Booking Holdings Inc. 8K

Booking Holdings Inc. announced strong Q2 2026 results, raised expected Transformation Program savings to $650 million by 2027, detailed significant share repurchases and a Q3 2026 dividend, noted its recent 25-for-1 stock split, and issued Q3 and full-year 2026 guidance under a still-uncertain travel backdrop.

Booking Holdings Inc. reported its second quarter 2026 financial results, highlighting 5% year-over-year growth in room nights, 9% growth in gross bookings (8% on a constant currency basis), and 8% growth in revenue (7% on a constant currency basis), along with a 118% increase in GAAP net income and 9% growth in Adjusted EBITDA versus the prior-year quarter. The company noted significantly higher net income margin (26.5% vs. 13.2% in Q2 2025), continued progress on its Transformation Program, and an increase in expected annual run-rate savings from this program to approximately $650 million by the end of 2027. Booking also disclosed a 25-for-1 stock split of its common stock effected on April 2, 2026 (with all share and per-share data retroactively adjusted), substantial capital returns via $3.7 billion of stock repurchases in the quarter and a newly declared quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share payable September 30, 2026, and provided Q3 2026 and full-year 2026 guidance calling for low- to mid-single-digit room night and gross bookings growth and high single-digit growth in revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EPS, assuming a stable but geopolitically uncertain travel environment.

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