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BKNG vs. ABNB, EXPE, MAR, CCL, H, 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), Carnival (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$11.10B7.70$2.65B$3.9634.47
Booking$23.74B7.84$5.88B$160.7435.60

Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booking has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Airbnb presently has a consensus price target of $141.23, indicating a potential upside of 3.47%. Booking has a consensus price target of $5,388.37, indicating a potential downside of 5.84%. Given Airbnb's higher possible 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)
16 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Booking
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.60% compared to Booking's net margin of 22.58%. Airbnb's return on equity of 30.91% beat Booking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airbnb22.60% 30.91% 10.74%
Booking 22.58%-143.67%23.29%

In the previous week, Booking had 8 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Booking and 33 mentions for Airbnb. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Airbnb's score of 1.27 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airbnb
24 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Booking
33 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Booking beats Airbnb on 12 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$186.02B$70.22B$26.75B$9.04B
Dividend Yield0.67%2.18%175.53%4.01%
P/E Ratio35.6033.7929.7720.24
Price / Sales7.8413.894.68118.22
Price / Cash27.17258.2948.8358.10
Price / Book-47.117.465.935.67
Net Income$5.88B$2.21B$872.48M$249.21M
7 Day Performance0.52%5.64%3.97%3.28%
1 Month Performance2.73%5.20%4.43%5.55%
1 Year Performance45.60%92.12%21.35%21.09%

Booking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKNG
Booking
4.4 of 5 stars
$5,722.49
+0.4%
$5,388.37
-5.8%
+46.1%$186.02B$23.74B35.6024,300Positive News
ABNB
Airbnb
3.3852 of 5 stars
$136.78
+1.0%
$141.23
+3.3%
-10.6%$85.68B$11.23B34.547,300Positive News
EXPE
Expedia Group
4.7625 of 5 stars
$177.42
+3.7%
$186.08
+4.9%
+42.2%$22.55B$13.69B20.9216,500Positive News
MAR
Marriott International
4.2989 of 5 stars
$280.08
+0.9%
$275.90
-1.5%
+16.6%$76.71B$25.10B31.90418,000Positive News
CCL
Carnival
4.7335 of 5 stars
$29.94
+1.0%
$28.65
-4.3%
+71.7%$34.95B$25.97B16.18100,000
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.304 of 5 stars
$140.75
-3.2%
$150.63
+7.0%
-1.4%$13.44B$6.65B18.28227,000Analyst Forecast
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.2629 of 5 stars
$273.21
+1.1%
$249.06
-8.8%
+26.4%$64.94B$11.17B43.09181,000Positive News
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.6561 of 5 stars
$333.86
+2.4%
$280.40
-16.0%
+115.0%$90.66B$16.76B27.73106,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.7724 of 5 stars
$56.31
+0.7%
$59.20
+5.1%
+29.5%$3.74B$3.86B9.4016,800Positive News
NFLX
Netflix
4.43 of 5 stars
$1,294.41
+0.7%
$1,182.58
-8.6%
+89.8%$550.86B$39.00B61.1714,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TRIP
TripAdvisor
3.6405 of 5 stars
$17.50
+16.7%
$17.27
-1.3%
-1.3%$2.48B$1.84B47.282,860Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:BKNG) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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