What is Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense?

Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) reported interest expense of $253M in Q1 2026.

How has Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense changed year-over-year?

Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense decreased by 61.0% year-over-year, from $649M to $253M.

What is the long-term trend for Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense has grown at a 48.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $334M to $1.62B.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

Booking Holdings Inc. BKNG Interest Expense

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Segments

By segment

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Reportable Segment$253M-61.0%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.5B+16.2%

Operating income$1.3B+19.7%

Net income$1.1B+225%

EPS (diluted)$1.36+240%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$16.0B+2.9%

Total debt$18.9B+14.8%

Total equity-$8.7B-42.7%

Total assets$27.7B+1.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$3.2B-2.1%

CapEx$107.0M-11.6%

Free cash flow$3.1B-1.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$138.11B-21.5%

Enterprise value$141.03B-20.5%

P/E22.4×-14.1×

P/S5×-2.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin98.1%—

Operating margin32.6%+0.1pp

Net margin22.2%-0.4pp

FCF margin32.6%-2.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity147.8%+136pp

Debt / equity11.8×+9.5×

Current ratio1.1×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Booking Holdings Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating.

The official record: Booking Holdings Inc.’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense?: Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) reported interest expense of $253M in Q1 2026.
How has Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense changed year-over-year?: Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense decreased by 61.0% year-over-year, from $649M to $253M.
What is the long-term trend for Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Booking Holdings Inc.'s interest expense has grown at a 48.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $334M to $1.62B.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.