- Prev close
- $168.52
- Day range
- $166.10 – $170.18
- From 52-wk high
- -25.1%
- Next earnings
- in 34 days
BKNG’s latest close was a mild +0.4% move while travel peers were also firm, so the action looks aligned with a sector bid rather than company-specific weakness; the bigger context is a profitable business at 17.6x earnings with 12.8% TTM revenue growth.
BKNG
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC
As of Sep 22, 2026
72/100
Looks healthyHealth ScoreMove driver
BKNG closed +0.4% on 2026-09-21, while the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.4%, so the stock did not trail a weak market. Its travel peers were similarly firm — ABNB +0.4%, MAR +1.1%, HLT +0.4%, and RCL +1.8% — which points to a sector-wide move, not a stock-specific event. The session itself was steady, opening at $167.27, trading up to $170.18, and finishing at $168.52, so there was no sign of a late reversal.
Volatility read
This looks like ordinary volatility rather than a fundamental break because the business still shows 12.8% TTM revenue growth, 8.2% latest-quarter revenue growth, and 57.2% TTM EPS growth, with operating margin at 32.9% and net margin at 25.5%. The stock’s beta is 1.16, so it should move a bit more than the market, but the valuation is not cheap at 17.6 P/E, 16.8 forward P/E, and 1.79 PEG — a PEG, or P/E divided by growth, meaning investors are paying 1.79x the growth rate — which means strong growth is already partly priced in. The recent slip of 3.9% over 1w and 19.7% over 1m looks more like valuation compression than evidence of deteriorating operations, especially with the analyst distribution still at 13 strong-positive, 26 positive, 8 neutral, 0 negative, 0 strong-negative.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-10-26. The facts do not give a consensus revenue or EPS forecast for that print, so I cannot state a current expected growth number from the supplied data; the durable baseline is still 12.8% TTM revenue growth, 8.2% latest-quarter revenue growth, 57.2% TTM EPS growth, 32.9% operating margin, and 25.5% net margin. The market will be focused on whether travel demand remains resilient, whether margin discipline holds, and whether recent growth in accommodation search activity and longer-stay travel interest translates into bookings and revenue. Prior post-earnings reaction data are not provided here, so there is no reliable historical pattern to cite from the facts.
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