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Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG): Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) filed an SEC Form 8-K — Results of Operations and Financial Condition. NORWALK, CT - August 4, 2026…Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) (the "Company," "we," "our," or "us") today reported its second quarter 2026 financial results. ● Room nights grew 5% compared to the second quarter of 2025. ● Gross bookings grew 9% compared to the second quarter

Original reporting
Published Aug 4, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC
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Decision brief

The 30-second read

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Why it matters

The filing itself signals that earnings information is available, but the excerpt does not disclose the performance metrics needed to judge surprise or direction.

02

Market read

This is the formal disclosure vehicle for BKNG’s Q2 2026 earnings release; the trading signal depends on the missing Exhibit 99.1 figures.

03

What to watch

Traders should focus on Exhibit 99.1 for revenue/EPS vs consensus, booking trends, take-rate commentary, and any forward guidance, none of which appear in the provided body.

Relevance 7/10Novelty 3/10Timing: filed after-hours on 2026-08-04 for Q2 2026 results
alphai · Earnings readBKNG · second quarter 2026 · ended June 30, 2026

Booking Holdings announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Weak quarter

The provided filing text contains the Form 8-K cover and Item 2.02 disclosure but does not include Exhibit 99.1, the earnings press release, financial and statistical supplement, or CFO commentary containing the reported operating and financial results.

Key metrics

as reported
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Concerns

  • Exhibit 99.1, which the filing identifies as containing the earnings press release, financial and statistical supplement, and related information, is not included in the provided filing text.
  • No reported revenue, profitability, cash flow, balance-sheet, segment, operating-statistic, capital-return, or outlook figures are available in the provided text.

What to watch

  • The missing Exhibit 99.1, including the financial and statistical supplement and related information.
  • Any forward-looking guidance and management commentary contained in the omitted earnings release.

Analysis

Booking Holdings stated that it announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. The provided text does not include the attached earnings release or the referenced financial and statistical supplement.

As a result, the filing text provides no reported revenue, segment revenue, gross margin, operating income, net income, earnings per share, bookings, room nights, cash flow, cash balance, debt balance, repurchases, dividends, or other operating metrics. No comparison with a prior-year or prior-quarter period is available.

The filing states that consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2026, consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, and consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2026, are included in the financial and statistical supplement. Those statements are not present in the supplied document text, so no conclusions about demand, mix, margins, or capital allocation can be supported.

No outlook, guidance, executive commentary, or prior outlook was provided. The central item for investors is therefore the omitted Exhibit 99.1, which is identified by the filing as the source for the underlying quarterly results and related disclosures.

Not in the filing

stated, not guessed
  • Exhibit 99.1 earnings press release
  • Financial and statistical supplement
  • Total revenue
  • Revenue prior-year comparison
  • Revenue prior-quarter comparison
  • Revenue growth rates
  • Segment revenue and segment comparisons
  • Gross profit and gross margin
  • Operating expenses
  • Operating income
  • Net income
  • GAAP earnings per share
  • Non-GAAP earnings per share
  • Non-GAAP profitability metrics
  • Operating cash flow
  • Free cash flow
  • Cash and cash equivalents
  • Debt balances
  • Share repurchases
  • Dividends
  • Bookings and other operating statistics
  • Forward guidance
  • CFO commentary
  • Named executive quotes
  • Previous-release outlook for comparison

AlphaAI analysis generated from the company’s SEC earnings filing (Form 8-K Item 2.02, or Form 6-K for a foreign private issuer). Every figure was cross-checked against the filing text; consensus estimates, price targets and share-price reactions are not shown because they are not in the filing. AI-generated research, not investment advice.

Background

The SEC 8-K (Item 2.02) states Booking Holdings announced Q2 2026 financial results on August 4, 2026 and attached the earnings press release as Exhibit 99.1.

Company-level read

Ticker impact

$BKNGNeutralLow confidence
Context

Booking Holdings filed an 8-K for Q2 2026 results, attaching Exhibit 99.1 with the company’s financial statements and supplement.

Expected impact

Likely limited from this excerpt alone; traders will need the attached Exhibit 99.1 details to assess earnings surprise and forward outlook.

Evidence & confidence

The body confirms the earnings release and attachment, but provides no revenue, EPS, margin, cash flow, or guidance numbers in the provided text.

Market effects

Earnings from a major online travel platform can influence read-across sentiment for travel demand and OTA margins, but no sector metrics are provided here.

No regional breakdown or macro linkage is included in the excerpt.

No international demand or FX commentary is included in the excerpt.

Counterpoint

Because the excerpt omits the actual earnings numbers and any guidance, the filing may be more of a procedural disclosure than a new trading catalyst for BKNG from this text alone.

Key entities

  • Booking Holdings Inc.

    Subject of the SEC 8-K, reporting Q2 2026 results via Exhibit 99.1.

  • SEC Form 8-K

    Current report used to disclose results of operations and financial condition.

Every BKNG earnings report

This story covers one filing. The ticker page keeps them all: each quarter's reported metrics with year-over-year and sequential comparisons, segments, guidance, and how the numbers landed against the company's own prior outlook.

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