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One of the biggest online travel companies in the world, Expedia (EXPE - Free Report) offers users services like travel planning, travel purchases and travel experience sharing, plus all-in-one travel booking: hotel and resort, flights, car rentals, and vacation packages.
Shares Plunge After Disappointing Q3 Earnings
Last month, Expedia reported underwhelming earnings for its fiscal 2019 third quarter. Non-GAAP earnings of $3.38 per share lagged way behind the consensus estimate of $3.80; its bottom line also slumped 7% year-over-year. Revenue managed to grow 9% to $3.56 billion but also missed analysts’ expectations.
One of the factors that hit Expedia hard was a 10% year-over-year decrease in average revenue per ticket; management said this was due to a "reclassification of certain partner fees to other revenue and a shift in product mix.”
As a result, shares plunged more than 25% after the report was released. EXPE is now down almost 10% year-to-date compared to the S&P 500’s nearly 30% gain.
Analysts have since turned bearish on Expedia, with 11 cutting estimates in the last 60 days for the current fiscal year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has dropped 80 cents during that same time period from $6.99 to $6.19 per share. This sentiment has stretched into 2020, and our consensus estimate has fallen over one dollar in the past two months.
EXPE is now a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
Looking Ahead
Expedia now expects full-year adjusted EBITDA to increase 5% to 8%, down from previous forecasts of 12% to 15% growth, due to both the company’s hotel booking website Trivago and its home and vacation rental platform VRBO having reduced profitability outlooks.
For those investors looking to add a travel industry peer to their portfolio, they could consider Booking Holdings (BKNG - Free Report) . The online travel company expects earnings growth of 9.5% for 2019.
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Bear of the Day: Expedia (EXPE)
One of the biggest online travel companies in the world, Expedia (EXPE - Free Report) offers users services like travel planning, travel purchases and travel experience sharing, plus all-in-one travel booking: hotel and resort, flights, car rentals, and vacation packages.
Shares Plunge After Disappointing Q3 Earnings
Last month, Expedia reported underwhelming earnings for its fiscal 2019 third quarter. Non-GAAP earnings of $3.38 per share lagged way behind the consensus estimate of $3.80; its bottom line also slumped 7% year-over-year. Revenue managed to grow 9% to $3.56 billion but also missed analysts’ expectations.
One of the factors that hit Expedia hard was a 10% year-over-year decrease in average revenue per ticket; management said this was due to a "reclassification of certain partner fees to other revenue and a shift in product mix.”
As a result, shares plunged more than 25% after the report was released. EXPE is now down almost 10% year-to-date compared to the S&P 500’s nearly 30% gain.
Analysts have since turned bearish on Expedia, with 11 cutting estimates in the last 60 days for the current fiscal year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has dropped 80 cents during that same time period from $6.99 to $6.19 per share. This sentiment has stretched into 2020, and our consensus estimate has fallen over one dollar in the past two months.
EXPE is now a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
Looking Ahead
Expedia now expects full-year adjusted EBITDA to increase 5% to 8%, down from previous forecasts of 12% to 15% growth, due to both the company’s hotel booking website Trivago and its home and vacation rental platform VRBO having reduced profitability outlooks.
For those investors looking to add a travel industry peer to their portfolio, they could consider Booking Holdings (BKNG - Free Report) . The online travel company expects earnings growth of 9.5% for 2019.
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Would you like to see the updated picks from our best market-beating strategies? From 2017 through Q3 2019, while the S&P 500 gained +39.6%, five of our strategies returned +51.8%, +57.5%, +96.9%, +119.0%, and even +158.9%.
This outperformance has not just been a recent phenomenon. From 2000 – Q3 2019, while the S&P averaged +5.6% per year, our top strategies averaged up to +54.1% per year.
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