Booking 4Q Sales, Profit Rise as More Travelers Make Reservations
By Katherine Hamilton
Booking recorded higher sales and profit in the fourth quarter as room nights and bookings increased.
The online travel agency on Wednesday posted a profit of $1.43 billion, or $44.22 a share, compared with $1.07 billion, or $31.95 a share, a year earlier.
Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted per-share earnings were $48.80, ahead of the $48.69 anticipated by analysts, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose 16% to $6.35 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet forecast revenue of $6.14 billion.
Room nights increased 9% and gross bookings were up 16%.
Booking expects revenue to increase 14% to 16% in the current first quarter, and increase by a low double-digit percentage during the full year. Analysts were projecting 12% growth in the first quarter and 9.5% growth for the full year.
The company is anticipating full-year adjusted earnings per share to increase by a mid-teens percentage, while Wall Street was estimating an 18% increase.
Write to Katherine Hamilton at katherine.hamilton@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 18, 2026 16:34 ET (21:34 GMT)
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