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 23.3% and is now trading at $1,778.87.
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29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Booking in the last year. There are currently 17 hold ratings and 12 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 Thursday, November 5th 2020.
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Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The business services provider reported ($10.81) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($11.87) by $1.06. The business services provider earned $630 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $592.94 million. Booking had a net margin of 22.52% and a return on equity of 53.57%. The firm's revenue was down 83.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $23.59 EPS.
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29 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Booking's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,430.00 to $2,250.00. On average, they anticipate Booking's share price to reach $1,800.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about BKNG stock has been trending somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Booking earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.
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Booking saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,110,000 shares, an increase of 19.5% from the January 15th total of 929,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 408,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Booking include Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Expedia Group (EXPE), Overstock.com (OSTK), Tripadvisor (TRIP), 1-800-Flowers.Com (FLWS), Shutterfly (SFLY), Groupon (GRPN), Petmed Express (PETS) and U.S. Auto Parts Network (PRTS).
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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), Walt Disney (DIS), Mastercard (MA) and Baidu (BIDU).

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 Vanguard Group Inc. (7.88%), BlackRock Inc. (6.99%), FMR LLC (2.12%), FIL Ltd (0.79%), Par Capital Management Inc. (0.77%) and Independent Franchise Partners LLP (0.75%). 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 FMR LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Independent Franchise Partners LLP, Timucuan Asset Management Inc. FL, and Advisor Group Holdings Inc..
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BKNG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FIL Ltd, Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, First Trust Advisors LP, AKO Capital LLP, Newbrook Capital Advisors LP, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, and Sound Shore Management Inc CT .
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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 $1,778.87.

Booking has a market capitalization of $72.84 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]