Booking Holdings BKNG
$160.67 −$8.06 (-4.77%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $160.79 +0.08%
Open$164.53
Prev close$168.72
Day range$160.58 – $167.67
Volume7.91M
Market cap$119.49B
P/E (TTM)17.4
Dividend yield1.02%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership98.8%+1.16 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,466-9 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)18 buys / 32 sellsNet selling
Short interest2.50% of floatDays to cover 2.9 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share9.9%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$251.87M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 28.7% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 3.06% to 2.50% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Research | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +8,231,776 | 4.2% |
| Sanders Capital, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +7,414,965 | 1.0% |
| Orbis Investment Management Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +5,305,272 | 0.7% |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +4,916,494 | 0.7% |
| Metropolis Capital Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,284,646 | 0.3% |
| Blue Sparrow, Llc | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,713,000 | 0.2% |
| Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,699,645 | 1.2% |
| Millennium Management LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,687,725 | 0.3% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,640,498 | 1.0% |
| Harris Associates L.P. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,557,503 | 0.2% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,439,184 | 0.5% |
| Managed Account Advisors LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,389,998 | 0.2% |
| Nuveen Investments | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,353,640 | 0.2% |
| Franklin Resources | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,311,268 | 0.5% |
| Amundi Asset Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,190,107 | 0.8% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | Paulo Pisano | Chief Human Resources Officer | Automatic Disposition | -1,500 | $163.06 | 70,400 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Paulo Pisano | Chief Human Resources Officer | Automatic Disposition | -1,500 | $173.02 | 71,900 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Robert Joseph Mylod | Independent Chairperson | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -1,000 | $198.40 | – |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Annox Capital | Automatic Disposition | -1,000 | $200.00 | 14,000 | |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Paulo Pisano | Chief Human Resources Officer | Automatic Disposition | -3,000 | $203.48 | 73,400 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Peter Millones | Executive Vice President | Automatic Disposition | -50,050 | $212.88 | 375,025 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Vanessa Wittman | Independent Director | Automatic Disposition | -375 | $211.00 | 14,550 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Ewout Steenbergen | Chief Financial Officer | Automatic Disposition | -20,000 | $212.54 | 59,794 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Robert Joseph Mylod | Independent Chairperson | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -1,000 | $206.70 | – |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Annox Capital | Open Market Disposition | -1,000 | $206.70 | 15,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Robert Joseph Mylod | Independent Chairperson | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -5,000 | $200.00 | – |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Annox Capital | Automatic Disposition | -5,000 | $200.00 | 16,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Vanessa Wittman | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -1,125 | $192.00 | 14,925 |
| 29 May 2026 | Charles Noski | Lead Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +1,583 | – | 1,583 |
| 29 May 2026 | Mirian Graddick-Weir | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +1,583 | – | 1,583 |
| 29 May 2026 | Thomas Rothman | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +1,583 | – | 1,583 |
| 29 May 2026 | Robert Joseph Mylod | Independent Chairperson | Other Acquisition | +2,240 | – | 69,565 |
| 29 May 2026 | Vanessa Wittman | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +1,583 | – | 1,583 |
| 29 May 2026 | Nicholas Read | Independent Director | Sale to Issuer | -148 | $167.43 | 9,852 |
| 29 May 2026 | Nicholas Read | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +1,583 | – | 1,583 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 18,790,497 | 2.5% | 2.9 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 22,615,773 | 3.0% | 2.3 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 19,629,385 | 2.6% | 2.6 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 20,152,864 | 2.7% | 4.3 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 21,243,813 | 2.8% | 3.6 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 23,687,573 | 3.1% | 4.1 |
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