Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) Stock

About Booking Holdings Inc.

Booking Holdings Inc. is a leading global provider of online travel and dining reservation services. The company manages a portfolio of well-known digital platforms. Among these, Booking.com specializes in online accommodation bookings, while Rentalcars.com is dedicated to facilitating vehicle rentals. Priceline offers a comprehensive range of online travel booking options, encompassing hotels, flights, rental cars, vacation packages, and cruises, alongside hotel distribution services. Agoda also provides online lodging reservations, further expanding into flights, ground transportation, and activity bookings. For travelers seeking the best deals, KAYAK functions as an online price comparison service, enabling users to search and contrast prices for airline tickets, hotels, and car rentals. Additionally, OpenTable allows for convenient online restaurant reservations. Beyond its core booking services, Booking Holdings Inc. also supplies travel-related insurance products and restaurant management solutions to individual consumers, travel service providers, and restaurants. Established in 1997, the company is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. It officially adopted its current name, Booking Holdings Inc., in February 2018, having previously operated as The Priceline Group Inc.

Booking Holdings Inc. is led by CEO Glenn D. Fogel, employs 24,500 people, headquartered in Norwalk, US, publicly traded since 1999.

Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) stock trades at $201.30 with a market capitalization of $155.98B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.40, price-to-book of -18.23, price-to-sales of 5.63. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $150.14 and $231.80, and currently trades 13.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.84%.

On profitability, Booking Holdings Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -95.80%, return on capital employed of 120.00%, an operating margin of 34.28%, a net profit margin of 22.23%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Booking Holdings Inc. reported annual revenue of $26.9B, net profit of $5.4B, revenue has compounded at 31.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 146.8% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of -2.17 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.33, total assets of $29.3B, $17.2B in cash and equivalents.

BKNG has an average daily trading volume of 7,518,686 shares, a beta of 1.07.

Official website: www.bookingholdings.com