Cantor Fitzgerald Weighs in on Booking FY2025 Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings estimates for Booking in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst D. Mathivanan forecasts that the business services provider will earn $206.75 per share for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Neutral” rating and a $3,590.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $181.73 per share.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Booking from $4,100.00 to $4,700.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Tigress Financial raised their price target on shares of Booking from $4,580.00 to $5,600.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. StockNews.com raised shares of Booking from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 9th. Baird R W raised shares of Booking to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on Booking from $3,900.00 to $5,250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $4,997.64.

Booking Stock Down 4.9 %

Booking stock opened at $4,686.41 on Wednesday. Booking has a twelve month low of $3,180.00 and a twelve month high of $5,337.24. The business has a fifty day moving average of $5,049.41 and a two-hundred day moving average of $4,391.39. The firm has a market cap of $155.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.41.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th were issued a $8.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.75%. Booking’s payout ratio is 23.75%.

Institutional Trading of Booking

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Jamison Private Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Booking in the third quarter valued at $25,000. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc acquired a new position in Booking in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. West Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Booking during the third quarter worth about $29,000. Addison Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Booking by 80.0% in the 3rd quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 9 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 4 shares during the period. Finally, Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. boosted its position in shares of Booking by 66.7% during the 3rd quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. now owns 10 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 4 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

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.