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Expedia Group

EXPE
53
Travel Services · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$268.77
-2.18 (-0.80%)
Market Cap
$30.77B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

11.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 149.7M (2021) → 131.9M (2025)

Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Retail, B2B, and trivago segments. Its brand portfolio include Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand with localized websites; Hotels.com for marketing and distributing lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, and CheapTickets travel websites; ebookers, an online EMEA travel agent for travele

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+96.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$1.3B/ year

Flat (-3% vs prior year)

8.7% of revenue

2.2x the sector average (4%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$7.8B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Expedia Group is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 15%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
82.3%
Premium pricing power — 82.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
9.0%
Modest — 9.0% operating margin
ROCE
6.1%
Weak — 6.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+10.0%
Steady sales growth (10.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+33.7%
Earnings growing fast (33.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
312%
Turns 312% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
25.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (25.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
7.76
Heavy debt load (7.76)
Interest Cover
6.47x
Adequate interest coverage (6.5x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
22.4x
Growth-priced — P/E 22.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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