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Booking Holdings BKNG

US equityMarket cap rank #131Travel Services
$156.77
+$0.87 (+0.56%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $156.09 +0.12%
Open$157.29
Prev close$155.90
Day range$155.38 – $159.25
Volume4.33M
Market cap$117.79B
P/E (TTM)17.4
Dividend yield1.03%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

BKNG at a glance

BKNG last changed hands at $156.77 (up 0.56%). At $117.79B, Booking Holdings is ranked #131 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.

It is close to the bottom of its 52-week range ($149.40 to $222.95), 29.7% under the high. Holders are behind 28.4% over twelve months, and down 13.3% across the last three months.

On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($191.82) and 200-day ($183.53) moving averages; RSI is 22, which some call oversold, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 34% annualized volatility.

Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $7.35B, up 8.1% from a year earlier, with $1.95B of net profit (a 25.5% margin).

Buyers are paying 17.4 times trailing earnings, 70% below its five-year average of 58.7. The median for its industry group is 23.7.

27 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $237.42, sits 51.4% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Booking Holdings: the business

Booking Holdings owns Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable, and takes a cut of hotel, flight and restaurant bookings.

What tends to move it. Room nights booked, European travel demand and marketing costs are the main measures. It buys back a lot of stock.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.6%
1 week
-8.5%
1 month
-26.3%
3 months
-13.3%
6 months
-8.2%
Year to date
-26.3%
1 year
-28.4%
Day range
$155.38$159.25
52-week range
$149.40$222.95

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong downtrend

1 bullish · 5 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-14.0%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-18.3%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average-14.6%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)22.3Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)-9.48Bearish
Bollinger band position9%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$156.76 / $156.77
Average price today$157.33
Volume4.33MAvg (90d) 7.13M
Turnover$681.76M
Turnover rate0.58%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.51vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude2.48%
Market cap$117.79B
Float market cap$117.41B
Shares outstanding748.96M
EPS (TTM)$6.62
P/E (TTM)17.41
P/B-10.92
Book value / share-$14.35
Earnings yield-0.63%
Dividend (TTM)$1.61 / shareYield 1.03%
Net profit (TTM)$4.98B
Net assets-$10.78B
30-day volatility33.9%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)4.43%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-30.6%-29.1% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How BKNG ranks on BeStock

Market value#131 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#126 of 283
Dividend yield#170 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#261 of 300
Dollar volume today#65 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$7.35B+8.1% YoY
Operating profit$2.50B+11.1% YoY
Net profit$1.95B+117.9% YoY
Diluted EPS$2.53+130.0% YoY
Free cash flow$3.64B+16.1% YoY
Operating cash flow$3.72B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$8.0BSep '24$5.5BDec '24$4.8BMar '25$6.8BJun '25$9.0BSep '25$6.3BDec '25$5.5BMar '26$7.4BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$2.5BSep '24$1.1BDec '24$333.0MMar '25$895.0MJun '25$2.7BSep '25$1.4BDec '25$1.1BMar '26$2.0BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Operating margin34.5%
Net margin25.5%
Return on assets23.9%
Current ratio1.09
Liabilities / assets136.3%
Cash & investments$17.21B
Total debt$20.69B
Net cash (debt)-$3.48B
Free cash flow / sales33.8%
Average move on report day±3.7%last 16 reports
Closed higher10 of 1663% of the time
Best reaction+7.9%
Worst reaction-10.1%

Stock move on the day after each report

+4.8%2024/Q3-0.5%2024/Q4+3.9%2025/Q1+0.4%2025/Q2-0.9%2025/Q3-6.1%2025/Q4+0.3%2026/Q1+6.6%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings19.0x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 0th percentile, 5-year average 58.7x

#1489 of 2975 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book-11.9x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 62nd percentile, 5-year average -24.2x

Price / sales4.6x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 2nd percentile, 5-year average 6.5x

#3748 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

-31x78x188x298xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$217.00
Price vs. fair value-27.8%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★★☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts27
Average target$237.42+51.4% vs. price
  • Buy 81%
  • Hold 19%
Low $188.00Now $156.77Avg $237.42High $274.00

Latest rating actions

  • 16 Sep 2026Morgan StanleyBUY · PT $230.00
  • 15 Sep 2026BernsteinHOLD · PT $188.00
  • 9 Sep 2026CitiBUY · PT $236.00
  • 31 Aug 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY · PT $234.00
  • 31 Aug 2026Rosenblatt SecuritiesBUY · PT $245.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership98.7%+0.51 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,467-13 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)12 buys / 8 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.68% of floatDays to cover 4.3 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share11.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

6%10%14%18%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$93.60M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.03%
Last dividend$0.42Ex-date 11 Sep 2026
Next-to-last$0.42
Payments on file11

Dividends paid per share, by year

35.00202438.40202511.342026

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Citi Maintains Booking Holdings(BKNG.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $236Market news · 9 Sep 2026
  • Morgan Stanley Initiates Booking Holdings(BKNG.US) With Buy Rating, Announces Target Price $230Market news · 16 Sep 2026
  • Bernstein Maintains Booking Holdings(BKNG.US) With Hold Rating, Announces Target Price $188Market news · 15 Sep 2026
  • Rosenblatt Securities Maintains Booking Holdings(BKNG.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $245Market news · 1 Sep 2026
  • Rosenblatt Securities Maintains Booking Holdings(BKNG.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $245Market news · 1 Sep 2026
  • J.P. Morgan Maintains Booking Holdings(BKNG.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $248Market news · 7 Aug 2026

BKNG stock: common questions

Where is BKNG trading right now?

$156.77 is the latest print for BKNG, a move of +0.56% against yesterday's close of $155.90. Today's low and high so far: $155.38 and $159.25.

How big is Booking Holdings?

Equity value comes to $117.79B at the current price. By that measure it is number 131 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is BKNG expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 17.4 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $6.62). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 58.7, and today's level ranks in the 0th percentile of its own history.

Where does BKNG sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $149.40 and the ceiling $222.95. Shares are 29.7% away from that ceiling.

Does BKNG send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.03% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 11, 2026.

What is the analyst view on Booking Holdings?

Of 27 analysts, 81% say buy, 19% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $237.42, with the most cautious at $188.00 and the most optimistic at $274.00.

What does Booking Holdings do?

Booking Holdings owns Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable, and takes a cut of hotel, flight and restaurant bookings.

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