We're taking a closer look at Trip.com today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 6.6% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Trip.com Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a travel service provider for accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and in-destination, corporate travel management, and other travel-related services in China and internationally.
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Trip.com has moved 90.6% over the last year compared to 32.3% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 58.4%
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TCOM has an average analyst rating of buy and is 6.76% away from its mean target price of $64.51 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $2.95
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Trip.com has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.67 and its forward P/E ratio is 18.8
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TCOM has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 68.83, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.35 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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Trip.com is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.6 and an average P/B of 3.19
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Trip.com has on average reported free cash flows of $804.33 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 26.3%