Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) earnings on April 28, 2026
More Booking Holdings Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial
Booking Holdings' stock swung sharply after its results, falling as much as 8.3% during the day before finishing slightly higher. Some analysts had bet against the company, but the stock still ended with a small gain.
BKNG price around the earnings
174.06
Change: +0.4%
2026-04-29, 19:59 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial
- Thesis published
Strong analyst support clashes with severe price weakness.
Experts note that while analysts have strong positive ratings and a history of positive surprises, the stock's recent price performance has been extremely poor. This suggests a significant disconnect, and the risk appears high despite the favorable analyst outlook.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Strong analyst support clashes with severe price weakness.
- Reasoning
- Experts note that while analysts have strong positive ratings and a history of positive surprises, the stock's recent price performance has been extremely poor. This suggests a significant disconnect, potentially indicating a risky scenario despite the favorable analyst outlook.
- Playbook
- Given the extreme negative price action, the scenario suggests a need for technical stabilization. The current risk appears high relative to potential reward.
- Trend
- Outlook deteriorated sharply over the past two sessions.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Analysts are largely positive, with many holding 'buy' ratings and citing significant price increases. This strong fundamental support contrasts sharply with the stock's poor price performance, raising questions about potential value or a 'value trap'.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.53
- Analysts covering the stock
- 36
- Average price target
- 232.62
- Lowest price target
- 179.8
- Highest price target
- 309.84
- Upside to price target
- 21.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 33.7%
- Revenue growth
- 16%
- Forward EPS
- 12.45
- Trailing EPS
- 6.63
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 10
- Strong buy: 6
- Buy: 25
- Hold: 7
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 6
- Buy
- 25
- Hold
- 7
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 14, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- April 10, 2026 · B. Riley Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 8, 2026 · Tigress Financial: Maintains rating (Strong Buy → Strong Buy)
- April 8, 2026 · DA Davidson: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 7, 2026 · BTIG: Reiterates rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 6, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 6, 2026 · Bernstein: Maintains rating (Market Perform → Market Perform)
- April 1, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- March 3, 2026 · BTIG: Reiterates rating (Buy → Buy)
- February 24, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Upgrades rating (Equal-Weight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Online investor sentiment is currently negative, reflecting the stock's price weakness. Despite positive news about an acquisition, retail investor fear is high, suggesting sentiment may be overly negative.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Cautious
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (5)
- Booking Holdings' OpenTable Acquires Libro; Terms Undisclosed — Benzinga
- Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Booking Holdings Stock In The Last 15 Years — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Equal-Weight on Booking Holdings, Lowers Price Target to $214 — Benzinga
- 'Booking.com Confirms Hackers Accessed Customers' Data' - TechCrunch — Benzinga
- BTIG Reiterates Buy on Booking Holdings, Maintains $250 Price Target — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock's price movement has been extremely negative recently, significantly underperforming the broader market. This severe technical weakness is the most dominant factor affecting the stock's current risk and reward profile.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 74%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -17.8%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -95.4%
- 30-day change
- -95.6%
- 30-day relative strength
- -99.7%
- Benchmark change
- +4.1%
- Nearest support
- 167.11
- Nearest resistance
- 4,475.13
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 3.26
Trends
Drivers
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Macro & trends
Negative
Historically, the company has consistently exceeded earnings expectations. However, current price trends are extremely negative compared to the market, suggesting that investors are anticipating a significant downturn or fundamental issue, despite past performance.
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +13.8%
- February 18, 2026: actual EPS 1.95 vs estimate 1.95 (surprise +0.3%)
- October 28, 2025: actual EPS 3.98 vs estimate 3.84 (surprise +3.7%)
- July 29, 2025: actual EPS 2.22 vs estimate 2.02 (surprise +9.9%)
- April 29, 2025: actual EPS 0.99 vs estimate 0.7 (surprise +41.2%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.2%
- 75th percentile move
- 6%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.2%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 8
- Average up move
- +3.0%
- Average down move
- -4.8%
Monitoring and close
What Booking Holdings Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Partial
- Consolidated
- +0.4%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 8.3%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 1.9%