Wedbush Comments on Booking’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Stock analysts at Wedbush lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Booking in a research report issued on Monday, January 6th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $98.60 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $95.53. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $5,500.00 price objective 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. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Booking from $4,500.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Oppenheimer upped their price target on Booking from $5,500.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $5,400.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Booking from $4,100.00 to $4,700.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their price target 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. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Booking presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $4,972.75.

Booking Trading Up 1.6 %

Booking stock opened at $4,872.42 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $5,056.30 and a 200 day moving average price of $4,338.87. Booking has a 12-month low of $3,180.00 and a 12-month high of $5,337.24. The stock has a market cap of $161.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.06, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.41.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in BKNG. Jamison Private Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Booking during the third quarter worth approximately $25,000. West Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Booking during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Addison Advisors LLC boosted its holdings 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 buying an additional 4 shares in the last quarter. Fairscale Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Booking in the 2nd quarter valued at $41,000. Finally, Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. raised its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 4 shares in the last quarter. 92.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th were issued a dividend of $8.75 per share. This represents a $35.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.