Trip.com (TCOM) closed at $55.34 in the latest trading session, marking a -2.28% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.28%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw a downswing of 0.54%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 0.31%.
The travel services company's stock has dropped by 8.81% in the past month, falling short of the Consumer Discretionary sector's loss of 1% and the S&P 500's loss of 0.76%.
Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Trip.com in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to be unveiled on February 25, 2026. In that report, analysts expect Trip.com to post earnings of $0.72 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 20%. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $2.1 billion, indicating a 20.05% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $6.43 per share and revenue of $8.75 billion, which would represent changes of +79.11% and +18.09%, respectively, from the prior year.
Additionally, investors should keep an eye on any recent revisions to analyst forecasts for Tripcom. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the business outlook.
Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained unchanged. Trip.com is holding a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) right now.
With respect to valuation, Trip.com is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 14.11. This valuation marks a discount compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 18.63.
Investors should also note that TCOM has a PEG ratio of 3.53 right now. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. Leisure and Recreation Services stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 1.45 based on yesterday's closing prices.
The Leisure and Recreation Services industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 164, placing it within the bottom 34% of over 250 industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the vigor of our specific industry groups by computing the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks incorporated in the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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