Expedia Group (EXPE)
Expedia Group is a global travel giant that helps people book flights, hotels, and holiday rentals through well-known websites like Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo.
Is Expedia Group a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: Extremely high gross margins due to the digital nature of the business. Worth weighing: High price-to-book ratio suggests the company is valued much higher than its physical assets.
Is this normal for this company?
Each figure against the range this same company has produced recently. Neither end of a range is the good end.
Share price divided by the earnings actually reported over the four most recent quarters. The range is the same calculation at each of this company's last few results, so roughly the past year.
Profit as a share of sales, from the company's own quarterly statements. The range covers the 5 quarters we hold, and the figure shown is its most recent one.
How these ranges are built
Every number here is the company's own reported figure, not a comparison with other companies. The ranges come from this company's own results and its share price. Where it reports in a different currency from the one its shares trade in, the price-to-earnings range is left out rather than mixing the two.
What does Expedia Group do?
Expedia acts as a digital middleman, connecting travellers with hotels, airlines, and car rental companies, taking a small slice of the transaction as a fee. Because they don't own the planes or the hotels themselves, they have very low overheads and high profit margins. Much comes down to how freely people spend on holidays when the economy feels a bit wobbly.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on momentum and growth, and weakest on value.
- ✓Pays a dividend - about 0.6% a year
- ✓Growing - revenue up about 14% over the year
- !Carries a lot of debt - roughly 2.3x its equity
- ✓Strong return on shareholder money (ROE 89%)
- Growth screens high
- Momentum screens high
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Does Expedia Group pay a dividend?
Yes - Expedia Group currently pays a dividend of about 0.6% a year, which is £6.10 a year for every £1,000 invested (the yearly payout as a share of the price). A dividend is a slice of profit handed to shareholders; the yield moves as the price moves, and a company can cut or stop it. An ISA doesn't shelter the US tax on this one →
What do the numbers say about Expedia Group's dividend?
There's no rating here, and we don't judge whether the dividend will continue - that would be advice. Here are the figures income investors usually look at, and what each one means, so you can weigh it up yourself.
Figures are from the latest available data and can be distorted by one-off results. Past payments don't predict future ones, and a dividend can be cut at any time. This lays out the numbers to help you understand them - it is not a view on what will happen.
Most recent ex-dividend date: 28 May 2026. To receive a dividend you must already own the shares before the ex-dividend date; become a holder on or after it and the previous owner keeps that payment. Why the price usually falls that morning →
Does Expedia Group have more cash or more debt?
It holds about $7.13B in cash against about $5.69B of debt - so it has net cash of about $1.44B. More cash than debt is a cushion: it does not need to borrow just to cover what it owes.
From the latest reported balance sheet. Cash and debt levels change, and some borrowing is normal - this is context, not a judgment.
What do Expedia Group's numbers mean?
How has it performed?
Growth of £1,000, the worst fall, and year by year
Over about 2 years to 2026-09-09. This is the share price only - reinvesting the dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has Expedia Group actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, Expedia Group fell as much as −37% from a high to a later low. Falls like this are normal when you own a share.
Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
How has it done year by year?
Calendar-year total return - the share price with dividends reinvested - from adjusted closing prices. The current year is only part-complete. Past returns are not a guide to the future.
A closer look at the numbers
Ownership, earnings history, where the money goes, and the outlook range
Does the share price tell you if it's cheap or expensive?
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
How much money does Expedia Group make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
Where does each £100 of Expedia Group's sales go?
A rough split of the latest full-year figures: of every £100 of sales, about £10 covers making the product or service, £77 goes on running costs, tax and interest, and about £13 is left as profit. Margins vary a lot by industry, and one-off items can distort a single year.
When does Expedia Group report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
Expedia Group is next scheduled to report on about 2026-11-05 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
‘Beat’ and ‘missed’ are against what analysts expected, not whether the business is doing well.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | $1.38 | $1.96 | Beat +42% |
| 2026-02-12 | $3.37 | $3.78 | Beat +12% |
| 2025-11-06 | $6.95 | $7.57 | Beat +9% |
| 2025-08-07 | $4.13 | $4.24 | Beat +3% |
| 2025-05-08 | $0.36 | $0.40 | Beat +11% |
| 2025-02-06 | $2.10 | $2.39 | Beat +14% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, Expedia Group came in ahead of what analysts expected 6 times. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
See who else reports over the next two weeks →
Where these figures come from
Each quarter a company reports its results against a consensus of analyst forecasts. The figures here are reported versus expected earnings per share from published results; the expectation is that analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates and can move.
What are the scenarios for Expedia Group?
An illustrative range for the year ahead — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros, cons and common questions?
The case each way, and the questions people ask
Global travel continues to expand as a primary consumer priority.
Long-term shifts in how people book travel or major economic downturns.
What are the pros and cons of Expedia Group?
A balance check, not a score or verdict.
- Extremely high gross margins due to the digital nature of the business
- Strong brand recognition across multiple travel platforms
- High return on equity: How much profit the company makes for each £1 shareholders have put in. Higher usually means a more efficient business. shows efficient use of shareholder capital
- High price-to-book: The share price versus the company's net assets per share (its book value). Under 1 can look cheap, though it varies a lot by industry. ratio suggests the company is valued much higher than its physical assets
- Small dividend yield: The yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price - roughly the income you'd earn from dividends alone. may not appeal to those seeking regular income
- Business is highly sensitive to the health of the global economy
- Intense competition from other online travel agencies and search engines
- Vulnerability to global events like pandemics or geopolitical instability
- Reliance on advertising and marketing spend to attract customers
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- A sustained decline in global travel demand over several years
- A major shift where travellers stop using third-party sites in favour of booking directly with providers
Common questions about Expedia Group
Does Expedia Group pay a dividend?
Yes - Expedia Group currently pays a dividend of about 0.6% a year. Dividends are a share of profit paid to holders; the yield moves with the price and payouts can be cut.
When does Expedia Group report earnings next?
Expedia Group is next scheduled to report results on about 2026-11-05. Report dates are estimates and can move; this is a diary note for when to look, not a forecast of the outcome.
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.