BKNG · Booking Holdings Inc

161.32−2.13  (−1.30%)

Price

Snapshot

50 fields · last close
Market Cap$122.8B
P/E17.04
Float773.3M
Beta1.15
Volatility28.7%
ExchangeNASDAQ
SectorHotels, Restaurants & Leisure
Cap tierLarge cap
Macro sensitivityModerate
Clavix score73.6
Price161.32
Change−1.30%
Prev Close163.45
Open167.21
Day Low162.64
Day High168.25
Avg Vol7
Avg $ Vol$1.07B
52W High220.81
52W Low150.14
52W Pos15.8%
From High−26.94%
From Low+7.45%
Max DD 1Y−29.84%
Spread0.10%
LiquidityDeep
SMA 20+0.31%
SMA 50−11.61%
SMA 200−10.20%
RSI (14)45.1
Vol 30D35.5%
Vol 90D39.6%
1Y Range150–221
Daily bars899
Perf Week+1.94%
Perf Month−4.15%
Perf Quarter−8.92%
Perf Half Y−14.88%
Perf Year−17.49%
Perf YTD−24.24%
Prev Day−1.30%
ClavixB
Debt / Eq4.51
Curr Ratio1.33
Int Cover2.7×
FCF Margin33.8%
Rev Growth+13.4%
ProfitProfitable
LeverageVery High
Sector rank19 / 36

What BKNG does

Booking Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides online and traditional travel and restaurant reservations and related services in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

The company operates Booking.com, which offers online accommodation reservations; and Priceline, which provides discount travel reservations services, as well as online accommodation, flight, rental car reservation services, vacation packages, cruises, activity, and affiliate programs.

It also operates Agoda that offers online accommodation reservation, flight, ground transportation, and attractions.

In addition, the company operates KAYAK, an online meta-search service that allows consumers to search and compare travel itineraries and prices; and OpenTable for booking online restaurant reservations, as well as reservation management services to restaurants.

Further, it offers travel-related insurance products, payment facilitation, and restaurant management services to consumers, travel service providers, and restaurants; and advertising services.

The company was formerly known as The Priceline Group Inc. and changed its name to Booking Holdings Inc. in February 2018.

Booking Holdings Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Clavix risk grade

regraded every trading day
B73.6/100

BKNG grades B, 73.6 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (66), most exposed on Sector Resilience (55, mixed). 1 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure median. Ranks 19 of 36 in Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure by Clavix score.

PriceMacroSectorNewsFinancial

How rough the ride is

BKNGHotels, Restaurants & Leisure median
Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier1.151.17
Volatilityannualized28.7%29.3%
Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall−29.8%—
Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change1.41%—
Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions41 (16%)—

How its days are spread

Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.

52-week range

BKNG
163.45

The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.

Drawdown from the 1-year peak

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Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.

Market sensitivity

BKNGHotels, Restaurants & Leisure median
Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer1.151.17
Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucketModerateModerate 44% of 36

Where it sits on the macro scale

Low 3Moderate 16High 9Very High 8

Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure names sit in each bucket.

Where it ranks in its sector

Sector
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure36 companies ranked
BKNG
#19 of 36

Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.

Price performance

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1 week+1.9%
1 month−4.1%
Year to date−24.2%
1 year−17.5%

Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.

Recent coverage, scored

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Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 3030 since 8 Aug
Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish50
Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 4014 · 11
Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening14 ↑ 11 ↓

Where the article scores land

Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.

Balance sheet, against the sector

Debt / equityTotal debt vs shareholder equity · lower is stronger
4.51sector median 2.40 · 34 names
Current ratioShort-term assets vs liabilities · higher is stronger
1.33sector median 0.97 · 36 names
FCF marginFree cash flow as a share of revenue · higher is stronger
33.8%sector median 9.7% · 36 names
Interest coverageOperating income vs interest expense · higher is stronger
2.7×sector median 4.8× · 36 names

The shaded band is the middle half of the 34 Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.

Growth

BKNG
Revenue growthyear over year+13.4%

Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why

0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.

Recent news

most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to open

Booking Holdings is launching a new AI travel startup called Vayo, based in Seattle where its largest rival Expedia is headquartered. Led by Mike Fridgen, Vayo will use AI agents to manage trips, with a planned $100 million investment.

Source geekwire.com Significance minor Impact product Risk improving

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Booking Holdings announced a planned $100 million investment in Vayo, a new personal travel agent product launching in private beta with a waitlist open at vayo.com. Vayo is designed to organize booked trips, learn user travel preferences, and operate continuously for the user.

Source PRNewsWire Significance moderate Impact product Risk improving

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Booking Holdings faces possible Federal Trade Commission action over its hotel advertising, with one source putting potential penalties at more than $500 million.

Source tikr.com Significance moderate Impact regulatory Risk worsening

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A consumer-focused article highlights credibility problems at Booking.com, citing fake property listings, unauthorized listings (a Dublin landlord says her house was listed without permission), and unhelpful customer service bots. The piece notes the platform processes roughly 2,000 bookings per minute and that when problems occur they can be severe.

Source irishtimes.com Significance moderate Impact product Risk worsening

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Booking Holdings' CFO Ewout Steenbergen said at the Fortune AIQ Summit that AI is cutting costs at the company, but large language models (AI chat tools) currently send Booking less than 1% of its hotel room bookings. He also noted that even major AI companies don't yet know their return on AI investments, and he personally relies on an 'AI coach' to learn.

Source yahoo.com Significance minor Impact product Risk neutral

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