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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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Airbnb has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booking has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 25 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Booking and 33 mentions for Airbnb. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Airbnb's score of 0.97 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airbnb
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Booking
36 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$11.10B6.70$2.65B$4.1328.98
Booking$25.03B6.66$5.88B$143.7935.78

Airbnb currently has a consensus target price of $141.81, indicating a potential upside of 18.49%. Booking has a consensus target price of $5,808.81, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Given Airbnb's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.32
Booking
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

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

Summary

Booking beats Airbnb on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BKNG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$166.75B$77.02B$27.63B$10.54B
Dividend Yield0.71%1.18%172.50%4.71%
P/E Ratio35.7829.3719.6527.61
Price / Sales6.6634.299.30201.06
Price / Cash24.91352.9162.9361.55
Price / Book-42.369.445.156.76
Net Income$5.88B$2.25B$911.70M$275.88M
7 Day Performance-5.15%-0.01%-1.04%2.81%
1 Month Performance-7.66%4.16%0.66%9.24%
1 Year Performance19.88%57.08%15.32%35.42%

Booking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKNG
Booking
4.6689 of 5 stars
$5,121.95
-0.2%
$5,808.81
+13.4%
+21.2%$166.00B$25.03B35.6224,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABNB
Airbnb
3.9648 of 5 stars
$121.33
-0.8%
$141.81
+16.9%
-9.4%$75.43B$11.10B29.397,300Analyst Forecast
EXPE
Expedia Group
4.1934 of 5 stars
$216.92
-0.5%
$208.96
-3.7%
+39.8%$26.80B$13.69B26.5516,500Analyst Forecast
MAR
Marriott International
4.0301 of 5 stars
$265.53
+1.5%
$281.26
+5.9%
+4.4%$72.08B$25.10B29.94418,000Analyst Forecast
AL
Air Lease
4.9464 of 5 stars
$63.60
0.0%
$60.29
-5.2%
+48.1%$7.11B$2.73B7.72150Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
CCL
Carnival
4.9239 of 5 stars
$28.80
+1.5%
$32.90
+14.3%
+53.3%$33.63B$25.02B15.00100,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.3485 of 5 stars
$258.88
+0.8%
$265.88
+2.7%
+11.1%$60.85B$11.17B39.74181,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.7799 of 5 stars
$319.06
+1.0%
$326.95
+2.5%
+68.0%$86.59B$16.48B23.90106,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.8275 of 5 stars
$61.45
+2.3%
$62.30
+1.4%
+32.2%$3.99B$3.86B10.6019,000Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.5045 of 5 stars
$1,161.47
-0.8%
$1,334.03
+14.9%
+68.2%$493.55B$39.00B49.4914,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
TRIP
TripAdvisor
3.7266 of 5 stars
$15.79
+0.4%
$17.03
+7.8%
+7.7%$1.83B$1.84B32.892,860Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:BKNG) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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