Booking Holdings BKNG
NASDAQ BKNG
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Booking Holdings (BKNG) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2018)

Updated

Booking Holdings' Cost of Revenue came in at $35.11 million for Q4 2018, down 12.2% from $39.99 million a year earlier and down 21.9% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Booking Holdings (BKNG) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2018) Analysis & Trends

For FY2018, Booking Holdings' Cost of Revenue was $170 million, down 29.8% from FY2017.

  • Cost of Revenue has declined in each of the last seven years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -30.9% (FY2013 to FY2018).
  • Going back by year, Cost of Revenue was $242 million in FY2017 (-41.7%), $415 million in FY2016 (-34.4%), $632.18 million in FY2015 (-26.3%) and $857.84 million in FY2014 (-20.4%).
  • The Q4 2018 figure represents the lowest quarterly Cost of Revenue in data going back to Q2 2009.
  • Year-over-year, Cost of Revenue increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 25.5%.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Cost of Revenue over five years came in Q2 2018 (growth of 31.4%), and the weakest in Q4 2016 (a decline of 51.3%).
  • Business Quant data shows BKNG's Cost of Revenue at $44.94 million (Q3 2018), $88.58 million (Q2 2018) and $45.66 million (Q1 2018) in the three quarters before Q4 2018.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,139.30 Bn 3,896.82 Bn 73.85 Bn 45.94 Bn
2 Meta Platforms 1,802.48 Bn 1,505.00 Bn 49.47 Bn 11.33 Bn
3 Netflix 295.38 Bn 255.58 Bn 6.52 Bn 6.04 Bn
4 Alibaba Group Holding 253.00 Bn 66.78 Bn 15.11 Bn 24.48 Bn
5 Shopify 219.40 Bn 196.59 Bn 1.71 Bn 1.88 Bn
6 Uber Technologies 143.37 Bn 115.17 Bn 6.38 Bn 7.82 Bn
7 Booking Holdings 125.53 Bn 58.58 Bn - -
8 PDD Holdings 113.03 Bn -130.74 Bn 9.45 Bn 7.08 Bn
9 Spotify Technology 108.69 Bn 66.19 Bn 1.86 Bn 3.70 Bn
10 Airbnb 102.92 Bn 56.15 Bn 2.98 Bn 633.00 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2018 35.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 44.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 88.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 45.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 39.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 54.18 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 67.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 80.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 58.76 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 101.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 126.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 128.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 120.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 155.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 187.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 168.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 165.41 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 216.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 240.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 235.33 Mn
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