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BKNG (Booking Holdings) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 18.94 (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is Booking Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-10-31), Booking Holdings's share price is $4676.25. Booking Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $246.95. Hence, Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.94.

The historical rank and industry rank for Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

BKNG' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.26   Med: 20.27   Max: 99.36
Current: 21.74

During the past 13 years, Booking Holdings's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 99.36. The lowest was 11.26. And the median was 20.27.

BKNG's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
61.71% of 572 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 14.73 vs BKNG: 21.74

Booking Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $67.80. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $246.95.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Booking Holdings was 26.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Booking Holdings's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 86.00% per year. The lowest was -15.80% per year. And the median was 34.75% per year.


Booking Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Booking Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Booking Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.87 - 39.44 13.05 18.51

Booking Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.78 18.51 19.06 18.40 -

Competitive Comparison of Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Travel Services subindustry, Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Booking Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Booking Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=4676.25/246.953
=18.94

Booking Holdings's Share Price of today is $4676.25.
Booking Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $246.95.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Booking Holdings  (NAS:BKNG) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Booking Holdings Business Description

Address
800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT, USA, 06854
Booking is the world's largest online travel agency by sales, offering booking and payment services for hotel and alternative accommodation rooms, airline tickets, rental cars, restaurant reservations, cruises, experiences, and other vacation packages. The company operates several branded travel booking sites, including Booking.com, Agoda, OpenTable, and Rentalcars.com, and has expanded into travel media with the acquisitions of Kayak and Momondo. Transaction fees for online bookings account for the bulk of revenue and profits.
Executives
Paulo Pisano officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Susana D'emic officer: SVP, CAO & Controller C/O TIME INC., 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281
Glenn D Fogel officer: Hd Worldwide Strat & Planning PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED, 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Radakovich Lynn Vojvodich director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
David I Goulden officer: Chief Financial Officer 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Nicholas Read director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Larry Quinlan director 2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Mylod Robert J Jr officer: Vice Chairman
Sumit Singh director C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Peter J Millones officer: Executive VP, General Counsel
Jeffery H Boyd director C/O ASPEN GROVE CAPITAL, LLC, PO BOX 9389, AVON CO 81620
Dijk Bob Van director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Gillian Tans officer: President & COO, Booking.com C/O THE PRICELINE GROUP INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Vanessa Ames Wittman director C/O MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC., 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Wei Hopeman director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854