Booking commands a vastly larger revenue base, but CAVA's growth rate tells a starkly different story over the past eight quarters.

Per-share earnings have outrun the business itself, and the cash behind it is real, yet near its high, each buyback dollar retires far fewer shares.

Here is a way to get paid a meaningful income now on your Booking shares, income you keep no matter what the stock does, in exchange for capping your gains above a higher price.

What does it mean to be a CEO who manages four other CEOs? It’s all just “titles, titles, titles,” says Glenn Fogel, the head of Booking Holdings. As president and chief executive, he oversees the chief executives of Priceline, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.

Flight delays, interminable waits on the tarmac—Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel knows all about travel frustrations firsthand: “You can’t believe you even bothered.” Booking.com and sister brands like Priceline, Kayak and OpenTable are pouring hundreds of millions into AI tools to smooth out travel hiccups. “When we start doing that,” says Fogel, who also helms parent company Booking Holdings, “that’s when I’ll feel OK, now we really are a good AI travel agent on your phone and in your pocket.”

The travel industry, like every sector, is experimenting with the best use cases for AI. Fogel is working towards a world where tourism becomes an intelligence system in its own right

The next AI winners may look nothing like Nvidia.

Two high-flying industry leaders that recently completed their first-ever forward splits have vastly different outlooks.

Near the top of its range, the share retirement that lets per-share earnings outrun profits has itself eased.

Online travel agency Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG) reported Q2 CY2026 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 8.1% year on year to $7.35 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.54 per share was 4.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Booking generates strong free cash flow, while Celsius is rapidly growing sales through a partnership with PepsiCo.

This marks the sixth forward stock split for this consumer-facing giant.

Its travel rivals moved a fraction as much in the same session, which points most of the explanation back inside Airbnb's own product.