Booking Holdings Valuation

Is BKNG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BKNG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BKNG ($1901.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($2534.2)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BKNG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BKNG?

Key metric: As BKNG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BKNG. This is calculated by dividing BKNG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BKNG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33x
EarningsUS$5.04b
Market CapUS$166.03b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BKNG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BKNG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average37.1x
ABNB Airbnb
45.3x17.9%US$84.5b
MAR Marriott International
28.5x8.4%US$77.9b
HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings
52.2x17.6%US$61.0b
AMS Amadeus IT Group
22.7x10.7%€28.7b
BKNG Booking Holdings
33x14.1%US$166.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BKNG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33x) compared to the peer average (37.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BKNG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Hospitality Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BKNG 33.0xIndustry Avg. 17.1xNo. of Companies3PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BKNG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33x) compared to the South American Hospitality industry average (17.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BKNG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BKNG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate BKNG's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst BKNG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1,901.40
US$5,044.72
+165.3%
8.3%US$5,600.00US$3,996.33n/a34
Nov ’25US$1,901.40
US$4,846.20
+154.9%
10.4%US$5,550.00US$3,650.00n/a33
Oct ’25US$1,901.40
US$4,055.67
+113.3%
6.8%US$4,650.00US$3,480.00n/a34
Sep ’25US$1,901.40
US$4,057.66
+113.4%
6.8%US$4,650.00US$3,480.00n/a33
Aug ’25US$1,901.40
US$4,169.59
+119.3%
8.2%US$4,900.00US$3,480.00n/a33
Jul ’25US$1,901.40
US$4,054.64
+113.2%
6.7%US$4,500.00US$3,480.00n/a32
Jun ’25US$1,901.40
US$4,054.64
+113.2%
6.7%US$4,500.00US$3,480.00n/a32
May ’25US$1,901.40
US$3,968.54
+108.7%
6.7%US$4,400.00US$3,410.00n/a33
Apr ’25US$1,901.40
US$3,943.96
+107.4%
6.4%US$4,400.00US$3,410.00n/a32
Mar ’25US$1,901.40
US$3,940.54
+107.2%
6.5%US$4,400.00US$3,410.00n/a31
Feb ’25US$1,901.40
US$3,736.55
+96.5%
8.7%US$4,285.00US$3,000.00n/a31
Jan ’25US$1,901.40
US$3,559.34
+87.2%
11.4%US$4,285.00US$2,402.00n/a30
Dec ’24US$1,901.40
US$3,453.34
+81.6%
10.0%US$4,000.00US$2,402.00n/a30
Nov ’24US$1,901.40
US$3,435.84
+80.7%
10.7%US$4,300.00US$2,402.00US$1,901.4030
Oct ’24US$1,901.40
US$3,408.49
+79.3%
11.4%US$4,300.00US$2,373.00US$1,901.4029
Sep ’24US$1,901.40
US$3,335.90
+75.4%
12.4%US$4,300.00US$2,373.00US$1,901.4030
Aug ’24US$1,901.40
US$3,016.20
+58.6%
10.9%US$3,500.00US$2,100.00US$1,901.4030
Jul ’24US$1,901.40
US$2,906.82
+52.9%
9.5%US$3,430.00US$2,100.00US$1,901.4028
Jun ’24US$1,901.40
US$2,891.63
+52.1%
8.5%US$3,430.00US$2,100.00US$1,901.4027
May ’24US$1,901.40
US$2,802.81
+47.4%
9.3%US$3,430.00US$2,100.00US$1,901.4027
Apr ’24US$1,901.40
US$2,772.14
+45.8%
8.9%US$3,430.00US$2,100.00US$1,901.4028
Mar ’24US$1,901.40
US$2,716.33
+42.9%
9.7%US$3,210.00US$2,067.20US$1,901.4028
Feb ’24US$1,901.40
US$2,450.29
+28.9%
11.8%US$3,210.00US$1,910.00US$1,901.4028
Jan ’24US$1,901.40
US$2,364.19
+24.3%
12.3%US$3,210.00US$1,890.00US$1,901.4028
Dec ’23US$1,901.40
US$2,331.69
+22.6%
10.5%US$3,050.00US$1,890.00US$1,901.4028
Nov ’23US$1,940.00
US$2,331.30
+20.2%
10.3%US$2,900.00US$1,890.00US$1,901.4028

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


Discover undervalued companies