Booking vs Expedia
BKNG and EXPE side by side, both in transportation services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKNG and EXPE compare
Booking is the larger company, worth 3.2 times as much as Expedia ($111B against $34.3B).
On earnings, Booking is cheaper: it trades at 16.4× trailing earnings, against 17.8× for Expedia.
Booking grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.9% versus 12.0% for Expedia).
Both pay dividends: Booking yields 1.1% and Expedia 0.64%.
Expedia scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 15 for Booking), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKNG | EXPE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $111B | $34.3B |
| Share price | $148.13 | $285.93 |
| Change, 1 year | −27.0% | 30.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 41.4% | 57.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 1.42 |
| Employees | 24K | 16K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 4 | 4 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.4× (better) | 17.8× |
| P/S | 3.9× | 2.2× (better) |
| P/B | – | 28.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.6× | 9.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.7× | 7.7× (better) |
| PEG | 0.56 | 0.27 (better) |
| FCF yield | 8.6% | 13.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $202.08 | $316.85 |
| Margin of safety | 26.7% (better) | 9.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.9% (better) | 12.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 31.7% (better) | 23.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 82.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 57.1% | 96.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 158% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 90.4% |
| Operating margin | 32.9% (better) | 16.0% |
| Net margin | – | 13.0% |
| FCF margin | 33.8% (better) | 28.4% |
| Return on equity | – | 199% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 4.52 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.30 (better) | −0.49 |
| Interest coverage | 8.4× (better) | 7.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.09 (better) | 0.80 |
| Altman Z-score | 5.74 (better) | 1.55 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.1% (better) | 0.64% |
| Payout ratio | – | 10.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 36.3% |
| Buyback yield | 9.5% (better) | 5.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 10.6% (better) | 6.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.9% | 100% |
| Held by insiders | 0.20% | 9.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$55.6M | −$8.5M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.0% | 7.3% |
Go deeper
- BKNG stock overview
- BKNG income statement
- BKNG valuation and score
- EXPE stock overview
- EXPE income statement
- EXPE valuation and score
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