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. Since then, BKNG shares have increased by 16.9% and is now trading at $1,686.76. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The business services provider reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $6.12 by $2.35. The business services provider had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.19 billion. Booking had a net margin of 23.43% and a return on equity of 78.22%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 19.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $11.17 EPS. View Booking's earnings history.

28 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Booking's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,225.00 to $2,250.00. On average, they anticipate Booking's stock price to reach $1,723.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Booking.

Press coverage about BKNG stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Booking earned a daily sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Booking.

Booking saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,240,000 shares, a decline of 10.1% from the June 15th total of 1,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 627,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.19%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.12%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.05%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%) and Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.05%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Scout Investments Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Investment House LLC, Capital Investment Services of America Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Booking.

BKNG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, First American Trust FSB, Metropolis Capital Ltd, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Thomasville National Bank, Polianta Ltd, Brasada Capital Management LP, and Everence Capital Management Inc.. 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 $1,686.76.

Booking has a market capitalization of $69.04 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]