What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Estimate for Booking Q2 Earnings?

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Booking in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 20th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $49.77 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $51.14. The consensus estimate for Booking’s current full-year earnings is $209.92 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Booking’s Q3 2025 earnings at $96.17 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $244.23 EPS.

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $41.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $35.82 by $5.73. The firm had revenue of $5.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.18 billion. Booking had a negative return on equity of 159.34% and a net margin of 24.78%.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on BKNG. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $5,120.00 price objective (up from $4,900.00) on shares of Booking in a report on Friday, February 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on Booking from $4,900.00 to $5,200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Argus downgraded Booking from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Booking from $5,575.00 to $5,750.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Wedbush increased their price target on Booking from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5,370.43.

Booking Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of BKNG opened at $5,033.83 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $165.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.39. The company’s fifty day moving average is $4,898.86 and its 200-day moving average is $4,591.58. Booking has a 12 month low of $3,180.00 and a 12 month high of $5,337.24.

Booking Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $9.60 per share. This is a positive change from Booking’s previous quarterly dividend of $8.75. This represents a $38.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. Booking’s payout ratio is 20.23%.

Institutional Trading of Booking

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Booking by 621,874.8% during the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 864,545 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,295,423,000 after purchasing an additional 864,406 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Booking in the 4th quarter valued at $1,958,352,000. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Booking by 342,723.5% in the third quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 233,120 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $981,929,000 after acquiring an additional 233,052 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its stake in Booking by 51.4% during the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 280,629 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,394,283,000 after acquiring an additional 95,308 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Booking by 18.8% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 368,628 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,831,499,000 after acquiring an additional 58,357 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.42% of the company’s stock.

About Booking

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.