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Booking Holdings' fourth-quarter 2024 performance benefits from higher merchant revenues and strong gross bookings.

Shares of Booking Holdings Inc.  BKNG were climbing in early Friday trading after the company reported upbeat fourth-quarter results on Thursday.

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, state of the consumer, 2025 outlook, integration of generative AI across its travel products, and more.

Shares of Booking Holdings (BKNG) rose in premarket trading on Friday after its fourth-quarter results topped expectations.

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 20, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Glenn Fogel - CEO Ewout Steenbergen - CFO Conference Call Participants Lee Horowitz - Deutsche Bank Mark Mahaney - Evercore ISI Brian Nowak - Morgan Stanley Kevin Kopelman - TD Cowen Stephen Ju - UBS Justin Post - Bank of America Operator Welcome to Booking Holdings' Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call. Booking Holdings would like to remind everyone that this call may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Legislation Reform Act of 1995.

At the core of Booking Holdings' long-term strategy is CEO Glenn Fogel's belief in the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). He is looking to this technology as a cornerstone for long-term growth in the travel industry.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Booking Holdings (BKNG) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Booking Holdings (BKNG) came out with quarterly earnings of $41.55 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $35.64 per share. This compares to earnings of $32 per share a year ago.

Travel services specialist Booking Holdings (BKNG -1.81%) reported its fourth-quarter financial results on Thursday, Feb. 20, that topped analysts' consensus expectations. Adjusted earnings per share of $41.55 came in well above the analyst estimate of $36.08.

Online travel agency Booking Holdings surpassed analysts' expectation for fourth-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday, helped by booming demand for international travel, sending its shares up about 5% after the bell.