Expedia Group, Inc. (EXPE) earnings on August 5, 2026
More Expedia Group, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate
The stock surged in early market review but reversed to close lower. Analysts kept their positive view and raised price targets.
EXPE price around the earnings
306.57
Change: -4.4%
2026-08-06, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
306.42
323.28
340.14
357.00
320.65
August 5, 2026
August 6, 2026
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- End of the measured window
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
- Results released
Strong past earnings and trend strength, but analyst targets imply overvaluation, with recent cooling after a rally.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Strong initial rally followed by a sharp selloff into earnings, indicating a significant shift in short-term sentiment.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.13
- Analysts covering the stock
- 35
- Average price target
- 293.71
- Lowest price target
- 240
- Highest price target
- 409
- Upside to price target
- -8.8%
- Revenue growth
- 14.7%
- Forward EPS
- 22.96
- Trailing EPS
- 11.33
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 8
- Strong buy: 0
- Buy: 17
- Hold: 20
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 0
- Buy
- 17
- Hold
- 20
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
- August 3, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- July 30, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- July 30, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- July 22, 2026 · Baird: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- July 14, 2026 · Jefferies: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- July 7, 2026 · Argus Research: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 30, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- June 9, 2026 · BTIG: Reiterates rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
Sources (6)
- Live On CNBC, Joe Terranova ETF (JOET) Announces Sold Expedia Group (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Truist Securities Maintains Hold on Expedia Group, Raises Price Target to $309 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Neutral on Expedia Group, Raises Price Target to $322 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Expedia Group, Raises Price Target to $300 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Baird Maintains Outperform on Expedia Group, Raises Price Target to $294 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Wedbush Assumes Expedia Group at Outperform, Announces Price Target of $334 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 312.2
- Average true range (ATR)
- 4%
- Distance to 52-week high
- +0.0%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +17.8%
- 30-day change (33d)
- +16.2%
- 30-day relative strength
- +12.7%
- SPY change (33d)
- +3.5%
- Nearest support
- 306.63
- Distance to nearest support
- 1.8%
- Nearest resistance
- 312.36
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.1%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.94
- Minor: 306.63 (1.8% away, 0.44 ATR, 2 touches)
- Minor: 302.72 (3% away, 0.75 ATR, 3 touches)
- Mid: 300.17 (3.9% away, 0.95 ATR, 9 touches)
- Mid: 312.36 (0.1% away, 0.01 ATR, 5 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +16.5%
- May 7, 2026: actual EPS 1.96 vs estimate 1.38 (surprise +42.3%)
- February 12, 2026: actual EPS 3.78 vs estimate 3.37 (surprise +12.2%)
- November 6, 2025: actual EPS 7.57 vs estimate 6.95 (surprise +9.0%)
- August 7, 2025: actual EPS 4.24 vs estimate 4.13 (surprise +2.6%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +8.6%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 8.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 15.9%
- 90th percentile move
- 17.4%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 10
- Average up move
- +9.8%
- Average down move
- -10.6%
Monitoring and close
What Expedia Group, Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 5.76 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 5.23 |
| EPS surprise | +10.1% |
| Revenue | $4,315 million |
| Revenue estimate | $4,175 million |
| Revenue surprise | +3.4% |
Expedia beat expectations in Q2 with adjusted earnings of $5.76 per share and sales of $4.315 billion. The company raised its 2026 sales guidance and expects Q3 sales between $4.650 and $4.750 billion.
Sources (4)
- Expedia Group Sees Q3 Sales $4.650B-$4.750B vs $4.664B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Expedia Group Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $15.600B-$16.000B to $16.050B-$16.220B vs $16.009B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Expedia beat expectations with adjusted earnings of $5.76 per share and sales of $4.315 billion, above forecasts. — Benzinga
- Expedia Group Q2 Adj. EPS $5.76 Beats $5.23 Estimate, Sales $4.315B Beat $4.175B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating +1.1% pre-market, a move below the stock's usual reaction (about 9%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: the comparable cases aren't consistent enough.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- -4.3%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 4.6%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 13.8%