A Look At Trip.com Group (TCOM) Valuation After New Antitrust Investigation And Shareholder Probes

Trip.com Group (TCOM) has come under closer scrutiny after receiving a notice of investigation from China’s State Administration for Market Regulations under the Anti Monopoly Law, prompting multiple law firms to launch shareholder probes.

See our latest analysis for Trip.com Group.

Those regulatory headlines have arrived after a weaker stretch for the stock, with a 30 day share price return of a 12.96% decline and a year to date share price return of a 15.59% decline. However, the 3 year total shareholder return of 60.28% and 5 year total shareholder return of 98.45% still point to a much stronger long run picture.

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With the shares sitting on double digit declines over 30 days and year to date, yet screening on some models at roughly a 50% intrinsic discount, the key question is whether this represents a genuine opportunity or whether the market is already correctly pricing future growth.

Most Popular Narrative: 27.8% Undervalued

The most followed narrative sees Trip.com Group’s fair value at $87.12 versus the last close at $62.88, framing the current pullback as a sizeable gap to that estimate.

Ongoing investment in proprietary artificial intelligence, personalized recommendation engines, and integrated "one stop" trip planning tools (like Trip.Planner and Intelli Trip) is driving higher user engagement, stronger repeat bookings, and better operating leverage, supporting margin expansion and increased customer lifetime value.

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Curious what kind of revenue growth, margin profile, and future earnings multiple underpin that $87.12 figure, and how an 8% discount rate ties it all together? The full narrative lays out the step by step assumptions that support this valuation case.

Result: Fair Value of $87.12 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, this depends on overseas travel and AI driven tools continuing to perform well, while competition and possible regulatory shifts in China could quickly challenge that thesis.

Find out about the key risks to this Trip.com Group narrative.

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