 2026 earnings at $60.19 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $105.79 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $237.62 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $285.43 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on BKNG. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,300.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $5,550.00 to $5,700.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $5,700.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday. DA Davidson lifted their target price on Booking from $5,750.00 to $6,500.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Booking from $5,360.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $5,781.04.

Booking Stock Down 2.1%

NASDAQ:BKNG traded down $117.77 on Thursday, hitting $5,386.29. The stock had a trading volume of 199,536 shares, compared to its average volume of 184,546. The stock has a market cap of $174.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.41. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $5,568.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $5,074.51. Booking has a 52-week low of $3,180.00 and a 52-week high of $5,839.41.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $55.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $50.32 by $5.08. The company had revenue of $6.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.54 billion. Booking had a net margin of 19.23% and a negative return on equity of 134.19%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $41.90 earnings per share.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a $9.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $38.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Booking's payout ratio is presently 26.71%.

Insider Activity

In other Booking news, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 1,013 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5,695.00, for a total transaction of $5,769,035.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 26,633 shares in the company, valued at approximately $151,674,935. This represents a 3.66% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 3,039 shares of company stock valued at $16,963,769. 0.16% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Booking

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Motco grew its position in shares of Booking by 0.6% in the second quarter. Motco now owns 2,319 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $12,764,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares during the period. Howard Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Booking by 6.9% in the 2nd quarter. Howard Capital Management Inc. now owns 942 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $5,454,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the period. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Booking by 8.5% in the 2nd quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC now owns 1,657 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $9,593,000 after buying an additional 130 shares during the period. May Hill Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Booking by 10.8% during the second quarter. May Hill Capital LLC now owns 113 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $654,000 after acquiring an additional 11 shares during the period. Finally, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund increased its stake in shares of Booking by 20.6% during the second quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 5,195 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $30,075,000 after buying an additional 888 shares during the period. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.