Expedia Company Profile (NASDAQ:EXPE)

Expedia trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EXPE."

Expedia declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 25th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 23rd. View Expedia's Dividend History.

Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.05. The company earned $2.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.55 billion. Expedia had a net margin of 3.36% and a return on equity of 11.01%. The business's revenue was up 17.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.83 earnings per share. View Expedia's Earnings History.

Expedia is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 28th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Expedia.

25 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Expedia's shares. Their forecasts range from $118.00 to $178.00. On average, they expect Expedia's stock price to reach $153.52 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Expedia.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Expedia stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Expedia Inc., is one of the leading online travel companies in the world. The company's first-quarter 2017 loss was narrower-than-expected and revenues beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Year-to-date, the stock has underperformed the Zacks characterized Electronic Commerce industry. The company's agency business looks good, which is no doubt benefiting from the ETP initiative. However, we think that the increased investments in the business, increasing competition across geographies, discounts offered by larger chain hotels and lack of ADR growth in emerging markets can make margin expansion difficult." (7/21/2017)
• 2. Cantor Fitzgerald analysts commented, "HomeAway positioned for strong growth. We expect bookings growth to remain strong as this business makes progress in its transition to an online transaction-based model, driven by online bookings vs. subscription. In its pursuit of this, we believe that HomeAway is spending increasing ad dollars on variable ad channels. Search query interest through May rose 1,700bps Q/ Q in the US and ~100bps WW. Total unique visitors to HomeAway’s US site increased 11% in April vs. 9% in 1Q17 (comScore). Trivago’s momentum likely to continue. The growth drivers here include strength in both volume and pricing, with the former driven by Trivago’s focus on heavy branded advertising coupled with spending on variable ad channels. Changes to landing page requirements in 4Q16 are likely to continue to drive strong unit pricing short term and yield improved consumer experience LT, in our view." (5/31/2017)
• 3. Benchmark Co. analysts commented, "We still think Expedia has headroom to improve attach and conversion rates, particularly with Orbitz’ air exposure, but expected improvements may not be meaningful until after Expedia has fully migrated the Orbitz tech stack to the cloud, allowing for further optimization. Trivago posted strong results, up 62.5% y/y and $37 million ahead of consensus, but that was partially offset by a $13 million shortfall at HomeAway, which still posted 30% y/y standalone growth. While we now project Trivago revenue growth could remain north of 50%, we expect growth at HomeAway will moderate to 19.5% in 2017 before potentially reaccelerating as investment spend is monetized in 2018." (4/28/2017)

Expedia saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 14th, there was short interest totalling 14,160,475 shares, an increase of 9.5% from the June 30th total of 12,928,727 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,190,252 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 11.9 days. Approximately 11.7% of the company's shares are short sold.

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Expedia's management team includes the folowing people:

• Barry Diller, Chairman of the Board, Senior Executive
• Dara Khosrowshahi, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Victor A. Kaufman, Vice Chairman of the Board
• Mark D. Okerstrom, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Operations
• Robert J. Dzielak, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
• Lance A. Soliday CPA, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller
• Pamela L. Coe, Director
• John C. Malone, Director
• Christopher W. Shean, Director
• Alexander Von Furstenberg, Director

Expedia's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD (0.18%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.17%), APG Asset Management N.V. (0.12%), Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. (0.12%), Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (0.10%) and National Pension Service (0.08%). Company insiders that own Expedia stock include Craig A Jacobson, Dara Khosrowshahi, Lance A Soliday, Mark D Okerstrom, Robert J Dzielak, Susan C Athey and Victor Kaufman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Expedia.

Expedia's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Swarthmore Group Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, NGAM Advisors L.P., Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS and Nepsis Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Expedia stock in the last year include Craig A Jacobson, Dara Khosrowshahi, Lance A Soliday, Mark D Okerstrom, Robert J Dzielak and Susan C Athey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Expedia.

Expedia's stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hartwell J M Limited Partnership, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Copeland Capital Management LLC, National Pension Service, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC and Aperio Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Expedia.

Shares of Expedia can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Expedia stock can currently be purchased for approximately $154.25.