Booking Holdings Deep Dive: An Attractive Setup
Booking Holdings trades at 19x earnings, its lowest since 2022, after a 20% annual decline, with the thesis resting on durable online travel growth.
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Evan Tindell on X
Blog post alert: $MRNA https://t.co/32w6RYXr0p
Ian Bezek on X
@taobanker $U up every day, $APP down every day, $RBLX demolished. Things as they should be.
Ian Bezek on X
@2suns2moons @bold_perception $CIB dividend up from $2.25/year in 2022 to more than $6/share now. Covers a lot of living expenses. If you relocate to another country, good to own some stuff there so you have an economic stake if its conditions improve...
Deep Sail Capital on X
$MRNA - Who wants to hold this over the weekend after the week it had and potential secondary overhang?
KEDM.com on X
Synchrony Financial $SYF popped a new buyback to the tune of $6.5bn, roughly 24% of its market cap. This one has been and remains a true share cannibal. https://t.co/c4cbOsC4jk
Trevor Scott on X
$APP price now under when Muddy Waters released a short report on the stock last year. https://t.co/U3w8oUnomI https://t.co/SS1Mp9vjRi
Timyan Bank Alert on X
Deutsche Bank $DB freed from consent order in 2010s FX scandal https://t.co/BsHGBheaWK
Trevor Scott on X
$DECK back at multi year low valuations but concern is the classic value trap risk that margins and ROC are at cyclical peaks. Growth has really fallen off too from 15-18% in 2023-2025 to just 7% in 2026. https://t.co/jvT5HnDjnH
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