Expedia (EXPE) reported $3.55 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.4%. EPS of $3.78 for the same period compares to $2.39 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +4.22% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.4 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.46, the EPS surprise was +9.29%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Expedia performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Gross bookings - Total: $27 billion versus $26.07 billion estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Stayed room nights/ Booked room nights: 94 versus the six-analyst average estimate of 92.
- Gross bookings - Merchant: $16.49 billion compared to the $15.39 billion average estimate based on six analysts.
- Gross bookings - Agency: $10.52 billion versus $10.86 billion estimated by six analysts on average.
- Revenue- Non-U.S. points of sale: $1.51 billion compared to the $1.48 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +17.3% year over year.
- Revenue- U.S. points of sale: $2.04 billion versus $1.98 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.4% change.
- Revenue- B2B: $1.29 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $1.2 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +24.2%.
- Revenue- B2C: $2.16 billion versus $2.12 billion estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.9% change.
- Revenue- Expedia Group (excluding trivago): $3.45 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $3.35 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.7%.
- Revenue- Trivago: $97 million compared to the $81.97 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +47% year over year.
- Revenue by Service Type- Lodging: $2.82 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2.7 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.9%.
- Revenue by Service Type- Other: $329 million compared to the $403.98 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8.9% year over year.
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Shares of Expedia have returned -19.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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