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BKNG Booking Holdings

retail · 2026-09-22

N/A
too hard · 81
Owner-earnings value$198.72
Price$168.52
Margin of safety +17.9%

Quality gate · 81/100

Returns on capital 30/30
Consistency 18.5/22
Margins / pricing power 3.8/16
Balance sheet 12.8/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 6/6

⚠ negative book equity

Median ROIC47.4%
Net debt / EBITDA0.2x
FCF conversion162%
Share count / yr-5.6%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)7.60B
Owner-earnings yield5.8%
Free-cash-flow yield7.3%
Growth used (normalized)10.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)5.9%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.8%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
18.36B 10.0%7.62B
29.14B 9.2%7.58B
39.91B 8.4%7.49B
410.67B 7.7%7.35B
511.40B 6.9%7.15B
612.10B 6.1%6.92B
712.74B 5.3%6.64B
813.32B 4.6%6.32B
913.83B 3.8%5.98B
1014.24B 3.0%5.61B

Recent news

score · 8 articles

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  • Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
  • Booking Holdings Stock Falls as Morgan Stanley Dismisses AI Threat
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  • Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Airbnb, Booking Holdings, Credicorp, Dutch Bros, Expedia, Hartford Financial Services, Group, Meritage Homes, Patchex, Yum! Brands, and More
  • This stock is Morgan Stanley’s preferred online travel pick in new sector coverage
  • Booking Holdings (BKNG) Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market: Important Facts to Note
  • Booking Holdings (BKNG)’s Growth Strategy Hits an EU Roadblock

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~6%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 10%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-09-22 81 $168.52 $198.72 +17.9% N/A
2026-08-14 81 $213.34 $209.04 -2.0% N/A
2026-07-08 81 $181.95 $183.62 +0.9% N/A
2026-07-02 81 $182.64 $183.49 +0.5% N/A
2026-07-01 81 $178.24 $186.62 +4.7% N/A
2026-06-25 81 $181.25 $185.70 +2.5% N/A
2026-06-23 81 $168.94 $182.95 +8.3% N/A