Trip.com Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: TCOM)’s stock price has decreased by -0.50 compared to its previous closing price of 64.23. However, the company has seen a -4.14% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-03-07 that Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock’s price, do they really matter?
Is It Worth Investing in Trip.com Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: TCOM) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Trip.com Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: TCOM) is above average at 18.41x, Company’s 36-month beta value is 0.12.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 23 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for TCOM is 649.15M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.90% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of TCOM on March 25, 2025 was 3.78M shares.
TCOM’s Market Performance
TCOM stock saw a decrease of -4.14% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -4.64% and a quarterly a decrease of -10.63%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.30%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.66% for Trip.com Group Ltd ADR (TCOM). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 3.16% for TCOM’s stock, with a 9.72% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of TCOM
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for TCOM stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for TCOM by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for TCOM in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $78 based on the research report published on January 03, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Bernstein gave a rating of “Outperform” to TCOM, setting the target price at $85 in the report published on November 04th of the previous year.
TCOM Trading at -2.65% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought TCOM to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -17.19% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.66%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.30%, as shares sank -1.16% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -1.53% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, TCOM fell by -4.14%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +27.41% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $61.95. In addition, Trip.com Group Ltd ADR saw -6.92% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at TCOM starting from Fan Min, who proposed sale 150,000 shares at the price of $57.30 back on Feb 27 ’25. After this action, Fan Min now owns shares of Trip.com Group Ltd ADR, valued at $8,595,000 using the latest closing price.
Fan Min, the Director of Trip.com Group Ltd ADR, proposed sale 260,000 shares at $51.08 during a trade that took place back on Sep 26 ’24, which means that Fan Min is holding shares at $13,280,800 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for TCOM
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.28 for the present operating margin
- 0.82 for the gross margin
The net margin for Trip.com Group Ltd ADR stands at 0.32. The total capital return value is set at 0.09. Equity return is now at value 12.91, with 7.40 for asset returns.
Based on Trip.com Group Ltd ADR (TCOM), the company’s capital structure generated 0.25 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.06. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.33. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.37.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 14.99 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.23. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.95. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.68for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.21. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.51.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, Trip.com Group Ltd ADR (TCOM) has experienced a bad performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
