Understanding Trip.com's Fundamentals Before Investing in Stocks

By Naomi Wentworth • Friday, September 05 10:08 • Permanent Link

Trip.com logged a -0.2% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $72.82 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. TCOM's trading volume is 664,877 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,925,380.

Trip.com trades -11.91% away from its average analyst target price of $82.66 per share. The 29 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $70.22179 to $97.3074, and on average have given Trip.com a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying TCOM should be aware of the facts below:

Trip.com's current price is 57.0% above its Graham number of $46.38, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Trip.com has moved 53.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.63, Trip.com has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
TCOM has a forward P/E ratio of 20.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.64 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.32 compared to its sector average of 1.94
Trip.com Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a travel service provider for accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours, in-destination, corporate travel management, and other travel-related services in China and internationally.
Based in Singapore, the company has 41,073 full time employees and a market cap of $47.6 Billion.

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