What does the company do?
Expedia, Inc. is an online travel company. The Company makes travel products and services available from a variety of large and small commercial and charter airlines, lodging properties, car rental companies, cruise lines and destination service providers. The Company’s portfolio of brands include Expedia.com, hotels.com, Hotwire.com, the TripAdvisor Media Network, the Company’s private label programs (Worldwide Travel Exchange and Interactive Affiliate Network), Classic Vacations, Expedia Local Experttm, Egenciatm (formerly Expedia Corporate Travel), eLongtm, Inc. (eLong) and Veneretm Net SpA (Venere). The Company is also engaged in offering travel and non-travel advertisers access to the source of traffic and transactions, through various media and advertising offerings.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Expedia one-year sales: 2.88 Bil.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: -72.26% - Expedia one-year income: -2.56 Bil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 2.88 Bil | 10.38 Bil | | Income | -2.56 Bil | 1.25 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Expedia one-year sales growth: -2.50%.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: 4.50 pct. pts. - Expedia one-year income growth: -18.50%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -2.50% | -7.00% | | Income Growth | -18.50% | 6.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Expedia one-year net profit margin: -88.9%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -75.4 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -88.9% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | -13.5% | | Industry | 4.4% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Expedia debt/equity ratio: 0.35.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: -49.28%.
| | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Debt/equity ratio | 0.35 | 0.69 |
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