Wedbush Issues Positive Estimate for Booking Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Research analysts at Wedbush lifted their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Booking in a research report issued on Monday, January 6th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $98.60 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $95.53. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $5,500.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $181.49 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Booking’s Q4 2025 earnings at $40.66 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $211.68 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $235.58 EPS.

BKNG has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Baird R W raised Booking to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Booking from $3,976.00 to $4,173.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $5,400.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of Booking from $3,560.00 to $4,900.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Booking from $4,200.00 to $4,600.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Ten equities 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Booking presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $4,972.75.

Booking Stock Performance

Shares of BKNG opened at $4,872.42 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $5,056.30 and a two-hundred day moving average of $4,338.87. The stock has a market cap of $161.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.06, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.41. Booking has a one year low of $3,180.00 and a one year high of $5,337.24.

Institutional Trading of Booking

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in BKNG. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Booking by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 797,116 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,350,605,000 after purchasing an additional 11,211 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its position in shares of Booking by 0.5% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 492,274 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,073,508,000 after buying an additional 2,321 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Booking by 3.3% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 418,742 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,763,797,000 after buying an additional 13,429 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its position in Booking by 4.1% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 296,599 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,249,311,000 after acquiring an additional 11,649 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Icon Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Booking by 342,723.5% during the 3rd quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 233,120 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $981,929,000 after acquiring an additional 233,052 shares in the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th were given a $8.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.72%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.75%.

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.