In the latest trading session,, 0.52 million Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.62. With the company’s most recent per share price at $160.50 changed hands at -$0.74 or -0.46% at last look, the market valuation stands at $20.47B. EXPE’s current price is a discount, trading about -29.43% off its 52-week high of $207.73. The share price had its 52-week low at $107.25, which suggests the last value was 33.18% up since then. When we look at Expedia Group Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.59 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.43 million.
Analysts gave the Expedia Group Inc (EXPE) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.26. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 19 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 9 recommended EXPE as a Hold, 10 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Expedia Group Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.4.
Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) trade information
Instantly EXPE was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 4.95%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -13.86%, with the 5-day performance at 4.95% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) is -4.52% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 5.93 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.17 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 178, meaning bulls need an upside of 9.83% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, EXPE’s forecast low is 143 with 210 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -30.84% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 10.9% for it to hit the projected low.
Expedia Group Inc (EXPE) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 4.83% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 27 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 3.01B. 26 analysts are of the opinion that Expedia Group Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 3.75B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 2.89B and 3.56B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 4.35%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 5.31%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 18.87%. The 2025 estimates are for Expedia Group Inc earnings to increase by 15.94%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 19.18% per year.
EXPE Dividends
Expedia Group Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-05. The 0.25% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.40. It is important to note, however, that the 0.25% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 0.96 per year.
Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 1.08% of Expedia Group Inc shares while 98.64% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 99.72%. There are 98.64% institutions holding the Expedia Group Inc stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 11.6219% of the shares, roughly 15.33 million EXPE shares worth $1.93 billion.
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.1735% or 9.47 million shares worth $1.19 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 3.86 shares estimated at $617.69 million under it, the former controlled 3.16% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.72% of the shares, roughly 3.32 shares worth around $532.41 million.
