Why Booking Holdings Stock Just Popped 5%

Booking Holdings stock is a free-cash-flow monster.Travel website extraordinaire Booking Holdings (BKNG 5.29%) stock jumped 4.8% through 11:50 a.m. ET Thursday after thumping analyst forecasts for both sales and earnings last night.Expected to earn $77.47 per share on$7.6 billion in sales for Q3 2024, Booking Holdings reported instead an $83.89-per-share profit (adjusted for one-time items) on just under$8 billion in sales. Booking Holdings Q3 sales and earningsNot all the news was great. Total sales at B ...