trivago N.V.

TRVG

Software - Application · Technology

Price

$5.41

+0.52 (+10.63%)

Market Cap

$381.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Mixed

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Winston Score History

The full picture

trivago is an online hotel search platform that helps travelers compare prices across hundreds of booking websites at once. Instead of visiting Expedia, Booking.com, and hotel websites separately, users can search trivago to see all the prices in one place. The company operates one of the world's largest hotel price comparison services, covering millions of properties globally.

trivago makes money by charging hotels and online travel agencies a fee each time a user clicks through to their site to complete a booking — a model called cost-per-click advertising. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, and generates most of its revenue from Europe and the Americas, with a market cap around $400 million. Its main competitive advantage is its large database of hotel listings and brand recognition built through heavy TV advertising, but it faces constant pressure from Google, which has expanded its own hotel search tool and competes directly for the same travelers.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+20.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

€51M/ year

9.4% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€160M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth + cash flow

trivago N.V. is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 21%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.3% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 71.3M (2021) → 71.5M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

95.0%

Premium pricing power — 95.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-3.4%

Losing money on operations — -3.4%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

1.8%

Weak — 1.8% 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

+18.6%

Fast-growing sales (+18.6% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

7/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

346%

Turns 346% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

6.6%

Modest free cash flow (6.6%)

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

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

63.45x

Comfortably covers interest (63.5x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

20.0x

Growth-priced — P/E 20.0

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-30.2

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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