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Booking Holdings (BKNG) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here's Why
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Booking Holdings (BKNG - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $176.19, demonstrating a -95.8% change from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.44% gain on the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.36%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.54%.
Shares of the online booking service have depreciated by 7.83% over the course of the past month, underperforming the Retail-Wholesale sector's loss of 2.57%, and the S&P 500's loss of 3.31%.
The upcoming earnings release of Booking Holdings will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on April 28, 2026. In that report, analysts expect Booking Holdings to post earnings of $29.5 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 18.9%. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $5.5 billion, indicating a 15.45% upward movement from the same quarter last year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $266.94 per share and revenue of $30 billion, which would represent changes of +17.05% and +11.46%, respectively, from the prior year.
It's also important for investors to be aware of any recent modifications to analyst estimates for Booking Holdings. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.13% higher. At present, Booking Holdings boasts a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In terms of valuation, Booking Holdings is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 15.71. This denotes a discount relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 15.87.
One should further note that BKNG currently holds a PEG ratio of 0.96. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The Internet - Commerce industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 0.9 as of yesterday's close.
The Internet - Commerce industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 164, positioning it in the bottom 33% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Ensure to harness Zacks.com to stay updated with all these stock-shifting metrics, among others, in the next trading sessions.
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Booking Holdings (BKNG) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here's Why
Booking Holdings (BKNG - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $176.19, demonstrating a -95.8% change from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.44% gain on the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.36%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.54%.
Shares of the online booking service have depreciated by 7.83% over the course of the past month, underperforming the Retail-Wholesale sector's loss of 2.57%, and the S&P 500's loss of 3.31%.
The upcoming earnings release of Booking Holdings will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on April 28, 2026. In that report, analysts expect Booking Holdings to post earnings of $29.5 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 18.9%. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $5.5 billion, indicating a 15.45% upward movement from the same quarter last year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $266.94 per share and revenue of $30 billion, which would represent changes of +17.05% and +11.46%, respectively, from the prior year.
It's also important for investors to be aware of any recent modifications to analyst estimates for Booking Holdings. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.13% higher. At present, Booking Holdings boasts a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In terms of valuation, Booking Holdings is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 15.71. This denotes a discount relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 15.87.
One should further note that BKNG currently holds a PEG ratio of 0.96. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The Internet - Commerce industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 0.9 as of yesterday's close.
The Internet - Commerce industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 164, positioning it in the bottom 33% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Ensure to harness Zacks.com to stay updated with all these stock-shifting metrics, among others, in the next trading sessions.