Booking (BKNG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

29 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Booking in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 21 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BKNG shares.
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29 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Booking's stock. Their BKNG share price targets range from $2,900.00 to $4,400.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $3,723.41 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price.
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Booking's stock was trading at $3,547.22 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BKNG stock has decreased by 2.6% and is now trading at $3,455.90.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Booking will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 22nd. The business services provider reported $32.00 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $29.72 by $2.28. The business services provider had revenue of $4.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.71 billion. Booking had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 751.49% and a net margin of 20.08%. The firm's revenue was up 18.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $24.74 earnings per share.
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Booking declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $8.75 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $35.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th.
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Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) pays an annual dividend of $35.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.99%. The dividend payout ratio is 29.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BKNG will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.75% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ), ALPS Global Travel Beneficiaries ETF (JRNY), Invesco Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ), Amplify Travel Tech ETF (AWAY), ProShares Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright Momentum ETF (QQQA), Global X E-Commerce ETF (EBIZ), Invesco NASDAQ Internet ETF (PNQI) and Direxion Daily Travel & Vacation Bull 2X Shares (OOTO).

Booking updated its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.2 billion-$4.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.2 billion.

6 employees have rated Booking Chief Executive Officer Glenn D. Fogel on Glassdoor.com. Glenn D. Fogel has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Glenn D. Fogel in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 69.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Booking to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Booking investors own include Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), Alphabet (GOOG), NVIDIA (NVDA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Alibaba Group (BABA), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Walt Disney (DIS) and Baidu (BIDU).

Booking's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Global Assets Advisory LLC (0.32%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.22%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.15%), Scharf Investments LLC (0.07%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.04%) and Thomasville National Bank (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include David I Goulden, David I Goulden, Glenn D Fogel, Jeffery H Boyd, Paulo Pisano, Radakovich Lynn M Vojvodich, Radakovich Lynn Vojvodich, Robert J Mylod Jr and Susana D'emic.
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