Expedia Group Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results
SEATTLE, WA – November 4, 2020 – Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced financial results today for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.
“Travel demand continued to be significantly impacted by the virus in the third quarter, but the increased travel in the quarter, along with continued progress on our cost initiatives, led to improved financial results. As the last several weeks have demonstrated, the travel industry and the world still face a prolonged and bumpy path to recovery, with increasing COVID-19 cases and uncertainty around vaccine and therapeutic timelines," said Vice Chairman and CEO, Peter Kern. "Despite the challenges of COVID, our teams continue to do great work to accelerate important long-term strategic priorities, including driving efficiency across the company and evolving our tech and data platforms to deliver value-added products and services to our customers and partners. While it will take a more fulsome rebound in travel before we will see the effect of many of these improvements, I am confident that we have made and will continue to make great strides to reshape our business and the industry during this challenging time.”
Financial Summary & Operating Metrics ($ millions except per share amounts)(1)
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Metric | Q3 2020 | Q3 2019 | Δ Y/Y |
Room night growth | (58)% | 11% | NM |
Gross bookings | $8,631 | $26,927 | (68)% |
Revenue | 1,504 | 3,558 | (58)% |
Operating income (loss) | (113) | 609 | NM |
Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia Group common stockholders | (221) | 409 | NM |
Diluted earnings (loss) per share | $(1.56) | $2.71 | NM |
Adjusted EBITDA(2) | 304 | 912 | (67)% |
Adjusted net income (loss)(2) | (31) | 520 | NM |
Adjusted EPS(2) | $(0.22) | $3.38 | NM |
Free cash flow(2) | (995) | (1,152) | (14)% |
(1)All comparisons are against comparable period of 2019 unless otherwise noted.
(2)"Adjusted EBITDA" (Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), "Adjusted net income (loss)," "Adjusted EPS" and "Free cash flow" are non-GAAP measures as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). See "Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures" and "Tabular Reconciliations for Non-GAAP Measures" on pages 11-17 herein for an explanation and reconciliations of non-GAAP measures used throughout this release. Expedia Group does not calculate or report net income by segment.
Please refer to the "Glossary of Business Terms," located in the Quarterly Results section on Expedia Group’s investor relations website, for business and financial statement definitions used throughout this release.
Discussion of Results
The results for Expedia Group, Inc. ("Expedia Group" or "the Company") include Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, Egencia®, trivago®, HomeAway®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, Classic Vacations®, Traveldoo®, VacationRentals.com and SilverRail™. Results include the related international points of sale for all brands and the immaterial impact of Bodybuilding.com since the Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. transaction on July 26, 2019. In May 2020, Expedia Group completed the sale of Bodybuilding.com. All amounts shown are in U.S. dollars.
The following information was filed by Expedia Group, Inc. (EXPE) on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 as an 8K 2.02 statement, which is an earnings press release pertaining to results of operations and financial condition. It may be helpful to assess the quality of management by comparing the information in the press release to the information in the accompanying 10-Q Quarterly Report statement of earnings and operation as management may choose to highlight particular information in the press release.