Exploring the Buzz Around Investing in EXPE

By Tamara Parker • Wednesday, January 22 15:11 • Permanent Link

Expedia sank -3.6% today, compared to the S&P 500's day change of 1.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

Expedia has moved 22.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 24.3%
EXPE has an average analyst rating of buy and is -9.26% away from its mean target price of $192.73 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $7.69
Expedia has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.36 and its forward P/E ratio is 12.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 17.04 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Expedia 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
EXPE has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 75.6% and gross profit margins of 0.9%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.67 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com. The company's B2B segment provides various travel and non-travel companies including airlines, offline travel agents, online retailers, corporate travel management, and financial institutions who leverage its travel technology and tap into its diverse supply to augment their offerings and market Expedia Group rates and availabilities to its travelers. Its trivago segment, a hotel metasearch website, which send referrals to online travel companies and travel service providers from hotel metasearch websites. In addition, the company provides brand advertising through online and offline channels, loyalty programs, mobile apps, and search engine marketing, as well as metasearch, social media, direct and personalized traveler communications on its websites, and through direct e-mail communication with its travelers. The company was formerly known as Expedia, Inc. and changed its name to Expedia Group, Inc. in March 2018. Expedia Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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