Q2 Earnings Estimate for Booking Issued By Seaport Res Ptn

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Booking in a research report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $49.77 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $51.14. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Booking’s Q3 2025 earnings at $96.17 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $244.23 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on BKNG. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Booking from $5,005.00 to $5,800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Booking from $5,575.00 to $5,750.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Citigroup lifted their price target on Booking from $5,500.00 to $5,800.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 21st. Argus lowered Booking from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Benchmark lifted their target price on Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Booking currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $5,370.43.

Booking Trading Down 0.3 %

NASDAQ:BKNG opened at $5,033.83 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $4,898.86 and a 200-day moving average of $4,591.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.16 billion, a PE ratio of 29.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.39. Booking has a 52 week low of $3,180.00 and a 52 week high of $5,337.24.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $35.82 by $5.73. Booking had a net margin of 24.78% and a negative return on equity of 159.34%. The company had revenue of $5.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.18 billion.

Institutional Trading of Booking

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Booking by 621,874.8% in the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 864,545 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,295,423,000 after acquiring an additional 864,406 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Booking during the 4th quarter valued at $1,958,352,000. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 342,723.5% in the third quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 233,120 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $981,929,000 after purchasing an additional 233,052 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 51.4% in the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 280,629 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,394,283,000 after purchasing an additional 95,308 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of Booking by 18.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 368,628 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,831,499,000 after buying an additional 58,357 shares during the period. 92.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Booking Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a $9.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $38.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. This is a boost from Booking’s previous quarterly dividend of $8.75. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.23%.

Booking Company Profile

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.