Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.48K Followers Follow Booking Holdings Inc. ( BKNG ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 4, 2026 4:30 PM EDT Company Participants Glenn Fogel - President, CEO & Director Ewout Steenbergen - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Mark Stephen Mahaney - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division Alex Brignall - Rothschild & Co Redburn, Research Division Justin Post - BofA Securities, Research Division Kevin Kopelman - TD Cowen, Research Division Ronald Josey - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Lloyd Walmsley - Mizuho Americas LLC Stephen Ju - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Kenneth Gawrelski - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Jed Kelly - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Welcome to Booking Holdings' Second Quarter 2026 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 Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are not guaranteed of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in any such forward-looking statements. Expressions of future goals or expectations and similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. For a list of factors that could cause Booking Holdings' actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the safe harbor statements in the Booking Holdings' earnings press release as well as Booking Holdings' most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, Booking Holdings undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A copy of Booking Holdings' earnings press release is available in the -- for Investors section of the Booking Holdings website, www.bookingholdings.com. Booking Holdings intends to use