B. Riley Predicts Booking’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Stock analysts at B. Riley boosted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Booking in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 11th. B. Riley analyst N. Khan now expects that the business services provider will earn $99.25 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $98.60. B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $5,100.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $181.49 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Booking’s FY2025 earnings at $213.57 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on Booking from $3,900.00 to $5,250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Booking from $5,050.00 to $5,550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Barclays increased their target price on Booking from $4,500.00 to $5,100.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Booking from $3,976.00 to $4,173.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on Booking from $4,900.00 to $5,200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Booking has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $4,866.03.

Booking Stock Down 0.5 %

NASDAQ:BKNG opened at $5,268.93 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $174.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.41. Booking has a twelve month low of $3,180.00 and a twelve month high of $5,337.24. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $4,792.61 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $4,181.06.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $8.75 per share. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 6th. Booking’s payout ratio is currently 23.75%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Booking

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of BKNG. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Booking by 342,723.5% in the 3rd quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 233,120 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $981,929,000 after buying an additional 233,052 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Booking in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $5,322,600,000. Harvard Management Co. Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Booking in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $155,427,000. 1832 Asset Management L.P. increased its position in shares of Booking by 106.0% during the 2nd quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 71,334 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $282,590,000 after purchasing an additional 36,710 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd lifted its position in Booking by 2,315.8% in the second quarter. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd now owns 36,793 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $145,755,000 after buying an additional 35,270 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

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.