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Tripadvisor

TRIP
39
Travel Services · Consumer Cyclical
Also trades as: 0QZS.L GBP 0.09 (-1.86%)
Price
$9.32
-0.07 (-0.75%)
Market Cap
$1.08B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
39
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Good
15/30
Growth
Weak
3/20
Cash Flow
Strong
8/10
Stability
Weak
2/10
Valuation
Good
5/10
Ownership
Mixed
4/15
Dividends
Not counted
n/a

37 of 95 counted points = Winston Score 39. Pillars marked n/a do not apply to this company and are left out of the total.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−4.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 137.2M (2021) → 131.0M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Tripadvisor runs one of the world's largest travel websites, where people can read reviews and book hotels, restaurants, and experiences. Its main products include the Tripadvisor review platform, the Viator experiences marketplace, and TheFork restaurant reservation service. Travelers around the world use these tools to plan trips, while hotels, tour operators, and restaurants pay to reach those users.

Tripadvisor makes money mainly through advertising and commission fees — hotels pay for prominent placement, and Tripadvisor earns a cut when users book tours or restaurants through its platforms. The company operates globally, with significant traffic from the US and Europe, and generates roughly $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Its large base of user-generated reviews creates a network effect that is hard for competitors to replicate, but the company faces serious pressure from Google, which has built its own travel search tools and captures a growing share of travel-related searches before users ever reach Tripadvisor.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-16.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-34.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$871M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Tripadvisor's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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
93.0%
Premium pricing power — 93.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.6%
Modest — 8.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
3.5%
Weak — 3.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-4.4%
Shrinking sales (-4.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-92.0%
Earnings shrinking (-92.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
3868%
Turns 3868% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
7.4%
Modest free cash flow (7.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.24
Elevated debt (1.24)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.82x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.8x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
233.0x
Expensive — P/E 233.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+226.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (233.0 → 6.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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