Booking (BKNG)

Consumer Cyclical · Travel Services · S&P 500
$156.62 -0.64% on the day Market cap $120.7B 52-week range $150.14 to $220.81 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-0% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $120.7B, Booking's free cash flow of $9.1B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -0% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Booking's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-0.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years10.3% a year
Revenue, same period10.7% a year
Price to free cash flow13.3x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from BKNG's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability9
Growth7
Financial health3
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)20.5x
P/E (forward)16.0x
Price / free cash flow13.3x
EV / EBITDA12.1x
Price / sales4.27x
Price / book35.3x
Revenue growth+8.2%
Operating margin32.9%
Net margin25.5%
Return on equity—
Dividend yield1.0%
Debt / equity—

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Booking's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$11.0B$17.1B$21.4B$23.7B$26.9B
Net income$1.2B$3.1B$4.3B$5.9B$5.4B
Free cash flow$2.5B$6.2B$7.0B$7.9B$9.1B
EPS (diluted)$1.13$3.05$117.40$172.69$165.57
Operating margin22.8%29.9%27.3%31.8%32.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Merchant revenues$17.8B66%
Agency revenues$8.0B30%
Advertising and other revenues$1.2B4%

Superinvestors who own BKNG

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 9 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Added $4.6B2.4%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $909M0.32%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
New position $876M1.5%Q2 2026
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
New position $278M0.37%Q2 2026
Sean Stannard-Stockton
Ensemble Capital Management
Trimmed $93M7.9%Q3 2024
Francois Rochon
Giverny Capital Inc.
Added $93M3.1%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $73M0.17%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $59M0.05%Q2 2026
David Rolfe
Wedgewood Partners
Added $24M4.9%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Booking's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$175.87—
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$175.87—
Mar 13, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$169.65—
Mar 13, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$169.65—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$162.74—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$162.74—
Feb 5, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$177.74—
Feb 5, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$177.74—
Dec 19, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$215.77—
Dec 19, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$215.77—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Booking's stock price imply?

At a market value of $120.7B, Booking would need its free cash flow to grow about -0% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 10% a year.

Are Booking insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of BKNG in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Booking?

9 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold BKNG in their latest 13F, including Dodge & Cox, Cliff Asness, Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.