Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 215.170-215.170 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 201.900. The company issued revenue guidance of $25.6 billion-, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $25.3 billion. Booking also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Booking Stock Down 1.8 %

BKNG stock traded down $92.37 during trading on Thursday, hitting $5,018.23. The company had a trading volume of 299,713 shares, compared to its average volume of 258,695. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $4,913.12 and a 200-day moving average price of $4,537.47. Booking has a 12 month low of $3,180.00 and a 12 month high of $5,337.24. The stock has a market cap of $166.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.05, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.39.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $35.82 by $5.73. Booking had a net margin of 21.85% and a negative return on equity of 166.06%. Equities analysts expect that Booking will post 181.71 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BKNG has been the subject of several recent research reports. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Booking from $4,850.00 to $5,522.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Cfra upgraded shares of Booking from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Susquehanna boosted their price target on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Booking from $3,900.00 to $5,250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $5,044.43.

About Booking

Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc, is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.