B. Riley Comments on Booking’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Booking in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $49.90 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $51.90. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $6,100.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Booking’s Q3 2025 earnings at $97.32 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $46.45 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $217.88 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $241.99 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $279.87 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on BKNG. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,700.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group dropped their price target on Booking from $5,960.00 to $5,557.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,750.00 to $4,850.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Benchmark boosted their target price on shares of Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,900.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Wedbush raised their price target on shares of Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Ten investment 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,262.41.

Booking Price Performance

NASDAQ BKNG opened at $5,101.43 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $166.52 billion, a PE ratio of 29.48, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.37. Booking has a fifty-two week low of $3,180.00 and a fifty-two week high of $5,337.24. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $4,649.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4,812.32.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $24.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $17.57 by $7.24. The company had revenue of $4.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.58 billion. Booking had a negative return on equity of 159.34% and a net margin of 24.78%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $20.39 earnings per share.

Booking Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th were paid a $9.60 dividend. This is an increase from Booking’s previous quarterly dividend of $8.75. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.75%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is presently 23.89%.

Institutional Trading of Booking

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of BKNG. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc bought a new position in shares of Booking during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Booking during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Summit Securities Group LLC bought a new position in Booking during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Bernard Wealth Management Corp. purchased a new position in shares of Booking in the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Promus Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $35,000. 92.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.