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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

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

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
Booking$23.74B7.45$5.88B$143.7937.96
Airbnb$11.10B7.06$2.65B$4.1330.28

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
Booking19.23% -134.19% 24.16%
Airbnb 22.67%32.19%11.03%

Booking presently has a consensus target price of $5,781.04, indicating a potential upside of 5.92%. Airbnb has a consensus target price of $142.72, indicating a potential upside of 14.12%. Given Airbnb's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Booking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Booking
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Airbnb
5 Sell rating(s)
19 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31

92.4% of Booking shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Booking shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Airbnb shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Airbnb had 36 more articles in the media than Booking. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Airbnb and 56 mentions for Booking. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Airbnb's score of 0.90 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Booking
48 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Airbnb
44 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Booking has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Booking beats Airbnb on 12 of the 17 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$176.89B$73.53B$27.11B$9.81B
Dividend Yield0.70%2.44%172.80%4.07%
P/E Ratio37.9626.6226.2125.56
Price / Sales7.4564.8214.81116.64
Price / Cash25.89340.9460.7659.48
Price / Book-26.577.784.906.13
Net Income$5.88B$2.26B$874.58M$264.89M
7 Day Performance0.96%1.97%1.57%2.67%
1 Month Performance-3.83%5.66%1.22%3.11%
1 Year Performance50.16%64.25%18.79%25.14%

Booking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKNG
Booking
4.5422 of 5 stars
$5,457.90
-0.5%
$5,781.04
+5.9%
+53.5%$176.89B$23.74B37.9624,300Positive News
ABNB
Airbnb
4.0807 of 5 stars
$118.24
-9.4%
$143.07
+21.0%
+7.2%$74.03B$11.23B29.857,300Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
EXPE
Expedia Group
4.6814 of 5 stars
$183.65
-0.8%
$189.38
+3.1%
+60.6%$23.30B$13.69B21.6216,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
MAR
Marriott International
4.1116 of 5 stars
$260.61
-0.8%
$280.89
+7.8%
+22.8%$71.37B$25.69B29.38418,000Positive News
Buyback Announcement
AL
Air Lease
4.7905 of 5 stars
$55.00
+0.4%
$59.50
+8.2%
+31.3%$6.15B$2.73B6.67150News Coverage
Positive News
CCL
Carnival
4.7609 of 5 stars
$28.85
-1.3%
$30.71
+6.4%
+105.0%$33.68B$25.97B15.59100,000Positive News
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.2546 of 5 stars
$259.85
-0.4%
$259.19
-0.3%
+30.1%$61.12B$11.48B39.92181,000Positive News
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.9149 of 5 stars
$308.16
-1.9%
$321.10
+4.2%
+104.6%$83.64B$17.18B23.08106,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.9149 of 5 stars
$58.89
-1.0%
$62.30
+5.8%
+44.2%$3.82B$3.86B10.1519,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
NFLX
Netflix
4.1229 of 5 stars
$1,171.83
-0.6%
$1,297.66
+10.7%
+86.0%$497.78B$39.00B49.9114,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TRIP
TripAdvisor
3.59 of 5 stars
$16.12
-2.2%
$17.39
+7.9%
+32.7%$2.28B$1.84B43.522,860

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This page (NASDAQ:BKNG) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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