Every 8-K that Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) has filed with the SEC in the last 24 months is listed below, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
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Booking Holdings Inc. reported second quarter 2026 results with revenue of $7.4B, up 8% year over year, and gross bookings of $51.0B, up 9% (about 8% on a constant currency basis). Room nights rose 5% to 325 million.
GAAP net income was $2.0B, up 118%, with GAAP EPS of $2.53 up 131%. Adjusted net income was $2.0B, up 8%, and Adjusted EPS was $2.54, up 15%. Adjusted EBITDA reached $2.6B, up 9%, for a 36.0% margin, while net income margin was 26.5% compared with 13.2% a year earlier.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.7B and free cash flow $3.6B, both up 16%. The company repurchased $3.7B of stock in the quarter, with $14.5B remaining under authorization, declared a $0.42 per share dividend for payment on September 30, 2026, and increased expected annual run-rate savings from its Transformation Program to approximately $650 million by the end of 2027. Management issued guidance for Q3 and full-year 2026 calling for single-digit year-over-year growth ranges in room nights, gross bookings, revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS.
Booking Holdings Inc. reported the results of its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders held virtually on June 2, 2026. All nominated directors were elected, each receiving over 568 million votes in favor, with varying levels of opposition and broker non-votes.
Stockholders approved the advisory vote on 2025 executive compensation, with 567,003,024 votes for and 61,561,892 against, and ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent auditor for fiscal 2026. They also approved an amendment to the certificate of incorporation to provide for exculpation of officers.
Two stockholder proposals, one concerning corporate political spending and another addressing certain business operations, were not approved, each receiving significantly more votes against than for.
Booking Holdings Inc. created new long-term debt by issuing €1,900,000,000 of senior notes in a registered public offering. The company sold €600,000,000 of 3.500% Senior Notes due 2030, €700,000,000 of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2034, and €600,000,000 of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2039.
These notes are general senior unsecured obligations that rank equally with Booking’s other senior unsecured debt. The company may redeem each series early at specified premiums before its par call date and at par afterward, and the indenture includes customary events of default and acceleration provisions.
Booking Holdings Inc. disclosed that it has issued and sold $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036 under its existing shelf registration. The notes are senior unsecured obligations ranking equally with the company’s other senior unsecured debt.
The notes mature on May 7, 2036, and pay interest semi-annually at 5.375% on May 7 and November 7, starting November 7, 2026. Before the February 7, 2036 par call date, Booking may redeem the notes at the greater of par or a Treasury-rate based make-whole amount plus 15 basis points; on or after that date, it may redeem them at par plus accrued interest.
Booking Holdings reported strong first quarter 2026 results. Revenue reached $5.5 billion, up 16% year over year, on gross bookings of $53.8 billion, which grew 15% (about 8% on a constant currency basis). Room nights rose 6% to 338 million, despite an estimated 2‑point drag from the Middle East conflict.
GAAP net income increased to $1.1 billion, up 225%, with GAAP EPS of $1.36 up 239%. Adjusted EPS was $1.14, up 14%, and Adjusted EBITDA was $1.3 billion, up 19%, for a 23.3% margin. The company effected a 25‑for‑1 stock split on April 2, 2026 and repurchased $3.6 billion of stock in the quarter, leaving $18.2 billion authorized. The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share.
Booking Holdings Inc. amended its Restated Certificate of Incorporation on April 2, 2026 to complete a previously announced twenty-five-for-one forward stock split of its common stock. At the same time, the company proportionately increased its authorized common stock from 1,000,000,000 to 25,000,000,000 shares.
The amendment became effective at 4:01 p.m. Eastern Time on April 2, 2026, and trading in Booking Holdings common stock is expected to begin on a split-adjusted basis at market open on Monday, April 6, 2026.
Booking Holdings Inc. appointed Caroline Sullivan as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Controller, effective April 29, 2026. She previously held senior finance and controller roles at Elevance Health, Moody's Corporation, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Allied Irish Bank, and began her career at Ernst & Young.
Her employment terms include a $525,000 initial annual base salary, a target annual bonus equal to 75% of base salary, a $1,000,000 RSU grant in May 2026, a $1,000,000 PSU grant at target in March 2027, and a $1,000,000 new hire RSU grant in May 2026, plus a $300,000 signing bonus. Severance for termination without cause includes one times base salary and target bonus, potential pro-rated or prior-year bonuses, and 12 months of health benefits, with specified vesting treatment for RSUs and PSUs.
Booking Holdings Inc. has appointed Kurt Sievers, retired President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors, to its Board of Directors effective April 1, 2026. He will also join the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee and be paid under the company’s standard non-employee director compensation program.
Director Lynn Radakovich has decided to retire from the Board at the company’s Annual Meeting in June 2026 and will not stand for re-election. A press release announcing Mr. Sievers’s appointment and Ms. Radakovich’s planned retirement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 under a Regulation FD disclosure item.
Booking Holdings Inc. reported strong fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results and announced a major stock split. Q4 2025 revenue was $6.3B, up 16% year over year, with gross bookings of $43.0B up 16% and GAAP net income of $1.4B up 34%. Adjusted EPS for the quarter was $48.80, up 17%.
For 2025, room nights grew 8%, gross bookings reached $186.1B (up 12%), and revenue was $26.9B (up 13%). Net income was $5.4B, down 8%, while Adjusted EBITDA was $9.9B, up 20%, with a 36.9% margin versus 35.0% in 2024. Free cash flow was $9.1B, up 15%, and net cash from operating activities was $9.4B.
The board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $10.50 per share, a 9.4% increase. The company repurchased $2.1B of stock in Q4 2025, leaving $21.8B authorized. A 25‑for‑1 forward stock split will be effected on April 2, 2026; shareholders of record as of March 6, 2026 will receive 24 additional shares per share, with split‑adjusted trading expected to begin April 6, 2026. Guidance for 2026 targets Q1 revenue growth of 14–16% and full‑year constant‑currency revenue growth in the low double digits, with Adjusted EBITDA growth faster than revenue and Adjusted EPS growth in the mid‑teens.
Booking Holdings Inc. entered a material definitive agreement and completed a registered public offering of €1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes in two tranches. The company issued €750,000,000 of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2030 and €750,000,000 of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2035, each general senior unsecured obligations under its existing indenture.
Interest on both series is payable annually on November 7, beginning November 7, 2026. The 2030 notes are redeemable at a make‑whole premium before September 7, 2030 (plus 15 bps) and at par on or after that date; the 2035 notes carry similar terms before August 7, 2035 (plus 20 bps) and at par thereafter. U.S. Bank Europe DAC, UK Branch will act as paying agent and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association will serve as transfer agent and trustee. The offering was underwritten by a syndicate led by Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and J.P. Morgan.
Booking Holdings Inc. furnished a Form 8-K to announce its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025. The company states that the press release with detailed results is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.
The information in Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is expressly noted as not deemed “filed” under Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Exhibits include the earnings press release with a financial and statistical supplement (99.1) and the cover page iXBRL data file (104).
Booking Holdings Inc. amended and restated its By-Laws, effective October 16, 2025. The update changes the threshold to call a special meeting of the Board to require a majority of the Board and revises the advance notice provision, along with certain other non-substantive changes.
The full text of the Amended and Restated By-Laws is provided as Exhibit 3.1.
Booking Holdings Inc. announced that Susana D'Emic, its Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, intends to retire at the end of March 2027. She will move into a transitional role as Senior Vice President of Finance while the company expects to hire her successor in 2026. The filing provides a clear succession timeline: an internal role change now, a planned successor search in 2026, and a formal retirement at the end of March 2027. This gives the company roughly 18 months to complete a leadership transition and maintain accounting and financial controls during the handover.