Booking Stock Forecast, Price & 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 40.0% and is now trading at $2,019.84.
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27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Booking in the last year. There are currently 16 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Booking is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 24th 2021.
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Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 5th. The business services provider reported $12.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $15.98 by $3.71. The business services provider earned $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.53 billion. Booking had a net margin of 15.68% and a return on equity of 25.72%. The company's revenue was down 47.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $45.54 earnings per share.
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27 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Booking's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,450.00 to $2,200.00. On average, they expect Booking's stock price to reach $1,838.24 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.0%.
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Booking saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 863,800 shares, a decline of 16.1% from the October 15th total of 1,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 366,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Booking include Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Expedia Group (EXPE), TripAdvisor (TRIP), Overstock.com (OSTK), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Groupon (GRPN), CarParts.com (PRTS) and PetMed Express (PETS).
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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), The Walt Disney (DIS) and Baidu (BIDU).

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

Booking's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.82%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (2.75%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.39%), Ninety One UK Ltd (0.98%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.51%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.47%). Company insiders that own Booking stock include Gillian Tans and Jeffrey E Epstein.
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BKNG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Hawaiian Bank, BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, SRS Investment Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and Platinum Investment Management Ltd..
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BKNG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Egerton Capital UK LLP, Sanders Capital LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Sound Shore Management Inc CT, and KBC Group NV.
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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 $2,019.84.

Booking has a market capitalization of $82.72 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]