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Booking Holdings (BKNG) FY2023 results: revenue $21.4 billion, up 25.0% on the year

Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) reported revenue of $21.4 billion for fiscal 2023, the year ended 31 December 2023, up 25.0% on the year before. Net income was $4.3 billion, up 40.3%, and diluted earnings per share $4.70. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 22 February 2024.

Revenue
$21.4 billion
+25.0% on the year
FY2016FY2023
Operating margin
27.3%
29.9% a year earlier
FY2016FY2023
Net income
$4.3 billion
+40.3% on the year
FY2016FY2023
Diluted EPS
$4.70
+53.8% on the year
FY2016FY2023

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The year in brief

The four quarters: Q1 FY2023 · Q2 FY2023 · Q3 FY2023 · Q4 FY2023

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2023FY2022FY2021On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue21,36517,09010,958+25.0%
Operating income5,8355,1022,496+14.4%
Operating margin27.3%29.9%22.8%
Interest expense897391334+129.4%
Pre-tax income5,4813,9231,465+39.7%
Income tax1,192865300+37.8%
Effective tax rate21.7%22.0%20.5%
Net income4,2893,0581,165+40.3%
Net margin20.1%17.9%10.6%
Diluted EPS$4.70$3.05$1.13+53.8%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2023FY2022FY2021On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow7,3446,5542,820+12.1%
Capital expenditure345368304-6.2%
Free cash flow6,9996,1862,516+13.1%
Free cash flow margin32.8%36.2%23.0%
Cash from investing1,486-518-998
Cash from financing-8,909-4,897-1,239
Depreciation and amortisation504451421+11.8%
Share-based compensation530404370+31.2%
Buybacks10,3776,621163+56.7%
Dividends paid0.00.0n/a
Diluted shares, weighted913m1,001m1,034m-8.8%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2023FY2022FY2021On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity-2,7442,7826,178
Debt14,18412,48510,926+13.6%
Operating lease liabilities599552351+8.5%
Finance lease liabilities34.032.06.0+6.2%
Other liabilities12,2699,5106,180+29.0%
Total liabilities and equity24,34225,36123,641-4.0%
Fixed assets784669822+17.2%
Goodwill2,8262,8072,887+0.7%
Intangible assets1,6131,8292,057-11.8%
Investments1,0162,9643,200-65.7%
Cash and equivalents12,10712,22111,127-0.9%
Receivables3,2532,2291,358+45.9%
Other assets2,7432,6422,190+3.8%
Total assets24,34225,36123,641-4.0%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2023, filed 22 February 2024: the filing.