We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience.
This includes personalizing content and advertising.
By pressing "Accept All" or closing out of this banner, you consent to the use of all cookies and similar technologies and the sharing of information they collect with third parties.
You can reject marketing cookies by pressing "Deny Optional," but we still use essential, performance, and functional cookies.
In addition, whether you "Accept All," Deny Optional," click the X or otherwise continue to use the site, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, revised from time to time.
You are being directed to ZacksTrade, a division of LBMZ Securities and licensed broker-dealer. ZacksTrade and Zacks.com are separate companies. The web link between the two companies is not a solicitation or offer to invest in a particular security or type of security. ZacksTrade does not endorse or adopt any particular investment strategy, any analyst opinion/rating/report or any approach to evaluating individual securities.
If you wish to go to ZacksTrade, click OK. If you do not, click Cancel.
Booking Holdings (BKNG) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Read MoreHide Full Article
For the quarter ended September 2025, Booking Holdings (BKNG - Free Report) reported revenue of $9.01 billion, up 12.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $99.50, compared to $83.89 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.12% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.74 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $96.04, the EPS surprise was +3.6%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Booking Holdings performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Gross Bookings - Total: $49.7 billion versus $47.91 billion estimated by seven analysts on average.
Gross Bookings - Agency: $13.9 billion compared to the $14 billion average estimate based on seven analysts.
Gross Bookings - Merchant: $35.7 billion compared to the $33.91 billion average estimate based on seven analysts.
Units Sold - Room Nights: 323 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of 315.83 million.
Units Sold - Airline Tickets: 17 million compared to the 16.61 million average estimate based on four analysts.
Units Sold - Rental Car Days: 23 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of 24.82 million.
Revenues- Agency: $2.57 billion versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $2.53 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.7%.
Revenues- Advertising and Other Revenues: $308 million versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $284.55 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +14.5%.
Revenues- Merchant: $6.13 billion compared to the $5.91 billion average estimate based on nine analysts. The reported number represents a change of +23.3% year over year.
Shares of Booking Holdings have returned -3.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
See More Zacks Research for These Tickers
Normally $25 each - click below to receive one report FREE:
Image: Bigstock
Booking Holdings (BKNG) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
For the quarter ended September 2025, Booking Holdings (BKNG - Free Report) reported revenue of $9.01 billion, up 12.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $99.50, compared to $83.89 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.12% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.74 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $96.04, the EPS surprise was +3.6%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Booking Holdings performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:View all Key Company Metrics for Booking Holdings here>>>
Shares of Booking Holdings have returned -3.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.