Booking 4Q Sales, Profit Rise as More Travelers Make Reservations

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By Katherine Hamilton

Booking recorded higher sales and profit in the fourth quarter as room nights and bookings increased.

The online travel agency on Wednesday posted a profit of $1.43 billion, or $44.22 a share, compared with $1.07 billion, or $31.95 a share, a year earlier.

Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted per-share earnings were $48.80, ahead of the $48.69 anticipated by analysts, according to FactSet.

Revenue rose 16% to $6.35 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet forecast revenue of $6.14 billion.

Room nights increased 9% and gross bookings were up 16%.

Booking expects revenue to increase 14% to 16% in the current first quarter, and increase by a low double-digit percentage during the full year. Analysts were projecting 12% growth in the first quarter and 9.5% growth for the full year.

The company is anticipating full-year adjusted earnings per share to increase by a mid-teens percentage, while Wall Street was estimating an 18% increase.

Write to Katherine Hamilton at katherine.hamilton@wsj.com

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