Booking (BKNG) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Booking - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 37 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
8

Buy
29

Based on 37 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Booking in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 37 analysts, 8 have given a hold rating, 28 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for BKNG.

Consensus Price Target

$227.14
46.48% Upside

According to the 37 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Booking, the average price target is $227.14. The highest price target for BKNG is $298.00, while the lowest price target for BKNG is $175.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 46.48% from the current price of $155.07.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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BKNG Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/18/25 to 5/18/26	1 Month Ago 4/18/25 to 4/18/26	3 Months Ago 2/17/25 to 2/17/26	1 Year Ago 5/18/24 to 5/18/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	28 Buy rating(s)	28 Buy rating(s)	27 Buy rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)
Hold	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$227.14	$234.47	$246.86	$211.97
Forecasted Upside	46.48% Upside	22.11% Upside	49.07% Upside	-0.33% Downside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

BKNG Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

BKNG Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Booking Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Booking	Retail/Wholesale Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.81	2.15	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	47.37% Upside	60.24% Upside	17.92% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent BKNG News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
5/14/2026	Weiss Ratings Not Rated		Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
4/30/2026	Argus 3 of 5 stars	John Staszak 2 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Buy	$188.00 ➝ $205.00	+20.77%
4/30/2026	Gordon Haskett 3 of 5 stars		Boost Target	Buy	$217.00 ➝ $220.00	+28.50%
4/29/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$195.00	+11.69%
4/29/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mark Mahaney Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$245.00	+40.33%
4/29/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kevin Kopelman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $230.00	+33.54%
4/29/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jed Kelly Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$240.00 ➝ $215.00	+23.94%
4/29/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Deepak Mathivanan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$180.00 ➝ $175.00	+0.88%
4/29/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ken Gawrelski Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Equal Weight	$214.00 ➝ $215.00	+23.94%
4/29/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ross Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Overweight	$220.00 ➝ $210.00	+21.06%
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4/29/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform	$248.00 ➝ $240.00	+40.18%
4/29/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Doug Anmuth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$224.00 ➝ $208.00	+19.84%
4/29/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tom White Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $230.00	+34.11%
4/29/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Buy	$309.84 ➝ $298.00	+74.63%
4/29/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ronald Josey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$250.00 ➝ $225.00	+31.85%
4/29/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Neutral	$226.00 ➝ $223.00	+30.68%
4/29/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform	$230.00 ➝ $220.00	+28.92%
4/29/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Benjamin Black Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$210.00 ➝ $202.00	+18.37%
4/29/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brad Erickson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$244.00 ➝ $220.00	+28.92%
4/29/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jake Fuller Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$250.00	+44.11%
4/29/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Bellisario Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$234.00 ➝ $215.00	+23.94%
4/27/2026	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Naved Khan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$272.00 ➝ $264.00	+47.42%
4/27/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Ju Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$259.00 ➝ $260.00	+43.94%
4/8/2026	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ivan Feinseth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Strong-Buy	$244.00 ➝ $260.00	+50.65%
3/11/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Richard Clarke Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Market Perform	$216.28 ➝ $187.92	+7.46%
2/23/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Nowak Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$246.00 ➝ $220.00	+42.09%
2/23/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Hold	$224.00 ➝ $180.00	+10.38%
2/20/2026	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Shyam Patil Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$260.00	+61.62%
2/20/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform	$244.00 ➝ $240.00	+49.72%
2/19/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Justin Patterson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$260.00 ➝ $237.40	+38.99%
2/19/2026	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Daniel L. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$256.00 ➝ $224.00	+31.15%
2/6/2026	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Scott Devitt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$240.00 ➝ $220.00	+23.78%
2/4/2026	Citizens Jmp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Condon Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform
11/24/2025	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Justin Post Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$240.00	+25.84%
10/30/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$250.00 ➝ $256.00	+26.09%
10/29/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Greg Miller Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$232.40	+12.62%
8/5/2025	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
2/18/2025	Cfra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy

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Should I Buy Booking Stock? BKNG Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Booking pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Booking
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Booking Holdings Inc.:

The current stock price is around $168, which may present a buying opportunity for investors looking for value in the travel sector.
Booking Holdings Inc. has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share, indicating a commitment to returning value to shareholders.
The company reported a revenue increase of 16.2% year-over-year, showcasing strong growth potential in the online travel market.
Equities analysts expect the company to earn $12.46 per share next year, suggesting a solid earnings outlook that could support future stock price appreciation.
Institutional investors own a significant 92.42% of the company's stock, reflecting strong confidence from large financial entities in Booking Holdings Inc.'s business model and growth prospects.

Booking
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Booking Holdings Inc. for these reasons:

The company recently reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.14, which missed consensus estimates significantly, indicating potential challenges in meeting market expectations.
Booking Holdings Inc. has a negative return on equity of 128.99%, suggesting inefficiencies in generating profit from shareholders' equity.
Insider selling has been notable, with executives selling shares worth over $10 million in the last 90 days, which could signal a lack of confidence in the stock's short-term performance.
The stock has experienced volatility, with a 12-month high of $233.58 and a low of $150.62, indicating potential risks for investors concerned about price fluctuations.
Analysts have mixed sentiments, with some maintaining a buy rating while others express caution, reflecting uncertainty in the stock's future trajectory.

BKNG Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 37 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Booking is $227.14, with a high forecast of $298.00 and a low forecast of $175.00.

37 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Booking in the last twelve months. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 28 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BKNG shares.

According to analysts, Booking's stock has a predicted upside of 46.48% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Booking's stock had 2 downgrades and 1 upgrade by analysts.

Booking has been rated by research analysts at Argus, B. Riley Financial, Barclays, Benchmark, BMO Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Exane, BTIG Research, Cantor Fitzgerald, Citigroup, DA Davidson, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Evercore, Gordon Haskett, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, Susquehanna, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Tigress Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Booking more than other "retail/wholesale" companies. The consensus rating for Booking is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "retail/wholesale" companies is Hold. Learn more on how BKNG compares to other companies.

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Booking (BKNG) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Booking - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Booking Stock vs. The Competition

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Booking (BKNG) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Booking - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Consensus Price Target

BKNG Analyst Ratings Over Time

BKNG Analyst Recommendations By Month

BKNG Price Targets by Month

Booking Stock vs. The Competition

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

Should I Buy Booking Stock? BKNG Pros and Cons Explained

Booking Bull Case

Booking Bear Case

BKNG Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

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