NASDAQ:BKNGBooking Stock Price, Forecast & News

Booking's stock was trading at $1,442.50 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BKNG shares have increased by 21.1% and is now trading at $1,746.91. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Booking in the last year. There are currently 16 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Booking.

Booking is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Booking.

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The business services provider reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $6.12 by $2.35. The business services provider had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.19 billion. Booking had a net margin of 23.43% and a return on equity of 78.22%. The company's revenue was down 19.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $11.17 earnings per share. View Booking's earnings history.

Booking issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.05-9.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.86. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.64-2.75 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.98 billion.

28 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Booking's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,225.00 to $2,250.00. On average, they anticipate Booking's share price to reach $1,742.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%. View analysts' price targets for Booking.

Media coverage about BKNG stock has trended negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Booking earned a coverage optimism score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutBooking.

Booking saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,370,000 shares, a decrease of 7.4% from the April 30th total of 1,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 682,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 3.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Booking's Current Options Chain.

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Booking trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BKNG."

Booking's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.02%), Capital International Investors (1.80%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.71%), Invesco Ltd. (1.50%), Capital Research Global Investors (0.94%) and Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (0.92%). Company insiders that own Booking stock include Gillian Tans and Jeffrey E Epstein. View institutional ownership trends for Booking.

BKNG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Alliancebernstein L.P., Polen Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., and Principal Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Booking company stock in the last year include Gillian Tans, and Jeffrey E Epstein. View insider buying and selling activity for Booking.

BKNG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Capital World Investors, Par Capital Management Inc., Fiduciary Management Inc. WI, FDx Advisors Inc., First Pacific Advisors LP, Melvin Capital Management LP, and Manning & Napier Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Booking.

Shares of BKNG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKNG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,746.91.

Booking has a market capitalization of $71.50 billion and generates $15.07 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $4.87 billion in net income (profit) each year or $102.57 on an earnings per share basis. Booking employs 26,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Booking is www.bookingholdings.com.

Booking's mailing address is 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT, 06854. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 203-299-8000 or via email at [email protected]