NASDAQ:BKNGBooking Stock Price, Forecast & News

Booking's stock was trading at $1,442.50 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) 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 data on Thursday, May, 7th. The business services provider reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $6.12 by $2.35. The business services provider earned $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.19 billion. Booking had a return on equity of 78.22% and a net margin of 23.43%. The firm's revenue was down 19.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $11.17 earnings per share. View Booking's earnings history.

28 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Booking's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,225.00 to $2,250.00. On average, they expect Booking's share 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.

Media headlines about BKNG stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Booking earned a media sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Booking.

Booking saw a decline in short interest in 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 short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the company 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.12%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.05%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.05%) and Thomasville National Bank (0.02%). 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., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Investment House LLC, Capital Investment Services of America Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, and Fulton Bank N. A.. View insider buying and selling activity for Booking.

BKNG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First American Trust FSB, Metropolis Capital Ltd, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Thomasville National Bank, Polianta Ltd, Everence Capital Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, and Prentiss Smith & Co. 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]