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BKNG (Booking Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 42.08 (As of Jun. 02, 2025)


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What is Booking Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-02), Booking Holdings's current share price is $5514.01. Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $131.05. Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 42.08.

The historical rank and industry rank for Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BKNG' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.66   Med: 35.42   Max: 61.47
Current: 42.11

During the past years, Booking Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 61.47. The lowest was 18.66. And the median was 35.42.

BKNG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
77.01% of 348 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 20.39 vs BKNG: 42.11

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Booking Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $95.549. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $131.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Booking Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Booking Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Booking Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 32.94 34.13 35.06 41.28 35.15

Competitive Comparison of Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Travel Services subindustry, Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Booking Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=5514.01/131.05
=42.08

* 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.

Booking Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Booking Holdings's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=95.549/134.9266*134.9266
=95.549

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Booking Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 12.477 100.684 16.720
201509 24.790 100.392 33.318
201512 18.511 99.792 25.028
201603 5.815 100.470 7.809
201606 19.218 101.688 25.500
201609 28.356 101.861 37.561
201612 20.863 101.863 27.635
201703 6.198 102.862 8.130
201706 22.865 103.349 29.851
201709 36.224 104.136 46.935
201712 22.353 104.011 28.997
201803 10.344 105.290 13.256
201806 31.843 106.317 40.412
201809 38.596 106.507 48.895
201812 21.473 105.998 27.333
201903 0.858 107.251 1.079
201906 38.967 108.070 48.651
201909 41.302 108.329 51.443
201912 23.462 108.420 29.198
202003 -11.194 108.902 -13.869
202006 1.268 108.767 1.573
202009 20.642 109.815 25.362
202012 -15.553 109.897 -19.095
202103 -6.639 111.754 -8.016
202106 26.623 114.631 31.337
202109 36.694 115.734 42.779
202112 4.303 117.630 4.936
202203 38.758 121.301 43.112
202206 63.888 125.017 68.952
202209 -2.420 125.227 -2.607
202212 54.217 125.222 58.419
202303 73.744 127.348 78.133
202306 44.503 128.729 46.646
202309 36.152 129.860 37.563
202312 35.561 129.419 37.074
202403 74.166 131.776 75.939
202406 69.425 132.554 70.668
202409 67.801 133.029 68.768
202412 19.299 133.157 19.555
202503 95.549 134.927 95.549

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Booking Holdings  (NAS:BKNG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-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, Rentalcars.com, Kayak, and Momondo. Transaction fees for online bookings account for the bulk of revenue and profits.
Executives
Glenn D Fogel officer: Hd Worldwide Strat & Planning PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED, 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
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
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