Expedia Group (EXPE) is based in Bellevue, Washington. The company is one of the largest online travel companies in the world. The company helps consumers find the best travel deals across hotels, vacation rentals, flights, car rentals, and more. Additionally, Expedia helps travel businesses and owners, across its full range of offerings, reach their ideal customers.
The company’s most popular brands include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, TripAdvisor.com, trivago, HomeAway, Expedia Cruises, and Vrbo. To support these brands, the company operates many technology platforms. Its Brand Expedia platform supports Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, CheapTickets, ebookers, and certain parts of Hotwire.
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Company Snapshot
| Price | $272 | Category | Moderate | |
| Market Cap | 33.7B | Dividend | $1.60 | 0.59% |
| P/E Ratio | 26.25 | Analyst Avg | 1-Yr Target | $288 |
| Consensus EPS Estimate | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q |
| 2026 | 0.86E | 5.03E | 8.72E | 4.17E |
| 2025 | 0.40A | 4.24A | 7.57A | 3.32A |
| 2024 | 0.21A | 3.51A | 6.13A | 2.39A |
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Keys for Success
Platform Scale & Data Advantage
Expedia’s platform model enables it to analyze customer behavior and spending patterns to identify high-performing suppliers, thereby strengthening its offerings and attracting additional demand.
Leisure travel space, which contributes almost 80% to global travel and tourism expenditure, is expected to witness a growth (CAGR) of 7% over the 2025-2034 period. Expedia holds a broad multi-product supply portfolio, with nearly 3.5 million lodging properties, including Vrbo’s over 2.5 million online bookable alternative accommodations listings, approximately 1 million hotels and alternative accommodations through its other brands, over 500 airlines, packages, rental cars, cruises, and insurance.
The company generated $13.6 billion in revenue in 2024, of which 67.7% came from the business-to-consumer (B2C) segment. Business-to-business (B2B) and trivago accounted for 29.96% and 2.3%, respectively. In the 3Q 2025, B2B gross bookings rose 26% to $9.38 billion, marking the 17th consecutive quarter of double-digit expansion for this segment. B2C consumer bookings grew 7%, with U.S. room nights seeing their fastest growth in over three years.
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Expedia has a strong balance sheet and ample liquidity. Operating margins improved across both business segments, with adjusted EBITDA margin rising 2.1 percentage points year over year. The company also repurchased $451 million in shares and declared a $0.40 per-share dividend.
Keys for Concern
As smartphone adoption and app use for travel information have reduced reliance on search engines, Expedia’s relationship with Google has become problematic. Google’s entry into the online travel market has intensified competition and driven up costs for Expedia. Expedia operates in the highly competitive online travel booking space. Expedia continues to face significant litigation over whether its revenue is taxable under applicable hotel tax ordinances.
Mark Notes
Expedia’s strong platform, diverse brand portfolio, and expanding global supply network have supported bookings, partnerships, and long-term business development. Investors should watch the performance of consumer brands and the continued shift to a unified technology platform, both of which remain key focus areas.
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