UBER / BOOKING / APPLOVIN
BOOKING offers value at current prices with solid FCF generation, low debt levels, and a durable moat protecting the business. AI and robotics initiatives represent potential catalysts for future growth.
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BOOKING offers value at current prices with solid FCF generation, low debt levels, and a durable moat protecting the business. AI and robotics initiatives represent potential catalysts for future growth.
Booking.com has fallen nearly 30% this year with limited business model threats outside recession risk. The author sees the valuation as attractive despite modest fundamentals.
Booking Holdings is unlikely to be disrupted by agentic AI unless a major tech platform like Meta enters the online travel space. The author views this as a defensible business.
Booking.com is an obvious value opportunity: the marketplace scales with zero incremental costs per new user, AI will materially reduce customer service and back-office expenses, yet the stock trades at only 13x forward PE with 120bn market cap and 9bn annual FCF. Valuation is compelling for patient capital.
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