Expedia, the Bellevue online travel giant, saw its revenue increase 18% during the fourth quarter as it showed increases in hotel room nights and improvements in advertising and media revenue. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $1.15 billion, up from $974.9 million in the same period in 2012. Adjusted net income came in at $125.1 million, up 41 percent from $88.9 million in the same period in 2012.
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Expedia shares rise by 14% following fourth quarter revenue growth
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Published February 6, 2014
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In 2013 people spent 146.1 million nights in rooms sold by Expedia. Home or away, Expedia investors will sleep soundly tonight. Shares are flying close to 14% higher to $74.47 after the travel booking company reported better than expected earnings Thursday, putting the stock in position to open trading Friday well above its $72.19 52-week high. Expedia — which in addition to it’s namesake Expedia.com owns Hotels.com, Hotwire, trivago and others –reported 18% year-over-year revenue growth to $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter. Revenue came in ahead of Wall Street analysts’ $1.1 billion consensus estimate. Net income was $94.7 million, up 92.9% from the same period in the prior year which included $111.6 million in one time charges. Earnings per share were 70 cents per share, 2 cents ahead of the estimate.
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