Booking Holdings Inc. vs EXPEDIA GROUP, INC., two Travel Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BKNG and EXPE diverge most: on p/e, BKNG reads 1.2 and EXPE reads 17.1; on dividend yield, BKNG reads 6.0% and EXPE reads 0.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BKNG price has a different growth bar priced in than EXPE (+3.8% implied for BKNG vs +5.6% for EXPE); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BKNG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EXPE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BKNG | EXPE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $160.32 | $274.30 |
| Market cap | $123.4B | $33.6B |
| Sector | Travel Services | Travel Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +3.8% | +5.6% |
| P/E | 1.2 | 17.1 |
| P/B | — | 13.60 |
| P/S | 4.37 | 2.14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.8 | 9.5 |
| Revenue growth | +13.3% | +12.2% |
| Operating margin | 34.0% | 18.5% |
| Net margin | 25.5% | 13.0% |
| Return on equity | — | 82.4% |
| Return on assets | 24.3% | 7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 75.3% | 26.9% |
| FCF yield | 7.7% | 13.3% |
| Dividend yield | 6.0% | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | — | 2.21 |
| Current ratio | 1.09 | 0.80 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.17 | 6.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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