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Expedia Posts Q4 Earnings Miss, Gross Bookings Increase 8%

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Expedia Inc. (EXPE - Free Report) just released its fourth quarter fiscal 2016 financial results, posting earnings of 97 cents per share and revenues of $2.1 billion. Currently, EXPE is a #5 (Strong Sell), and is down 2.88% to $119.53 in trading shortly after its earnings report was released.

Missed earnings estimates. The company reported earnings of 97 cents per share, lagging behind the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.11 cents per share. This number excludes 46 cents from non-recurring items.

Beat revenue estimates. The company saw record revenue figures of $2.1 billion, just edging past our consensus estimate of $2.068 billion and increasing 23% year-over-year.

Gross bookings increased $1.2 billion, or 8% year-over-year, to $16.1 billion. Room nights stayed increased 15% year-over-year in Q4, with growth of 16% excluding Orbitz Worldwide.

Hotel revenue increased 13% in the fourth quarter of 2016 on a 15% increase in room nights stayed driven by growth in Hotels.com, Brand Expedia and EAN, partially offset by a 2% decrease in revenue per room night.

On a standalone basis, trivago reached $183 million in revenues, an increase of 65% year-over-year, while HomeAway delivered $166 million of revenue in Q4.

Here’s a graph that looks at Expedia’s price, consensus, and EPS surprise:

Expedia, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Expedia, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise | Expedia, Inc. Quote

Expedia is one of the world's leading travel services companies. The company provides wholesale travel to offline retail travel agents. Expedia’s main businesses and brands include: Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Expedia Corporate Travel, Trip Advisor and Classic Custom Vacations. Expedia’s companies also operate internationally with sites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands and China.

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