Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Booking Q3 Earnings

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Investment analysts at Wedbush upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Booking in a report issued on Monday, January 6th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now expects that the business services provider will earn $98.60 per share for the quarter, up from their previous 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.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Booking from $4,200.00 to $4,600.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Booking from $4,100.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $3,590.00 target price on shares of Booking in a report on Monday, October 7th. Robert W. Baird initiated coverage on shares of Booking in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $5,850.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $5,400.00 to $6,000.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $4,972.75.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of BKNG stock opened at $4,909.79 on Tuesday. Booking has a 1 year low of $3,180.00 and a 1 year high of $5,337.24. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $5,040.76 and a 200-day moving average price of $4,329.43. The company has a market cap of $162.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.32, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.41.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th were paid a dividend of $8.75 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.71%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.75%.

Institutional Trading of Booking

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Booking by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 797,116 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,350,605,000 after purchasing an additional 11,211 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Booking by 0.5% in the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Booking by 3.3% in the 3rd 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 during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its position in Booking by 4.1% during the 3rd 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 period. 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 purchasing an additional 233,052 shares during the last quarter. 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.