NASDAQ:BKNGBooking Stock Price, Forecast & News

Booking's stock was trading at $1,442.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BKNG stock has increased by 15.8% and is now trading at $1,670.28. 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 earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The business services provider reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $6.12 by $2.35. The business services provider had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $11.17 EPS. View Booking's earnings history.

28 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Booking's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,225.00 to $2,250.00. On average, they expect Booking's stock price to reach $1,723.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Booking.

Media stories about BKNG stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Booking earned a coverage optimism score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines 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 next several 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. Currently, 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.12%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.05%), Thomasville National Bank (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Capital Investment Services of America Inc., Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, Diversified Trust Co, and West Branch Capital LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Booking.

BKNG stock was bought 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 Cypress Capital Group. 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 $1,670.28.

Booking has a market capitalization of $68.37 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]