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 (EPS) guidance of 215.170-215.170 for the period, compared to the consensus 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 0.6 %

BKNG stock opened at $4,989.22 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.14 billion, a PE ratio of 28.83, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.39. Booking has a twelve month low of $3,180.00 and a twelve month high of $5,337.24. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $4,903.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4,551.96.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $35.82 by $5.73. Booking had a negative return on equity of 159.60% and a net margin of 24.78%. The business had revenue of $5.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.18 billion. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Booking will post 207.62 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $5,400.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on Booking from $5,155.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. Robert W. Baird began coverage on Booking in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $5,850.00 price objective for the company. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Booking from $5,250.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on Booking from $4,850.00 to $5,522.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Booking has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,370.43.

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.