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BKNG vs. ABNB, EXPE, MAR, AL, CCL, HLT, RCL, TNL, NFLX, and TRIP

Should you be buying Booking stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booking include Airbnb (ABNB), Expedia Group (EXPE), Marriott International (MAR), Air Lease (AL), Carnival (CCL), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Netflix (NFLX), and TripAdvisor (TRIP).

Booking vs. Its Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.

80.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Booking shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.9% of Airbnb shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Booking shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Airbnb currently has a consensus price target of $141.19, indicating a potential upside of 12.53%. Booking has a consensus price target of $5,808.81, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. Given Airbnb's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Booking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Airbnb
5 Sell rating(s)
19 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Booking
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booking has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Booking has higher revenue and earnings than Airbnb. Airbnb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airbnb$11.58B6.73$2.65B$4.1330.38
Booking$23.74B7.43$5.88B$143.7937.85

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Booking's net margin of 19.23%. Airbnb's return on equity of 32.19% beat Booking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airbnb22.67% 32.19% 11.03%
Booking 19.23%-134.19%24.16%

In the previous week, Booking had 17 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Booking and 39 mentions for Airbnb. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Airbnb's score of 1.15 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airbnb
31 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Booking
44 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Booking beats Airbnb on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BKNG vs. The Competition

MetricBookingINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$179.99B$77.10B$28.36B$10.27B
Dividend Yield0.69%1.17%172.49%4.64%
P/E Ratio37.8530.4320.7426.98
Price / Sales7.4331.498.73167.34
Price / Cash26.39366.8564.8360.63
Price / Book-44.818.024.916.37
Net Income$5.88B$2.26B$872.22M$271.46M
7 Day Performance-0.28%3.05%3.81%2.53%
1 Month Performance-2.53%10.89%8.06%9.42%
1 Year Performance35.48%51.11%19.70%30.16%

Booking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKNG
Booking
4.5947 of 5 stars
$5,442.88
-2.0%
$5,808.81
+6.7%
+35.1%$179.99B$23.74B37.8524,300Positive News
Insider Trade
ABNB
Airbnb
3.8836 of 5 stars
$123.04
-0.3%
$142.66
+15.9%
+2.5%$76.41B$11.10B29.777,300Trending News
Insider Trade
EXPE
Expedia Group
3.8333 of 5 stars
$220.69
+2.4%
$205.63
-6.8%
+58.9%$27.30B$13.69B27.0516,500Positive News
MAR
Marriott International
4.276 of 5 stars
$267.92
+2.1%
$281.26
+5.0%
+10.6%$72.73B$25.10B30.20418,000Positive News
AL
Air Lease
4.9068 of 5 stars
$63.54
-0.1%
$60.29
-5.1%
+42.9%$7.10B$2.73B7.71150Positive News
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
CCL
Carnival
4.7811 of 5 stars
$32.46
+3.5%
$30.71
-5.4%
+71.3%$37.87B$25.02B17.54100,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.1936 of 5 stars
$277.62
+1.7%
$264.40
-4.8%
+20.5%$65.30B$11.17B42.65181,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.7175 of 5 stars
$351.78
+3.0%
$327.14
-7.0%
+93.3%$95.60B$16.48B26.38106,000Positive News
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.7817 of 5 stars
$63.25
+2.8%
$62.30
-1.5%
+44.1%$4.10B$3.86B10.8919,000Positive News
NFLX
Netflix
4.5763 of 5 stars
$1,206.57
-3.3%
$1,317.58
+9.2%
+74.9%$512.71B$39.00B51.4114,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
TRIP
TripAdvisor
2.7832 of 5 stars
$18.13
+2.1%
$17.36
-4.2%
+36.1%$2.11B$1.84B37.772,860Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BKNG) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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