Booking Holdings (BKNG) Gross Margin (2009 - 2018)
Booking Holdings' Gross Margin came in at 98.91% for Q4 2018, up 0.33 percentage points from 98.57% a year earlier but down 0.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Booking Holdings (BKNG) Gross Margin (2009 - 2018) Analysis & Trends
For FY2018, Booking Holdings' Gross Margin was 98.83%, up 0.74 percentage points from FY2017.
- Gross Margin has increased in each of the last nine years, with a five-year change of +14.69 percentage points (FY2013 to FY2018).
- Going back by year, Gross Margin was 98.09% in FY2017 (+1.95 pp), 96.14% in FY2016 (+2.99 pp), 93.15% in FY2015 (+3.31 pp) and 89.84% in FY2014 (+5.70 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Gross Margin is 85.67% (Q1 2014) to 99.07% (Q3 2018).
- Year-over-year, Gross Margin increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.33 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Gross Margin over five years came in Q1 2014 (a gain of 8.12 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2018 (a drop of 0.26 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BKNG's Gross Margin at 99.07% (Q3 2018), 97.50% (Q2 2018) and 98.44% (Q1 2018) in the three quarters before Q4 2018.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,139.30 Bn | 3,896.82 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 61.65% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,802.48 Bn | 1,505.00 Bn | 49.47 Bn | 81.37% |
| 3 | Netflix | 295.38 Bn | 255.58 Bn | 6.52 Bn | 51.93% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 253.00 Bn | 66.78 Bn | 15.11 Bn | 38.11% |
| 5 | Shopify | 219.40 Bn | 196.59 Bn | 1.71 Bn | 47.67% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 143.37 Bn | 115.17 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 44.93% |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 125.53 Bn | 58.58 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 113.03 Bn | -130.74 Bn | 9.45 Bn | 57.06% |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 108.69 Bn | 66.19 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 33.41% |
| 10 | Airbnb | 102.92 Bn | 56.15 Bn | 2.98 Bn | 82.46% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2018 | 98.91% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 99.07% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 97.50% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 98.44% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 98.57% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 98.78% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 97.75% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 96.69% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 96.93% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 97.25% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 95.07% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 94.01% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 93.97% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 94.98% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 91.78% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 90.85% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 91.01% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 92.37% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 88.67% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 85.67% |
API Access
Booking Holdings Gross Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=BKNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "ticker": "BKNG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=BKNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();