Tripadvisor, Inc. (TRIP)Consumer Cyclical | Travel Services | Needham, United States | NasdaqGS
9.87 USD
+0.08
(0.817%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 10.00 +0.13 (1.313%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:06 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Tripadvisor is currently broken by a perfect storm of deteriorating fundamentals and overwhelming bearish sentiment. The company is hemorrhaging value, with revenue contracting by 7.2% and earnings plummeting 32.1% year-over-year. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying debt that exceeds its cash reserves, while the return on equity has turned negative. Despite trading at a low forward P/E, this is a classic value trap where the cheap price reflects a failing business model rather than a bargain. The recent sale of TheFork to American Exchange offers a lifeline, but the execution risk remains high given the leadership's previous struggles with similar acquisitions. Technically, the stock is in freefall, having lost over 70% of its value over the last nine years and failing to post a single positive annual return in the trailing decade. The recent price action shows a brutal gap down followed by a failed recovery, leaving the stock trapped below its 50-day moving average. The options market confirms this pessimism; traders are aggressively buying puts to protect against further drops, creating a dense wall of resistance for any bulls trying to push the price up. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecast showing zero directional bias due to noise, the prudent move is to stay away until the company demonstrates a clear path to profitability and revenue stabilization. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.111153 |
| AutoTheta | 0.117772 |
| AutoETS | 0.119498 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.119499 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 9.19 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.040 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.93 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2019-11-18 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2019-11-18 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 134.928 |
| Revenue per Share | 15.768 |
| Market Cap | 1,156,757,504 |
| Forward P/E | 9.18 |
| Beta | 0.88 |
| Profit Margins | 0.27% |
| Website | https://www.tripadvisor.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:06 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a continued decline. Put open interest significantly outweighs call open interest across nearly all expirations, with massive walls of protection at strikes below the current price (e.g., 3, 4, 6, 8). While there is some call volume at distant strikes, the overwhelming majority of capital is deployed in downside bets, suggesting a consensus expectation that the stock will trade lower rather than recover to the analyst targets.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-19 | 3.5 | 12.332629 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.4144737 |
| Address1 | 400 1st Avenue |
| All Time High | 111.24 |
| All Time Low | 9.01 |
| Ask | 11.31 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.8 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,894,220 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,731,167 |
| Average Volume | 3,731,167 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,894,220 |
| Beta | 0.884 |
| Bid | 8.38 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 5.709 |
| City | Needham |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 9.87 |
| Current Ratio | 1.561 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 9.98 |
| Day Low | 9.77 |
| Debt To Equity | 134.928 |
| Display Name | Tripadvisor |
| Dividend Date | 1,575,417,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.321 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.378 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,881,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,881,800 |
| Ebitda | 109,900,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.06005 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.987 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.66 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,207,457,536 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.8499 |
| Eps Forward | 1.0749 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.0 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,574,121,600 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 12.7316 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -2.8616 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.22476357 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -41.447372 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 20.16 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -10.29 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5104167 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 9.01 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.85999966 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.09544946 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 9.01 - 20.16 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,323,268,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 115,597,227 |
| Forward Eps | 1.0749 |
| Forward P E | 9.182249 |
| Free Cashflow | -101,500,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,465 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0799999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.81716 |
| Fullday Price | 9.9996 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.63966 |
| Gross Profits | 1,170,700,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01345 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.24676 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 117,199,342 |
| Industry | Travel Services |
| Industry Disp | Travel Services |
| Industry Key | travel-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,574,121,600 |
| Last Dividend Value | 3.5 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Tripadvisor, Inc., an online travel company, engages in the provision of travel guidance products and services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Experiences, Hotels and Other, and TheFork. The Experiences segment operates an online travel agency for tours, activities, and attractions, and acts as travel guidance platforms for travelers to discover, generate, and share authentic user-generated content in the form of ratings and reviews and opinions for destinations, points-of-interest, experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and cruises. The Hotels and Other segment primarily consist of the Tripadvisor hotel and restaurant guidance platform, which include hotel metasearch, and related advertising offerings primarily for hotels and restaurants. TheFork segment provides an online marketplace, which enables diners to discover and book online reservations at restaurants. Tripadvisor, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | Tripadvisor, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,156,757,504 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_140233 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -1,500,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,147,967,554 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 9.85 |
| Operating Cashflow | 203,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.09437 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.74 |
| Phone | 781 800 5000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.12960052 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.3130752 |
| Post Market Price | 9.9996 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,564 |
| Previous Close | 9.79 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 11.613131 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.7288492 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.63203883 |
| Profit Margins | 0.00273 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.195 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.82353 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0799999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.81716 |
| Regular Market Day High | 9.98 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 9.77 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 9.77 - 9.98 |
| Regular Market Open | 9.85 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 9.79 |
| Regular Market Price | 9.87 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,056,928 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01924 |
| Return On Equity | -0.00233 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.072 |
| Revenue Per Share | 15.768 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 117,199,342 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.2395 |
| Shares Short | 28,066,667 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 32,680,502 |
| Short Name | TripAdvisor, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.28350002 |
| Short Ratio | 8.11 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | TRIP |
| Target High Price | 21.0 |
| Target Low Price | 9.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.86667 |
| Target Median Price | 13.0 |
| Total Cash | 843,200,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.195 |
| Total Debt | 893,900,032 |
| Total Revenue | 1,830,200,064 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.7196 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 12.3114 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.4414005 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.19830404 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,056,928 |
| Website | https://www.tripadvisor.com |
| Zip | 2,494 |