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Trip.com Group Limited

TCOM
61
Travel Services · Consumer Cyclical
Also trades as: 0I50.L GBP 0.40 (+0.80%)
Price
$40.01
+0.08 (+0.20%)
Market Cap
$25.99B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Mixed
12/30
Growth
Strong
14/20
Cash Flow
Exceptional
10/10
Stability
Exceptional
10/10
Valuation
Good
6/10
Ownership
Good
8/15
Dividends
Weak
1/5

61 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 61.

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Share count rising — dilution

+10.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 634.1M (2021) → 698.4M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Trip.com Group is an online travel company based in China. It helps people book flights, hotels, train tickets, and vacation packages through its apps and websites. The company owns several brands, including Ctrip and Qunar in China, and the international Trip.com platform, making it one of the largest online travel agencies in Asia.

Trip.com Group earns money by charging fees and commissions each time a customer books a hotel room, flight, or other travel service. Most of its revenue comes from China, but it has been expanding internationally through the Trip.com brand to reach travelers in Europe, Southeast Asia, and beyond. The company's massive user base and deep supplier relationships in China give it a strong competitive position at home, though it faces real competition from Meituan and Alibaba's Fliggy. The key growth driver is international expansion, while a slowdown in Chinese consumer spending or travel demand remains the main risk to watch.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-153.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

¥14.7B/ year

↑ Rising (+12% vs prior year)

24.3% of revenue

6.1x the sector average (4%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

9.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

¥130.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

Trip.com Group Limited is putting 24% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 6.1x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
79.8%
Premium pricing power — 79.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-9.3%
Losing money on operations — -9.3%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
5.7%
Weak — 5.7% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+14.0%
Fast-growing sales (+14.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+36.0%
Earnings growing fast (+36.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
139%
Turns 139% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
29.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (29.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.17
Conservative — low debt load (0.17)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
19.96x
Comfortably covers interest (20.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
7.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 7.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-2.9
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.76%
Small dividend — 0.76% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
N/A
Data not available
Payout Ratio
6%
no trend
Pays out a modest share of profit and keeps the rest to reinvest. Room to keep paying through a weak year.

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