Wedbush Predicts Booking’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Stock analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Booking in a research note issued on Thursday, October 31st. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now anticipates that the business services provider will earn $48.88 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $51.01. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $4,750.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $177.37 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Booking’s Q4 2025 earnings at $40.78 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $206.46 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $233.16 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on BKNG. JMP Securities upped their target price on shares of Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,400.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,200.00 to $4,600.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Booking from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Booking from $4,250.00 to $4,800.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $3,590.00 price objective on shares of Booking in a research note on Monday, October 7th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $4,680.18.

Booking Price Performance

Shares of BKNG stock opened at $4,749.11 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $159.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.40. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $4,136.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $3,880.99. Booking has a one year low of $2,756.39 and a one year high of $4,856.60.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The business services provider reported $83.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $77.94 by $5.95. Booking had a net margin of 21.85% and a negative return on equity of 165.63%. The company had revenue of $7.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.63 billion.

Institutional Trading of Booking

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Jamison Private Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Booking during the third quarter valued at $25,000. Grove Bank & Trust grew its position in Booking by 133.3% during the second quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 7 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 4 shares during the period. POM Investment Strategies LLC acquired a new stake in Booking during the second quarter valued at $28,000. Kings Path Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Booking during the second quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, West Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Booking during the third quarter valued at $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Paulo Pisano sold 100 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $3,887.61, for a total transaction of $388,761.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 3,787 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,722,379.07. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Booking Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th will be issued a dividend of $8.75 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 6th. This represents a $35.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.74%. Booking’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.75%.

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.