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Booking Holdings Inc
(NASDAQ:BKNG) 

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Booking Holdings Inc. provides travel and restaurant online reservation and related services worldwide. The company operates Booking.com, which offers online accommodation reservations; Rentalcars.com that provides online rental car reservation services; Priceline, which offer online travel reservat...

Founded: 1996
Full Time Employees: 23,000
CEO: Glenn D. Fogel  
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Travel Services

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At a glance:
  • Asset-Light, High-Margin Online Travel Platform: Booking Holdings operates a global online travel marketplace (Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Kayak) with an asset-light model that can support strong margins and cash generation versus traditional travel operators.
  • Strong Exposure to Global Travel Demand Cycles: Results are closely tied to leisure and business travel volumes; demand can rebound quickly in favorable environments but is vulnerable to macro slowdowns, geopolitical events, and changes in consumer spending.
  • Competitive Pressure and Rising Customer Acquisition Costs: Competition from other OTAs, direct hotel/airline channels, and large metasearch/ad platforms can increase marketing spend and pressure take rates, making traffic acquisition efficiency a key performance driver.
  • Payments, Connected Trip, and Alternative Accommodations as Growth Drivers: Expansion in payments, cross-selling across trip components, and growth in alternative accommodations and experiences are central to increasing attachment rates, customer lifetime value, and platform differentiation.
  • Regulatory and Platform-Dependency Risks Remain Material: Ongoing scrutiny around pricing parity, consumer protection, data/privacy, and competition policy—along with dependence on search and app ecosystems for traffic—can affect distribution costs and operating practices.
Bull Thesis:
  • Continued Robust Travel Demand & Market Leadership: The global travel industry continues to show strong resilience and growth post-pandemic. Booking Holdings, with its dominant brands like Booking.com and Agoda, is well-positioned to capture a significant share of this demand, leveraging its extensive inventory and user base to maintain its market leadership across various geographies.
  • Strong Financial Performance & Cash Generation: Booking Holdings consistently demonstrates robust financial health, characterized by high revenue growth, strong profitability, and significant free cash flow generation. This financial strength allows for continued investment in technology, marketing, and potential acquisitions, further solidifying its competitive advantage and providing shareholder returns.
  • Diversified Portfolio & Global Reach: The company's portfolio spans various travel segments (hotels, flights, car rentals, experiences) and operates globally through multiple strong brands (Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Kayak, OpenTable). This diversification reduces reliance on any single market or product, providing stability and multiple avenues for growth even amidst regional economic fluctuations.
  • Technological Edge & AI Integration: Booking Holdings continuously invests in advanced technology, including AI and machine learning, to enhance user experience, personalize recommendations, optimize pricing, and improve operational efficiency. This technological advantage helps drive conversion rates, customer loyalty, and cost savings, staying ahead of competitors.
Bear Thesis:
  • Intensifying Competition & Margin Pressure: The online travel agency (OTA) market faces fierce competition from rivals like Expedia, Airbnb, and increasingly, Google Travel, which is pushing its own booking solutions. This intense competition could lead to higher marketing expenses, pressure on commission rates from suppliers, and potential erosion of profit margins.
  • Macroeconomic Headwinds & Consumer Spending: Global economic uncertainties, including persistent inflation, rising interest rates, and the risk of recession, could significantly impact discretionary consumer spending on travel. A downturn in economic activity could lead to reduced travel demand, lower average daily rates, and slower growth for Booking Holdings.
  • Regulatory Scrutiny & Potential Fines: Booking Holdings faces increasing regulatory scrutiny worldwide regarding its market dominance, pricing practices (e.g., parity clauses), and data privacy. Potential antitrust investigations, new regulations, or significant fines in key markets could disrupt business operations, increase compliance costs, and negatively impact profitability.
  • High Valuation & Growth Deceleration: Following a strong post-pandemic recovery, Booking Holdings' stock may be trading at a high valuation relative to its historical averages and future growth prospects. As the travel recovery normalizes, the pace of revenue and earnings growth might decelerate, potentially making the current valuation unsustainable without new significant growth drivers.
Main Competitors:
  • Expedia Group ($EXPE) (Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Vrbo), The most direct competitor, Expedia Group operates a vast portfolio of online travel agencies (OTAs) offering a comprehensive range of travel services including hotels, flights, car rentals, vacation rentals, and packages globally. They compete directly for market share, supplier relationships, and customer bookings across all major travel segments.
  • Airbnb, Inc. ($ABNB) (Airbnb platform), Primarily competes in the alternative accommodations market (short-term rentals, vacation homes, unique stays), a segment where Booking Holdings also has a significant presence through Booking.com's non-hotel listings. Airbnb competes for hosts, guests, and market share in the growing peer-to-peer lodging and experiences sector.
  • Alphabet Inc. (Google) ($GOOGL) (Google Flights, Google Hotels, Google Travel), Google competes by offering its own travel search and booking tools directly within its dominant search engine. This allows Google to disintermediate OTAs by directing users to its own products or directly to suppliers, competing for user traffic, booking conversions, and advertising revenue from travel companies.
  • TripAdvisor, Inc. ($TRIP) (TripAdvisor website and app), Competes as a meta-search engine and review platform that also facilitates bookings for hotels, flights, restaurants, and experiences. They vie for user attention during the travel planning phase and for booking conversions by aggregating offers from various OTAs and direct suppliers, including Booking Holdings' brands.
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Booking Holdings Inc. operates in a highly competitive global travel market. Its primary moat lies in its extensive network of suppliers (hotels, airlines, car rentals, restaurants), strong brand recognition across its portfolio (Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda), and significant marketing spend. Competition is fierce, coming from other large online travel agencies like Expedia Group, specialized platforms like Airbnb in the alternative accommodations space, and tech giants like Google that leverage their search dominance to enter the travel booking funnel. Additionally, meta-search sites and direct booking efforts by hotel chains and airlines also constantly vie for the same customers, necessitating continuous innovation in user experience, technology, and supplier relationships to maintain market leadership.
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      merchant revenues
    3,698,000,000 4,249,000,000 6,131,000,000 4,457,000,000 2,918,000,000 3,336,000,000 4,972,000,000 3,446,000,000 2,388,000,000 2,469,000,000 3,945,000,000 2,770,000,000 1,752,000,000 1,780,000,000 2,614,000,000 1,749,000,000 1,050,000,000 1,040,000,000 1,622,000,000 661,000,000 373,000,000 376,000,000 837,000,000 245,000,000 659,000,000 955,000,000 1,313,000,000 959,000,000 603,000,000 701,008,000 1,049,661,000 709,864,000 526,467,000 508,550,000 684,289,000 498,133,000 442,045,000 439,816,000 620,290,000 517,867,000 470,032,000 445,782,000 596,503,000 546,013,000 494,675,000 478,268,000 613,535,000 567,253,000 526,998,000 481,782,000 620,904,000 580,224,000 528,564,000 472,350,000 584,969,000 551,024,000 496,409,000 445,868,000 573,230,000 530,530,000 454,804,000 382,233,000 494,473,000 446,669,000 368,265,000 317,407,000 400,314,000 392,822,000 337,034,000         174,880,000 238,558,000 250,524,000 210,438,000 173,230,000 222,142,000 246,504,000 217,528,000   249,860,000 217,011,000 176,319,000 240,584,000 
      agency revenues
    1,528,000,000 1,791,000,000 2,569,000,000 2,044,000,000 1,564,000,000 1,864,000,000 2,753,000,000 2,144,000,000 1,763,000,000 2,068,000,000 3,135,000,000 2,429,000,000 1,782,000,000 2,049,000,000 3,203,000,000 2,301,000,000 1,450,000,000 1,751,000,000 2,867,000,000 1,328,000,000 717,000,000 810,000,000 1,723,000,000 357,000,000 1,424,000,000 2,126,000,000 3,435,000,000 2,607,000,000 1,949,000,000 2,259,494,000 3,540,874,000 2,566,293,000 2,113,339,000 2,072,736,000 3,523,706,000 2,332,371,000 1,785,313,000 1,736,677,000 2,892,449,000 1,852,961,000 1,500,029,000 1,400,724,000 2,345,673,000 1,582,153,000 1,199,348,000 1,230,633,000 2,099,629,000 1,474,396,000 1,041,144,000 999,687,000 1,576,434,000 1,064,640,000 769,928,000 715,064,000 1,118,128,000 771,996,000 537,627,000 542,049,000 876,601,000 569,181,000 351,422,000 345,838,000 504,010,000 317,512,000 213,242,000 220,496,000 323,188,000 204,485,000 120,225,000 132,973,000 232,638,000 173,249,000 109,932,000 105,768,000 139,623,000 98,344,000 54,511,000 39,899,750 73,326,000 55,892,000 30,381,000 29,771,000 35,497,000 18,858,000 14,925,000   8,747,000 6,448,000 3,178,000 1,895,000 
      advertising and other revenues
    306,000,000 309,000,000 308,000,000 297,000,000 280,000,000 271,000,000 269,000,000 269,000,000 264,000,000 247,000,000 261,000,000 263,000,000 244,000,000 220,000,000 235,000,000 244,000,000 195,000,000 190,000,000 187,000,000 171,000,000 51,000,000 52,000,000 80,000,000 28,000,000 205,000,000 258,000,000 292,000,000 284,000,000 285,000,000 252,113,000 258,555,000 260,937,000 288,395,000 221,807,000 226,034,000 194,052,000 192,046,000 171,940,000 177,813,000 185,074,000 178,058,000 153,489,000 160,725,000 152,231,000 146,671,000 131,196,000 123,333,000 81,926,000 73,660,000 59,684,000 72,565,000 35,374,000                                        
      total revenues
    5,532,000,000 6,349,000,000 9,008,000,000 6,798,000,000 4,762,000,000 5,471,000,000 7,994,000,000 5,859,000,000 4,415,000,000 4,784,000,000 7,341,000,000 5,462,000,000 3,778,000,000 4,049,000,000 6,052,000,000 4,294,000,000 2,695,000,000 2,981,000,000 4,676,000,000 2,160,000,000 1,141,000,000 1,238,000,000 2,640,000,000 630,000,000 2,288,000,000 3,339,000,000 5,040,000,000 3,850,000,000 2,837,000,000 3,212,615,000 4,849,090,000 3,537,094,000 2,928,201,000 2,803,093,000 4,434,029,000 3,024,556,000 2,419,404,000 2,348,433,000 3,690,552,000 2,555,902,000 2,148,119,000 1,999,995,000 3,102,901,000 2,280,397,000 1,840,694,000 1,840,097,000 2,836,497,000 2,123,575,000 1,641,802,000 1,541,153,000 2,269,903,000 1,680,238,000 1,302,012,000 1,190,640,000 1,706,310,000 1,326,759,000 1,037,247,000 990,771,000 1,452,804,000 1,102,716,000 809,320,000 731,314,000 1,001,757,000 767,439,000 584,394,000 541,753,000 730,660,000 603,741,000 462,058,000 406,042,000 561,609,000 513,976,000 403,180,000 334,853,000 417,287,000 355,880,000 301,389,000 260,071,000 313,467,000 307,651,000 241,914,000 203,913,000 258,797,000 266,557,000 233,392,000   259,389,000 224,131,000 180,167,000 243,441,000 
      yoy
    16.17% 16.05% 12.68% 16.03% 7.86% 14.36% 8.90% 7.27% 16.86% 18.15% 21.30% 27.20% 40.19% 35.83% 29.43% 98.80% 136.20% 140.79% 77.12% 242.86% -50.13% -62.92% -47.62% -83.64% -19.35% 3.93% 3.94% 8.85% -3.11% 14.61% 9.36% 16.95% 21.03% 19.36% 20.15% 18.34% 12.63% 17.42% 18.94% 12.08% 16.70% 8.69% 9.39% 7.38% 12.11% 19.40% 24.96% 26.39% 26.10% 29.44% 33.03% 26.64% 25.53% 20.17% 17.45% 20.32% 28.16% 35.48% 45.03% 43.69% 38.49% 34.99% 37.10% 27.11% 26.48% 33.42% 30.10% 17.46% 14.60% 21.26% 34.59% 44.42% 33.77% 28.75% 33.12% 15.68% 24.59% 27.54% 21.12% 15.42% 3.65%   2.76% 4.13%       
      qoq
    -12.87% -29.52% 32.51% 42.76% -12.96% -31.56% 36.44% 32.71% -7.71% -34.83% 34.40% 44.57% -6.69% -33.10% 40.94% 59.33% -9.59% -36.25% 116.48% 89.31% -7.84% -53.11% 319.05% -72.47% -31.48% -33.75% 30.91% 35.71% -11.69% -33.75% 37.09% 20.79% 4.46% -36.78% 46.60% 25.01% 3.02% -36.37% 44.39% 18.98% 7.41% -35.54% 36.07% 23.89% 0.03% -35.13% 33.57% 29.34% 6.53% -32.10% 35.09% 29.05% 9.35% -30.22% 28.61% 27.91% 4.69% -31.80% 31.75% 36.25% 10.67% -27.00% 30.53% 31.32% 7.87% -25.85% 21.02% 30.66% 13.80% -27.70% 9.27% 27.48% 20.41% -19.75% 17.25% 18.08% 15.89% -17.03% 1.89% 27.17% 18.64% -21.21% -2.91% 14.21%    15.73% 24.40% -25.99%  
      operating expenses:
                                                                                               
      marketing expenses
    2,068,000,000 1,930,000,000 2,340,000,000 2,139,000,000 1,777,000,000 1,578,000,000 2,151,000,000 1,939,000,000 1,610,000,000 1,433,000,000 2,022,000,000 1,801,000,000 1,517,000,000 1,314,000,000 1,795,000,000 1,737,000,000 1,147,000,000 974,000,000 1,378,000,000 988,000,000 461,000,000 386,000,000 731,000,000 211,000,000 851,000,000                                                                   
      sales and other expenses
    804,000,000 830,000,000 1,022,000,000 899,000,000 702,000,000 750,000,000 872,000,000 820,000,000 678,000,000 813,000,000 723,000,000 666,000,000 542,000,000 474,000,000 540,000,000 465,000,000 339,000,000 261,000,000 302,000,000 206,000,000 112,000,000 118,000,000 129,000,000 131,000,000 377,000,000 216,000,000 276,000,000 248,000,000 215,000,000 217,633,000 242,974,000 203,593,000                                                            
      personnel, including stock-based compensation
    893,000,000 869,000,000 945,000,000 896,000,000 693,000,000 853,000,000 868,000,000 807,000,000 826,000,000 1,032,000,000 788,000,000 752,000,000 722,000,000 598,000,000 636,000,000 635,000,000 596,000,000 485,000,000 591,000,000 686,000,000 552,000,000 491,000,000 517,000,000 452,000,000 484,000,000 562,000,000 566,000,000 619,000,000 501,000,000 484,128,000 536,735,000 522,250,000 498,887,000 439,405,000 483,438,000 385,708,000 351,030,000 361,417,000 347,610,000 332,654,000 308,351,000 312,757,000 305,329,000 289,156,000 258,984,000 274,337,000 259,471,000 221,852,000 194,531,000 212,034,000 186,443,000 165,997,000 134,218,000 122,912,000 135,210,000 108,030,000 100,676,000 96,845,000 94,463,000 85,766,000 75,221,000 75,436,000 82,007,000 62,850,000 49,777,000 44,819,000 50,959,000 44,864,000 39,510,000 41,998,000 45,259,000 39,644,000 36,883,000 30,884,000 27,182,000 23,435,000 21,490,000 14,217,250 21,658,000 18,757,000 16,454,000 14,855,000 13,820,000 9,761,000 11,222,000       
      general and administrative
    100,000,000 262,000,000 254,000,000 199,000,000 142,000,000 163,000,000 575,000,000 112,000,000 186,000,000 575,000,000 387,000,000 304,000,000 289,000,000 307,000,000 262,000,000 207,000,000 158,000,000 188,000,000 179,000,000 134,000,000 119,000,000 128,000,000 148,000,000 104,000,000 201,000,000 201,000,000 225,000,000 180,000,000 191,000,000 194,880,000 183,228,000 158,753,000 162,139,000 165,537,000 142,823,000 141,634,000 135,547,000 115,636,000 114,586,000 112,642,000 113,045,000 106,591,000 109,706,000 98,945,000 100,178,000 90,919,000 97,902,000 91,067,000 72,981,000 74,799,000 63,113,000 64,921,000 50,161,000 50,403,000 42,287,000 39,807,000 40,674,000 36,318,000 31,717,000 29,736,000 25,879,000 24,961,000 15,730,000 22,462,000 18,033,000 12,220,250 19,367,000 14,728,000 14,788,000                       
      information technology
    240,000,000 247,000,000 242,000,000 219,000,000 200,000,000 207,000,000 194,000,000 183,000,000 187,000,000 187,000,000 187,000,000 144,000,000 137,000,000 126,000,000 129,000,000 137,000,000 134,000,000 123,000,000 109,000,000 93,000,000 87,000,000 80,000,000 71,000,000 70,000,000 78,000,000 79,000,000 71,000,000 70,000,000 65,000,000 55,867,000 57,742,000 58,950,000 60,441,000 56,667,000 47,901,000 44,831,000 39,945,000 37,419,000 36,389,000 35,797,000 32,788,000 32,270,000 28,830,000 27,156,000 25,361,000 25,430,000 24,802,000 24,042,000 23,224,000 23,173,000 18,536,000 16,959,000 13,222,000 11,711,000 10,799,000 10,440,000 10,735,000 10,357,000 8,548,000 8,239,000 6,670,000 6,148,000 5,347,000 4,895,000 4,608,000 5,137,000 4,777,000 4,697,000 4,527,000 4,268,000 4,402,000 5,136,000 4,149,000 4,373,000 3,343,000 3,152,000 2,911,000 1,797,500 2,551,000 2,332,000 2,307,000 2,599,000 2,508,000 2,776,000 2,739,000   2,455,000 2,514,000 2,049,000 1,878,000 
      depreciation and amortization
    131,000,000 151,000,000 160,000,000 158,000,000 154,000,000 157,000,000 155,000,000 142,000,000 137,000,000 134,000,000 129,000,000 121,000,000 120,000,000 124,000,000 109,000,000 107,000,000 111,000,000 98,000,000 102,000,000 108,000,000 113,000,000 114,000,000 115,000,000 112,000,000 117,000,000 117,000,000 117,000,000 119,000,000 116,000,000 108,603,000 107,641,000 106,666,000 103,090,000 97,562,000 95,910,000 85,872,000 83,430,000 79,807,000 78,745,000 77,712,000 72,871,000 70,764,000 69,054,000 67,674,000 65,002,000 71,558,000 57,599,000 40,287,000 38,376,000 37,121,000 35,747,000 26,027,000 19,080,000 17,628,000 16,007,000 15,663,000 15,842,000 13,737,000 13,957,000 13,651,000 12,479,000 12,451,000 12,775,000 10,758,000 9,779,000 10,011,000 10,098,000 9,723,000 9,361,000 10,444,000 10,935,000 11,064,000 10,353,000 10,439,000 9,131,000 8,997,000 8,505,000 6,242,500 8,664,000 8,360,000 7,946,000 7,715,000 7,138,000 5,047,000 5,466,000   2,565,000 2,220,000 2,324,000 2,510,000 
      transformation costs
    25,000,000 30,000,000 105,000,000 38,000,000 32,000,000                                                                                       
      total operating expenses
    4,261,000,000 4,319,000,000 5,525,000,000 4,548,000,000 3,700,000,000 3,742,000,000 4,815,000,000 4,003,000,000 3,624,000,000 4,175,000,000 4,238,000,000 3,789,000,000 3,328,000,000 2,704,000,000 3,469,000,000 3,294,000,000 2,521,000,000 2,133,000,000 2,661,000,000 2,216,000,000 1,452,000,000 1,391,000,000 2,325,000,000 1,114,000,000 2,597,000,000 2,167,000,000 2,670,000,000 2,603,000,000 2,281,000,000 2,069,694,000 2,602,501,000 2,315,839,000 2,197,966,000 1,783,473,000 2,272,752,000 2,058,555,000 1,777,773,000 1,486,000,000 2,755,836,000 1,697,411,000 1,469,132,000 1,221,483,000 1,458,575,000 1,414,575,000 1,238,267,000 1,095,818,000 1,297,273,000 1,149,982,000 967,745,000 832,454,000 942,168,000 829,024,000 699,826,000 565,435,000 640,909,000 545,787,000 501,757,000 420,920,000 483,770,000 424,519,000 351,749,000 289,452,000 329,419,000 272,096,000 231,207,000 195,327,000 233,251,000 195,863,000 165,488,000 156,232,000 188,156,000 172,771,000 149,338,000 116,141,000 124,247,000 109,637,000 151,452,000 86,941,000 91,945,000 86,767,000 73,460,000 58,885,000 67,110,000 53,444,000 52,540,000   42,819,000 38,695,000 29,866,000 32,536,000 
      operating income
    1,271,000,000 2,030,000,000 3,483,000,000 2,250,000,000 1,062,000,000 1,729,000,000 3,179,000,000 1,856,000,000 791,000,000 609,000,000 3,103,000,000 1,673,000,000 450,000,000 1,345,000,000 2,583,000,000 1,000,000,000 174,000,000 848,000,000 2,015,000,000 -56,000,000 -311,000,000 -153,000,000 315,000,000 -484,000,000 -309,000,000 1,172,000,000 2,370,000,000 1,247,000,000 556,000,000 1,142,921,000 2,246,589,000 1,221,255,000 730,235,000 986,470,000 2,101,801,000 893,259,000 556,462,000 790,361,000 833,227,000 732,407,000 550,318,000 657,900,000 1,488,707,000 678,331,000 433,969,000 578,867,000 1,322,705,000 733,014,000 438,726,000 500,847,000 1,046,897,000 554,831,000 309,839,000 374,315,000 755,592,000 458,355,000 241,531,000 303,778,000 616,378,000 324,708,000 154,059,000 188,960,000 336,769,000 173,159,000 87,909,000 117,862,000 200,755,000 109,375,000 42,842,000 48,833,000 127,922,000 80,954,000 31,765,000 44,012,000 78,084,000 47,574,000  12,576,000 31,602,000 19,037,000  6,034,000 12,892,000 11,790,000 5,167,000   10,960,000 4,679,000 1,950,000 8,112,000 
      yoy
    19.68% 17.41% 9.56% 21.23% 34.26% 183.91% 2.45% 10.94% 75.78% -54.72% 20.13% 67.30% 158.62% 58.61% 28.19% -1885.71% -155.95% -654.25% 539.68% -88.43% 0.65% -113.05% -86.71% -138.81% -155.58% 2.54% 5.49% 2.11% -23.86% 15.86% 6.89% 36.72% 31.23% 24.81% 152.25% 21.96% 1.12% 20.13% -44.03% 7.97% 26.81% 13.65% 12.55% -7.46% -1.08% 15.58% 26.35% 32.11% 41.60% 33.80% 38.55% 21.05% 28.28% 23.22% 22.59% 41.16% 56.78% 60.76% 83.03% 87.52% 75.25% 60.32% 67.75% 58.32% 105.19% 141.36% 56.94% 35.11% 34.87% 10.95% 63.83% 70.16%  249.97% 147.09% 149.90%  108.42% 145.13% 61.47%    7.57% 10.43%       
      qoq
    -37.39% -41.72% 54.80% 111.86% -38.58% -45.61% 71.28% 134.64% 29.89% -80.37% 85.48% 271.78% -66.54% -47.93% 158.30% 474.71% -79.48% -57.92% -3698.21% -81.99% 103.27% -148.57% -165.08% 56.63% -126.37% -50.55% 90.06% 124.28% -51.35% -49.13% 83.96% 67.24% -25.97% -53.07% 135.30% 60.52% -29.59% -5.14% 13.77% 33.09% -16.35% -55.81% 119.47% 56.31% -25.03% -56.24% 80.45% 67.08% -12.40% -52.16% 88.69% 79.07% -17.23% -50.46% 64.85% 89.77% -20.49% -50.72% 89.83% 110.77% -18.47% -43.89% 94.49% 96.98% -25.41% -41.29% 83.55% 155.30% -12.27% -61.83% 58.02% 154.85% -27.83% -43.64% 64.13%   -60.21% 66.00%   -53.20% 9.35% 128.18%    134.24% 139.95% -75.96%  
      operating margin %
    22.98% 31.97% 38.67% 33.10% 22.30% 31.60% 39.77% 31.68% 17.92% 12.73% 42.27% 30.63% 11.91% 33.22% 42.68% 23.29% 6.46% 28.45% 43.09% -2.59% -27.26% -12.36% 11.93% -76.83% -13.51% 35.10% 47.02% 32.39% 19.60% 35.58% 46.33% 34.53% 24.94% 35.19% 47.40% 29.53% 23.00% 33.65% 22.58% 28.66% 25.62% 32.90% 47.98% 29.75% 23.58% 31.46% 46.63% 34.52% 26.72% 32.50% 46.12% 33.02% 23.80% 31.44% 44.28% 34.55% 23.29% 30.66% 42.43% 29.45% 19.04% 25.84% 33.62% 22.56% 15.04% 21.76% 27.48% 18.12% 9.27% 12.03% 22.78% 15.75% 7.88% 13.14% 18.71% 13.37% 0% 4.84% 10.08% 6.19% 0% 2.96% 4.98% 4.42% 2.21% NaN% NaN% 4.23% 2.09% 1.08% 3.33% 
      interest expense
    -253,000,000 -249,000,000 -301,000,000 -418,000,000 -649,000,000 -507,000,000 -305,000,000 -264,000,000 -219,000,000 -208,000,000 -254,000,000 -241,000,000 -194,000,000 -145,000,000 -102,000,000 -76,000,000 -68,000,000 -75,000,000 -80,000,000 -81,000,000 -98,000,000 -98,000,000 -98,000,000 -96,000,000 -64,000,000 -62,000,000 -70,000,000 -68,000,000 -66,000,000 -65,758,000 -68,170,000 -64,837,000 -70,235,000 -70,979,000 -66,338,000 -60,942,000 -55,717,000 -55,236,000 -55,480,000 -50,290,000 -46,894,000 -43,767,000 -41,436,000 -41,547,000 -33,479,000 -30,549,000 -22,953,000 -17,106,000 -17,745,000 -22,192,000 -24,135,000 -19,633,000 -17,329,000 -16,856,000 -17,067,000 -16,882,000 -11,258,000                                   
      interest and dividend income
    187,000,000 198,000,000 248,000,000 234,000,000 241,000,000 251,000,000 327,000,000 293,000,000 243,000,000                                                                                   
      other income
    194,000,000 -116,000,000 39,000,000 -962,000,000 -258,000,000 91,000,000 -332,000,000 37,000,000 122,000,000 10,000,000 300,000,000 186,000,000 47,000,000 252,000,000 -305,000,000 220,000,000 -955,000,000 43,000,000 -967,000,000 96,000,000 131,000,000                                                                       
      income before income taxes
    1,399,000,000 1,863,000,000 3,469,000,000 1,104,000,000 396,000,000 1,564,000,000 2,869,000,000 1,922,000,000 937,000,000 411,000,000 3,149,000,000 1,618,000,000 303,000,000 1,452,000,000 2,176,000,000 1,144,000,000 -849,000,000 816,000,000 968,000,000 -41,000,000 -278,000,000 80,500,000 835,000,000 209,000,000 -722,000,000                                                                   
      income tax expense
    316,000,000 435,000,000 721,000,000 209,000,000 63,000,000 496,000,000 352,000,000 401,000,000 161,000,000 189,000,000 638,000,000 328,000,000 37,000,000 217,000,000 510,000,000 287,000,000  198,000,000 199,000,000 126,000,000  410,000,000 34,000,000 87,000,000 -23,000,000 249,000,000 413,000,000 228,000,000 203,000,000 -13,934,000 473,268,000 231,539,000 146,127,000 1,496,208,000 346,454,000 142,908,000 71,987,000 88,755,000 291,517,000 111,910,000 86,069,000 112,261,000 259,438,000 131,345,000 73,916,000 100,210,000 243,336,000 139,314,000 84,835,000 72,110,000 187,362,000 98,117,000 46,150,000 609,237,000 -131,201,000 -93,025,000 -47,179,000                                   
      net income
    1,083,000,000 1,428,000,000 2,748,000,000 895,000,000 333,000,000 1,068,000,000 2,517,000,000 1,521,000,000 776,000,000 222,000,000 2,511,000,000 1,290,000,000 266,000,000 1,235,000,000 1,666,000,000 857,000,000 -700,000,000 618,000,000 769,000,000 -167,000,000 -55,000,000 -165,000,000 801,000,000 122,000,000 -699,000,000 1,171,000,000 1,950,000,000 979,000,000 765,000,000 645,840,000 1,767,578,000 977,372,000 607,210,000 -555,458,000 1,720,391,000 720,209,000 455,623,000 673,908,000 506,017,000 580,638,000 374,424,000 504,269,000 1,196,732,000 517,032,000 333,327,000 451,831,000 1,062,253,000 576,451,000 331,218,000 378,077,000 832,989,000 437,440,000 244,292,000 289,595,000 599,973,000 352,654,000 181,816,000 225,956,000 472,886,000 256,277,000 104,013,000 135,111,000 224,560,000 114,596,000 53,875,000 78,455,000 318,982,000 67,011,000 25,023,000 33,255,000 87,968,000 54,096,000 18,154,000 32,862,000 104,365,000 34,572,000  13,232,000 48,817,000 12,517,000  3,790,000 171,570,000 12,376,000 4,992,000   11,401,000 5,103,000 2,228,000 9,730,000 
      yoy
    225.23% 33.71% 9.18% -41.16% -57.09% 381.08% 0.24% 17.91% 191.73% -82.02% 50.72% 50.53% -138.00% 99.84% 116.64% -613.17% 1172.73% -474.55% -4.00% -236.89% -92.13% -114.09% -58.92% -87.54% -191.37% 81.31% 10.32% 0.17% 25.99% -216.27% 2.74% 35.71% 33.27% -182.42% 239.99% 24.04% 21.69% 33.64% -57.72% 12.30% 12.33% 11.61% 12.66% -10.31% 0.64% 19.51% 27.52% 31.78% 35.58% 30.55% 38.84% 24.04% 34.36% 28.16% 26.87% 37.61% 74.80% 67.24% 110.58% 123.64% 93.06% 72.21% -29.60% 71.01% 115.30% 135.92% 262.61% 23.87% 37.84% 1.20% -15.71% 56.47%  148.35% 113.79% 176.20%  249.13% -71.55% 1.14%    8.55% -2.18%       
      qoq
    -24.16% -48.03% 207.04% 168.77% -68.82% -57.57% 65.48% 96.01% 249.55% -91.16% 94.65% 384.96% -78.46% -25.87% 94.40% -222.43% -213.27% -19.64% -560.48% 203.64% -66.67% -120.60% 556.56% -117.45% -159.69% -39.95% 99.18% 27.97% 18.45% -63.46% 80.85% 60.96% -209.32% -132.29% 138.87% 58.07% -32.39% 33.18% -12.85% 55.07% -25.75% -57.86% 131.46% 55.11% -26.23% -57.46% 84.27% 74.04% -12.39% -54.61% 90.42% 79.06% -15.64% -51.73% 70.13% 93.96% -19.53% -52.22% 84.52% 146.39% -23.02% -39.83% 95.96% 112.71% -31.33% -75.40% 376.01% 167.80% -24.75% -62.20% 62.61% 197.98% -44.76% -68.51% 201.88%   -72.89% 290.01%   -97.79% 1286.31% 147.92%    123.42% 129.04% -77.10%  
      net income margin %
    19.58% 22.49% 30.51% 13.17% 6.99% 19.52% 31.49% 25.96% 17.58% 4.64% 34.21% 23.62% 7.04% 30.50% 27.53% 19.96% -25.97% 20.73% 16.45% -7.73% -4.82% -13.33% 30.34% 19.37% -30.55% 35.07% 38.69% 25.43% 26.97% 20.10% 36.45% 27.63% 20.74% -19.82% 38.80% 23.81% 18.83% 28.70% 13.71% 22.72% 17.43% 25.21% 38.57% 22.67% 18.11% 24.55% 37.45% 27.15% 20.17% 24.53% 36.70% 26.03% 18.76% 24.32% 35.16% 26.58% 17.53% 22.81% 32.55% 23.24% 12.85% 18.48% 22.42% 14.93% 9.22% 14.48% 43.66% 11.10% 5.42% 8.19% 15.66% 10.53% 4.50% 9.81% 25.01% 9.71% 0% 5.09% 15.57% 4.07% 0% 1.86% 66.30% 4.64% 2.14% NaN% NaN% 4.40% 2.28% 1.24% 4.00% 
      net income applicable to common stockholders per basic common share
    1,370,000 44,450,000 84,860,000 27,540,000 10,140,000 32,580,000 75,370,000 44,940,000 22,690,000 7,580,000 70,620,000 35,160,000 7,070,000 31,500,000 42,100,000 21,150,000  15,060,000 18,730,000 -4,080,000  -4,010,000 19,560,000 2,980,000 -17,010,000 28,090,000 46,010,000 22,620,000 17,010,000 84,190,000 37,390 20,340 12,560 -11,210 35,120 14,660 9,260 13,650 10,240 11,710 7,540 10,220 23,670 10,020 6,420 8,650 20,270 11,000 6,350 7,290 16,220 8,620 4,890 5,780 11,970 7,070 3,650 4,530 9,430 5,160 2,120 2,760 4,590 2,410  1,700 7,490 1,610 610 800 2,220 1,400 470 860 2,760 920 -440 380 1,210 320 -20 80 4,360 320 110   300 120 60 220 
      weighted-average number of basic common shares outstanding
    790,000,000 32,452,000,000 32,384,000,000 32,494,000,000 32,845,000,000 33,622,000,000 33,401,000,000 33,839,000,000 34,206,000,000 36,140,000,000 35,570,000,000 36,678,000,000 37,621,000,000 39,872,000,000 39,564,000,000 40,512,000,000 40,921,000,000 41,042,000,000 41,068,000,000 41,054,000,000 40,973,000,000 40,974,000,000 40,935,000,000 40,922,000,000 41,093,000,000 43,082,000,000 42,389,000,000 43,251,000,000 45,007,000,000 47,446,000,000 47,268,000 48,055,000 48,349,000 48,994,000 48,981,000 49,131,000 49,192,000 49,491,000 49,420,000 49,604,000 49,630,000 50,940,000 50,550,000 51,589,000 51,909,000 52,301,000 52,405,000 52,397,000 52,153,000 50,924,000 51,363,000 50,760,000 49,939,000 49,840,000 49,851,000 49,812,000 49,827,000 49,654,000 49,779,000 49,718,000 49,319,000 47,955,000 48,570,000 47,791,000 46,309,000 42,406,000 42,569,000 41,661,000 41,004,000 39,299,000 39,715,000 38,768,000 38,224,000 37,671,000 37,803,000 37,597,000 37,191,000  39,596,000 39,481,000 39,380,000 39,161,000 39,156,000 39,022,000 38,863,000 38,304,000  38,076,000 37,588,000 37,804,000 38,044,000 
      net income applicable to common stockholders per diluted common share
    1,360,000 44,180,000 84,410,000 27,430,000 10,070,000 32,240,000 74,340,000 44,380,000 22,370,000 7,380,000 69,800,000 34,890,000 7,000,000 31,350,000 41,980,000 21,070,000  14,950,000 18,600,000 -4,080,000  -4,000,000 19,490,000 2,970,000 -17,010,000 27,760,000 45,540,000 22,440,000 16,850,000 83,190,930 37,020 20,130 12,340 -10,990 34,430 14,390 9,110 13,460 10,130 11,600 7,470 10,050 23,410 9,940 6,360 8,540 20,030 10,890 6,250 7,110 15,720 8,390 4,760 5,610 11,660 6,880 3,540 4,400 9,170 5,020 2,050 2,650 4,410 2,260  1,460 6,420 1,380 530 730 1,810 1,080 370 630 2,270 790 -440 335 1,050 280 -20 90 3,710 290 100   290 110 60 210 
      weighted-average number of diluted common shares outstanding
    794,000,000 32,639,000,000 32,558,000,000 32,619,000,000 33,093,000,000 34,064,000,000 33,864,000,000 34,267,000,000 34,706,000,000 36,530,000,000 35,987,000,000 36,964,000,000 37,983,000,000 40,052,000,000 39,671,000,000 40,665,000,000 40,921,000,000 41,362,000,000 41,342,000,000 41,054,000,000 40,973,000,000 41,160,000,000 41,081,000,000 40,995,000,000 41,093,000,000 43,509,000,000 42,831,000,000 43,601,000,000 45,436,000,000 48,017,000,000 47,751,000 48,550,000 49,205,000 49,954,000 49,972,000 50,056,000 50,025,000 50,063,000 49,975,000 50,059,000 50,129,000 51,593,000 51,130,000 52,038,000 52,406,000 53,023,000 53,024,000 52,955,000 53,018,000 52,413,000 52,984,000 52,111,000 51,353,000 51,326,000 51,185,000 51,226,000 51,347,000 51,211,000 51,184,000 51,105,000 51,159,000 50,988,000 50,559,000 50,847,000 50,862,000 49,522,000 49,670,000 48,479,000 47,013,000 48,671,000 48,656,000 49,948,000 49,134,000 45,504,000 45,924,000 43,667,000 37,191,000  46,385,000 46,993,000 39,380,000 46,436,000 46,485,000 46,516,000 39,764,000 42,327,000  39,932,000 38,905,000 39,009,000 39,812,000 
      impairment
      457,000,000                                                                                         
      restructuring, disposal, and other exit activities
             1,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                                                               
      restructuring, disposal, and other exit costs
                 10,000,000 -2,000,000 6,000,000 36,000,000                                                                           
      income tax benefit
                    -149,000,000    -223,000,000                                             -29,683,000 124,887,000       -11,228,000 26,657,000  11,593,000 -889,000 18,113,000  741,000 -2,250,000 158,573,000  290,000       
      net loss applicable to common stockholders per basic common share
                    -17,100,000    -1,340,000                                                                       
      net loss applicable to common stockholders per diluted common share
                    -17,100,000    -1,340,000                                                                       
      restructuring and other exit costs
                     4,000,000  1,000,000 8,000,000 74,000,000 41,000,000 34,000,000                                                                    
      impairment of goodwill
                          573,000,000  489,000,000              940,700,000                                                     
      other income:
                                                                                               
      interest income
                         12,250,000 5,000,000 12,000,000 32,000,000 39,000,000 44,000,000 34,000,000 35,000,000 45,790,000 48,641,000 45,690,000 46,879,000 46,898,000 41,483,000 36,821,000 31,992,000 29,089,000 24,218,000 21,292,000 20,347,000 16,414,000 14,682,000 13,037,000 11,596,000 8,768,000 2,490,000 1,634,000 1,041,000 1,285,000 867,000 1,141,000 874,000 856,000 905,000 1,001,000 1,098,000 2,044,000 2,526,000 2,129,000 1,421,000 1,144,000 918,000 940,000 855,000 528,000 471,000 483,000 741,000         1,580,500 2,626,000 2,121,000 1,575,000 1,279,000 1,102,000 1,712,000 1,456,000   1,029,000 1,110,000 935,000 596,000 
      net gains on marketable equity securities
                         314,500,000 730,000,000 835,000,000 -307,000,000                                                                   
      impairment of investment
                         -25,000,000   -100,000,000                                                                   
      foreign currency transactions and other
                         -37,250,000 -117,000,000 -58,000,000 26,000,000 -55,000,000 68,000,000 -23,000,000 -8,000,000 -16,826,000 -17,072,000 -15,046,000 -8,056,000 -14,042,000 -10,101,000 -6,021,000 -5,127,000 -1,551,000 -4,431,000 1,997,000 -12,928,000 -14,017,000 -5,783,000 -1,444,000 -4,843,000 -5,045,000 3,347,000 -1,777,000 -5,969,000 -29,753,000 -3,278,000 -782,000 -2,942,000 -2,293,000 -8,256,000 3,205,000 -2,376,000  827,000     1,039,000     3,817,000  3,500,000 30,000                    
      total other income
                         200,000,000 520,000,000 693,000,000 -413,000,000 248,000,000 -7,000,000 -40,000,000 412,000,000 1,253,750 -5,743,000 -12,344,000 23,102,000 -45,720,000 -34,956,000 -30,142,000  -41,344,250 -35,693,000 -39,859,000 -89,825,000 -41,370,000 -32,537,000 -29,954,000 -26,726,000 -26,826,000 -17,116,000 -17,249,000 -22,673,000 -50,660,000 -26,546,000 -19,274,000 -19,397,000 -18,293,000 -24,418,000 -12,676,000 -12,536,000             4,296,000 4,798,000 584,000  1,133,000 2,140,000 3,296,000 5,519,000 2,084,000 1,430,000  188,000   526,000    441,000 424,000 278,000 1,618,000 
      performance marketing
                             906,000,000 1,291,000,000 1,192,000,000 1,030,000,000 884,845,000 1,314,055,000 1,141,893,000 1,106,207,000                                                           
      brand marketing
                             86,000,000 124,000,000 175,000,000 163,000,000 123,738,000 160,126,000 123,734,000 101,402,000                                                           
      net unrealized gains on marketable equity securities
                             326,000,000 -49,000,000 17,000,000 451,000,000 26,805,250 30,858,000 21,849,000 54,514,000                                                           
      earnings before income taxes
                             1,420,000,000 2,363,000,000 1,207,000,000 968,000,000 631,906,000 2,240,846,000 1,208,911,000 753,337,000 940,750,000 2,066,845,000 863,117,000 527,610,000 762,663,000 797,534,000 692,548,000 460,493,000 616,530,000 1,456,170,000 648,377,000 407,243,000 552,041,000 1,305,589,000 715,765,000 416,053,000 450,187,000 1,020,351,000 535,557,000 290,442,000 356,022,000 731,174,000 445,679,000 228,995,000 267,283,500 611,852,000 316,591,000 140,692,000                               
      cost of revenues
                                     33,150,000 59,476,000 72,742,000 85,169,000 72,072,000 101,489,000 126,084,000 128,669,000 120,612,000 155,619,000 187,491,000 168,458,000 165,412,000 216,519,000 240,579,000 235,331,000 207,852,000 280,838,000 296,383,000 292,347,000 250,890,000 309,809,000 322,617,000 293,959,000 266,073,000 352,656,000 353,489,000 303,512,000 252,902,000 335,569,000 322,184,000 265,278,000 228,564,000 296,654,000 298,503,000 253,728,000 200,977,000 245,531,000 260,251,000                    
      gross profit
                                     2,769,943,000 4,374,553,000 2,951,814,000 2,334,235,000 2,276,361,000 3,589,063,000 2,429,818,000 2,019,450,000 1,879,383,000 2,947,282,000 2,092,906,000 1,672,236,000 1,674,685,000 2,619,978,000 1,882,996,000 1,406,471,000 1,333,301,000 1,989,065,000 1,383,855,000 1,009,665,000 939,750,000 1,396,501,000 1,004,142,000 743,288,000 724,698,000 1,100,148,000 749,227,000 505,808,000 478,412,000 666,188,000 445,255,000 319,116,000 313,189,000 434,006,000 305,238,000 208,330,000 205,065,000 316,078,000 253,725,000 181,103,000 160,153,000 202,331,000 157,211,000 119,717,000 99,517,000 123,547,000 105,804,000 72,231,000 64,919,000 80,002,000 65,234,000 57,707,000   53,779,000 43,374,000 31,816,000 40,648,000 
      yoy
                                     21.68% 21.89% 21.48% 15.59% 21.12% 21.78% 16.10% 20.76% 12.22% 12.49% 11.15% 18.90% 25.60% 31.72% 36.07% 39.30% 41.88% 42.43% 37.81% 35.84% 29.67% 26.94% 34.02% 46.95% 51.48% 65.14% 68.27% 58.50% 52.76% 53.50% 45.87% 53.18% 52.73% 37.31% 20.30% 15.03% 28.04% 56.22% 61.39% 51.28% 60.93% 63.77% 48.59% 65.74% 53.29% 54.43% 62.19% 25.17%   21.30% 33.05%       
      qoq
                                     -36.68% 48.20% 26.46% 2.54% -36.58% 47.71% 20.32% 7.45% -36.23% 40.82% 25.16% -0.15% -36.08% 39.14% 33.88% 5.49% -32.97% 43.73% 37.06% 7.44% -32.71% 39.07% 35.09% 2.57% -34.13% 46.84% 48.12% 5.73% -28.19% 49.62% 39.53% 1.89% -27.84% 42.19% 46.52% 1.59% -35.12% 24.58% 40.10% 13.08% -20.85% 28.70% 31.32% 20.30% -19.45% 16.77% 46.48% 11.26% -18.85% 22.64% 13.04%    23.99% 36.33% -21.73%  
      gross margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 98.82% 98.66% 97.59% 96.48% 96.93% 97.25% 95.07% 94.01% 93.97% 94.98% 91.78% 90.85% 91.01% 92.37% 88.67% 85.67% 86.51% 87.63% 82.36% 77.55% 78.93% 81.84% 75.68% 71.66% 73.14% 75.73% 67.94% 62.50% 65.42% 66.50% 58.02% 54.61% 57.81% 59.40% 50.56% 45.09% 50.50% 56.28% 49.37% 44.92% 47.83% 48.49% 44.18% 39.72% 38.27% 39.41% 34.39% 29.86% 31.84% 30.91% 24.47% 24.73% NaN% NaN% 20.73% 19.35% 17.66% 16.70% 
      sales and other incomes
                                    165,800,000                                                           
      performance advertising
                                     789,064,000 1,224,345,000 1,147,589,000 980,773,000 738,466,000 1,040,149,000 920,763,000 779,909,000                                                   
      brand advertising
                                     84,589,000 112,796,000 121,187,000 73,012,000 40,740,000 72,792,000 112,321,000 69,845,000                                                   
      sales and marketing
                                     150,649,000 165,539,000 131,734,000 114,036,000 112,515,000 124,865,000 105,522,000 92,323,000 83,685,000 93,069,000 94,523,000 81,944,000 85,454,000 86,092,000 75,053,000 64,311,000 58,425,000 65,274,000 59,855,000 52,263,000 49,991,000 52,961,000 47,445,000 45,537,000 39,759,000 47,124,000 41,030,000 34,778,000 30,640,000 33,060,000 28,490,000 24,113,000 17,655,000 24,473,000 20,691,000 18,419,000 20,233,000 21,452,000 19,930,000 16,333,000 11,131,000 13,093,000 11,525,000 11,410,000 7,873,500 11,204,000 10,708,000 9,582,000 6,991,750 9,645,000 10,113,000 8,208,000   9,096,000 6,706,000 4,908,000 7,242,000 
      impairment of cost-method investments
                                           -12,858,000                                                    
      impairment of cost-method investment
                                            -50,350,000                                                   
      total other expense
                                        -28,852,000                                                       
      advertising — online
                                             582,056,000 801,147,000 770,818,000 643,216,000 499,904,000 699,814,000 639,655,000 520,848,000 399,193,000 533,164,000 463,135,000 403,153,000 306,817,000 375,204,000 314,480,000 277,136,000 217,897,000 279,926,000 236,282,000 185,108,000 133,786,000 172,727,000 132,518,000 113,109,000    68,117,000           30,493,000  10,500,250 19,865,000         
      advertising — offline
                                             33,360,000 51,440,000 66,303,000 63,582,000 48,216,000 71,593,000 58,026,000 53,474,000 27,709,000 39,891,000 32,130,000 27,729,000 5,973,000 8,441,000 9,922,000 11,157,000 6,007,000 8,035,000 9,815,000 11,614,000 6,030,000 7,773,000 10,123,000 11,788,000    10,766,000           8,861,000  6,620,500 7,320,000         
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                       114,000 21,000 932,000 3,387,000 307,000 -154,000 240,000 3,387,000  777,000 -618,000 1,580,000                             
      net income applicable to common stockholders
                                                 451,831,000 1,062,253,000 576,451,000 331,218,000 378,077,000 832,989,000 437,326,000 244,271,000 288,663,000 596,586,000 352,347,000 181,970,000 225,716,000 469,499,000 256,368,000  97,953,000 222,980,000 114,957,000  102,754,250 318,982,000   33,255,000 87,968,000 54,096,000 18,154,000 32,862,000 104,365,000 34,572,000 -16,271,000 13,232,000 47,754,000 12,517,000 -964,000 3,790,000 170,594,000 12,376,000 4,114,000   11,401,000 4,331,000 2,228,000 8,536,000 
      other revenues
                                                        3,520,000 3,226,000 3,213,000 3,739,000 3,211,000 2,854,000 2,973,000 3,005,000 3,094,000 3,243,000 3,274,000 3,258,000 2,887,000 3,850,000 7,158,000 6,434,000 4,799,000 4,252,000 5,014,000 4,497,000 4,089,000 2,392,000 2,453,000 2,627,000 867,000 978,250 1,583,000 1,235,000 1,095,000 912,000 1,158,000 1,195,000 939,000   782,000 672,000 670,000 962,000 
      net income applicable to common stockholders of priceline.com incorporated
                                                                104,790,000       67,011,000 25,023,000                       
      earnings before income taxes and equity in income of investees
                                                                 180,905,000 318,679,000 165,871,000  108,138,000 194,095,000                 12,316,000 4,676,000       
      equity in income of investees
                                                                       33,000                396,000 26,000     -163,000 1,389,000 
      earnings before income taxes and equity in loss of investees
                                                                    80,828,000    40,595,000                       
      equity in loss of investees
                                                                                               
      net income per basic common share
                                                                    1,160                           
      net income per diluted common share
                                                                    1,060                           
      advertising – offline
                                                                     7,573,250 8,474,000 11,053,000  7,563,000 8,293,000 9,928,000 12,031,000 6,935,000 8,413,000 9,281,000 11,334,000 6,240,500 6,665,000     8,089,000 11,072,000       
      advertising – online
                                                                     68,331,750 115,103,000 90,107,000  53,738,000 84,291,000 72,860,000 57,800,000 43,435,000 53,844,000 43,470,000 31,927,000 21,728,500 34,560,000     12,205,000 9,932,000       
      earnings before income taxes and equity in income (loss) of investees
                                                                       99,473,000                        
      merchant revenues, including 395 and 18,592 excise tax refund for the three and nine months ended september 30, 2007, respectively
                                                                         237,336,250 323,957,000   194,032,750 275,211,000                 
      general and administrative, including...
                                                                         15,748,000 13,524,000 14,209,000 11,789,000 8,944,000 9,241,000 9,777,000 63,875,000 4,909,500 6,643,000 7,256,000 5,737,000 6,379,000 4,814,000 5,453,000 4,237,000   4,454,000 3,509,000 3,256,000 3,212,000 
      interest income, including 77 and 3,346 of interest on excise tax refund for the three and nine months ended september 30, 2007, respectively
                                                                         2,534,500 3,061,000   5,094,250 6,063,000                 
      earnings before income taxes, equity in loss of investee and minority interests
                                                                         60,610,000 132,720,000                     
      equity in loss of investee and minority interests
                                                                                               
      preferred stock dividend
                                                                                               
      merchant revenues, including 2,318 and 18,196 excise tax refund for the three and six months ended june 30, 2007, respectively
                                                                           336,230,000    254,909,000                
      interest income, including 483 and 3,270 of interest on excise tax refund for the three and six months ended june 30, 2007, respectively
                                                                           2,905,000    6,112,000                
      earnings before income taxes, equity in income of investees and minority interests
                                                                           81,538,000 28,182,000 45,145,000 80,224,000 50,870,000  12,743,000 33,032,000 18,982,000  7,446,500 12,672,000         
      equity in income of investees and minority interests
                                                                                    201,000 123,000 325,000         
      merchant revenues, including 15,878 excise tax refund in 2007
                                                                            289,159,000    246,011,000               
      cost of merchant revenues
                                                                            222,077,000 174,700,000 214,956,000 198,669,000 181,672,000 140,362,500 189,920,000 201,847,000 169,683,000 138,910,000 178,272,000 201,323,000 175,685,000   205,610,000 180,757,000 148,351,000 202,793,000 
      cost of agency revenues
                                                                                     84,000 523,000         
      cost of other revenues
                                                                                               
      total costs of revenues
                                                                            222,077,000 174,700,000 214,956,000 198,669,000 181,672,000 160,554,000 189,920,000 201,847,000 169,683,000 138,994,000 178,795,000 201,323,000 175,685,000   205,610,000 180,757,000 148,351,000 202,793,000 
      interest income, including 2,786 of interest on excise tax refund in 2007
                                                                            4,172,000    8,203,000               
      restructuring charge
                                                                                 33,750              
      other
                                                                                  354,000  111,000   53,000    13,000 6,000   
      equity in income (loss) of investees and minority interests
                                                                                               
      income before income taxes, equity in income of investees and minority interests
                                                                                               
      restructuring charge (reversal)
                                                                                    135,000 416,000 2,000,000         
      advertising—offline
                                                                                    9,438,000           
      advertising—online
                                                                                    21,861,000           
      restructuring reversal
                                                                                               
      income tax provision
                                                                                               
      advertising
                                                                                           16,366,000 15,405,000 10,092,000 10,284,000 
      personnel
                                                                                           7,783,000 8,235,000 7,180,000 7,441,000 
      stock based compensation
                                                                                           112,000 106,000 106,000 106,000 
      restructuring charge/
                                                                                               
      warrant costs
                                                                                               
      other incomes
                                                                                               
      impairment charge
                                                                                               
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        assets
                                                                                                
        current assets:
                                                                                                
        cash and cash equivalents
      16,024,000,000 17,203,000,000 16,509,000,000 17,595,000,000 15,578,000,000 16,164,000,000 15,775,000,000 16,290,000,000 15,629,000,000 12,107,000,000   14,140,000,000 12,221,000,000 9,021,000,000 11,841,000,000 10,549,000,000 11,127,000,000 11,643,000,000 11,231,000,000 12,151,000,000 10,562,000,000 11,197,000,000 10,404,000,000 6,363,000,000 6,312,000,000 6,466,000,000 5,256,000,000 2,334,000,000 2,624,000,000 2,973,096,000 3,186,665,000 2,622,086,000 2,541,604,000 2,846,300,000 2,634,264,000 2,434,020,000 2,081,075,000 2,422,269,000 2,693,718,000 1,857,165,000 1,477,265,000 1,841,658,000 1,888,949,000 3,255,814,000 3,148,651,000 5,043,724,000 3,503,899,000 1,288,150,000 1,289,994,000 1,096,094,000 1,762,214,000 1,611,210,000 1,536,349,000 898,470,000 812,786,000 1,192,075,000 632,836,000 421,166,000 611,249,000 551,074,000 358,967,000 533,121,000 356,035,000 348,775,000 202,141,000 362,473,000 333,449,000 291,260,000 364,550,000 413,386,000 471,068,000 508,235,000 385,359,000 423,508,000 426,521,000 454,988,000 423,577,000 308,670,000 118,771,000 81,907,000 80,341,000 100,089,000 118,270,000 100,071,000 101,270,000 156,306,000 176,092,000 93,732,000 115,302,000 
        accounts receivable
      3,520,000,000 3,820,000,000 4,013,000,000 4,370,000,000 3,290,000,000 3,199,000,000 3,649,000,000 3,814,000,000 3,296,000,000 3,253,000,000   2,048,000,000 2,229,000,000 2,284,000,000 2,249,000,000 1,611,000,000 1,358,000,000 1,555,000,000 1,290,000,000 586,000,000 529,000,000 859,000,000 566,000,000 667,000,000 1,680,000,000 1,788,000,000 1,973,000,000 1,491,000,000 1,523,000,000 1,719,059,000 1,715,055,000 1,530,321,000 1,217,801,000 1,437,762,000 1,230,602,000 934,254,000 860,115,000 1,105,086,000 982,993,000 857,140,000 645,169,000 890,532,000 889,868,000 706,776,000 643,894,000 843,560,000 841,133,000 627,160,000 535,962,000 706,234,000 649,250,000 471,807,000 367,512,000 493,777,000 429,520,000 324,562,000 264,453,000 345,339,000 321,358,000 221,978,000 162,426,000 248,946,000 208,056,000 132,497,000 118,659,000 169,864,000 150,045,000 104,747,000 92,328,000 138,875,000 132,523,000 97,261,000 70,712,000 103,558,000 76,831,000 52,134,000 48,536,000 58,577,000 53,025,000 33,821,000 30,043,000 36,200,000 31,811,000 25,915,000 18,314,000 23,733,000 19,052,000 10,782,000 18,809,000 
        prepaid expenses
      619,000,000 611,000,000 579,000,000 626,000,000 530,000,000 587,000,000 490,000,000 670,000,000 737,000,000 644,000,000   655,000,000 477,000,000 612,000,000 492,000,000 395,000,000 404,000,000 394,000,000 332,000,000 286,000,000 337,000,000                                                                     
        other current assets
      771,000,000 630,000,000 602,000,000 672,000,000 552,000,000 541,000,000 615,000,000 482,000,000 452,000,000 454,000,000   430,000,000 696,000,000 377,000,000 342,000,000 320,000,000 231,000,000 238,000,000 435,000,000 585,000,000 277,000,000                                                                     
        total current assets
      20,934,000,000 22,264,000,000 21,703,000,000 23,263,000,000 19,950,000,000 20,491,000,000 20,529,000,000 21,293,000,000 20,476,000,000 17,034,000,000   17,632,000,000 15,798,000,000 12,410,000,000 14,924,000,000 12,875,000,000 13,145,000,000 14,352,000,000 13,789,000,000 14,108,000,000 12,206,000,000 12,583,000,000 11,453,000,000 9,260,000,000 9,833,000,000 10,056,000,000 10,020,000,000 7,077,000,000 8,407,000,000 9,467,847,000 10,033,374,000 9,504,864,000 9,034,805,000 9,124,595,000 8,272,570,000 6,987,882,000 5,401,519,000 5,833,582,000 5,914,467,000 4,864,763,000 3,553,237,000 4,298,957,000 4,693,471,000 5,967,481,000 5,267,374,000 7,303,865,000 8,508,759,000 7,855,940,000 7,480,941,000 7,489,047,000 6,926,150,000 6,030,452,000 5,682,375,000 5,365,729,000 4,578,299,000 4,203,062,000 3,066,844,000 2,881,977,000 2,376,435,000 2,105,670,000 1,957,464,000 1,840,058,000 1,557,676,000 1,476,601,000 1,022,941,000 950,358,000 796,995,000 646,385,000 623,839,000 639,172,000 723,185,000 683,598,000 613,000,000 629,822,000 552,372,000 555,753,000 503,089,000 437,630,000 286,853,000 243,832,000 223,682,000 230,841,000 317,795,000 298,227,000 272,546,000 416,057,000 300,539,000 283,513,000 309,625,000 
        property and equipment
      784,000,000 807,000,000 817,000,000 848,000,000 857,000,000 832,000,000 882,000,000 875,000,000 805,000,000 784,000,000   699,000,000 669,000,000 879,000,000 858,000,000 844,000,000 822,000,000 762,000,000 748,000,000 734,000,000 756,000,000 744,000,000 736,000,000 720,000,000 738,000,000 706,000,000 716,000,000 695,000,000 656,000,000 642,861,000 613,462,000 573,040,000 480,081,000 457,548,000 425,100,000 381,197,000 347,017,000 339,805,000 320,450,000 299,845,000 274,786,000 257,135,000 246,102,000 214,863,000 198,953,000 203,790,000 168,681,000 149,373,000 135,053,000 119,766,000 109,141,000 92,500,000 89,269,000 81,931,000 78,616,000 73,520,000 64,322,000 53,843,000 49,346,000 44,386,000 39,739,000 35,905,000 34,988,000 30,816,000 30,489,000 29,339,000 29,669,000 28,560,000 29,404,000 28,450,000 27,534,000 26,885,000 27,088,000 25,056,000 22,137,000 21,400,000 21,691,000 20,738,000 20,004,000 18,034,000 18,271,000 17,706,000 17,627,000 17,672,000 15,827,000 15,474,000 15,692,000 16,524,000 16,603,000 
        operating lease assets
      607,000,000 632,000,000 605,000,000 593,000,000 555,000,000 559,000,000 600,000,000 637,000,000 663,000,000 705,000,000   622,000,000 645,000,000 402,000,000 445,000,000 487,000,000 496,000,000 445,000,000 457,000,000 480,000,000 529,000,000 568,000,000 577,000,000 596,000,000 620,000,000 610,000,000 639,000,000 635,000,000                                                              
        intangible assets
      882,000,000 918,000,000 961,000,000 1,291,000,000 1,333,000,000 1,382,000,000 1,450,000,000 1,498,000,000 1,553,000,000 1,613,000,000   1,777,000,000 1,829,000,000 1,855,000,000 1,925,000,000 1,997,000,000 2,057,000,000 1,677,000,000 1,725,000,000 1,762,000,000 1,812,000,000 1,838,000,000 1,865,000,000 1,897,000,000 1,954,000,000 1,985,000,000 2,041,000,000 2,078,000,000 2,125,000,000 2,117,275,000 2,162,766,000 2,140,098,000 2,176,823,000 2,218,152,000 1,914,767,000 1,951,999,000 1,993,885,000 2,040,213,000 2,082,120,000 2,128,539,000 2,167,533,000 2,203,270,000 2,246,629,000 2,282,347,000 2,334,761,000 2,175,214,000 976,946,000 998,307,000 1,019,985,000 1,038,863,000 1,052,087,000 191,135,000 208,113,000 192,488,000 196,037,000 210,918,000 200,151,000 210,693,000 228,885,000 234,063,000 232,030,000 243,243,000 236,547,000 156,832,000 172,080,000 179,794,000 183,042,000 174,886,000 193,231,000 213,392,000 192,555,000 182,841,000 182,748,000 182,438,000 152,241,000 148,261,000 152,925,000 153,114,000 149,270,000 146,462,000 149,675,000 158,905,000 86,737,000 94,195,000 98,908,000 13,570,000 6,814,000  4,207,000 
        goodwill
      2,662,000,000 2,669,000,000 2,669,000,000 2,855,000,000 2,816,000,000 2,799,000,000 2,838,000,000 2,814,000,000 2,815,000,000 2,826,000,000   2,816,000,000 2,807,000,000 2,808,000,000 2,842,000,000 2,878,000,000 2,887,000,000 1,872,000,000 1,886,000,000 1,882,000,000 1,895,000,000 1,865,000,000 2,412,000,000 2,391,000,000 2,913,000,000 2,885,000,000 2,915,000,000 2,907,000,000 2,910,000,000 2,845,129,000 2,850,396,000 2,754,747,000 2,737,671,000 2,727,897,000 2,418,630,000 2,402,306,000 2,396,906,000 2,416,338,000 3,360,585,000 3,378,327,000 3,375,000,000 3,386,519,000 3,366,396,000 3,327,784,000 3,326,474,000 3,483,144,000 1,905,551,000 1,771,548,000 1,767,912,000 1,761,194,000 1,738,346,000 502,295,000 522,672,000 517,721,000 508,331,000 520,769,000 504,784,000 510,154,000 529,594,000 525,801,000 510,894,000 453,618,000 426,324,000 333,531,000 350,630,000 349,981,000 347,221,000 321,122,000 326,863,000 353,407,000 311,200,000 295,332,000 287,159,000 270,807,000 236,612,000 228,354,000 226,707,000 218,813,000 213,846,000 201,339,000 198,417,000 202,469,000 127,665,000 132,540,000 138,859,000 32,837,000 8,779,000 8,779,000 9,534,000 
        long-term investments
      473,000,000 582,000,000 651,000,000 559,000,000 538,000,000 536,000,000 500,000,000 468,000,000 443,000,000 440,000,000   806,000,000 2,789,000,000 2,650,000,000 2,381,000,000 2,200,000,000 3,175,000,000 3,283,000,000 4,319,000,000 3,788,000,000 3,759,000,000 3,672,000,000 2,946,000,000 2,056,000,000 4,477,000,000 4,319,000,000 4,618,000,000 8,445,000,000 8,408,000,000 9,114,218,000 9,444,908,000  10,421,600,000 11,114,314,000 10,263,659,000 10,140,630,000 9,591,067,000 9,296,417,000 7,954,414,000 7,594,338,000 7,931,363,000 6,327,630,000 6,395,468,000 4,973,644,000 3,755,653,000 1,965,182,000                        14,304,000 14,894,000 7,536,000 2,451,000 18,735,000                
        other assets
      1,378,000,000 1,392,000,000 1,346,000,000 1,275,000,000 1,142,000,000 1,109,000,000 1,179,000,000 956,000,000 973,000,000 940,000,000   854,000,000 824,000,000 1,059,000,000 1,118,000,000 1,103,000,000 1,059,000,000 950,000,000 957,000,000 901,000,000 917,000,000 875,000,000 923,000,000 942,000,000 867,000,000 885,000,000 545,000,000 529,000,000 181,000,000 183,146,000 191,347,000 613,448,000 600,283,000 146,605,000 163,597,000 130,238,000 108,579,000 107,429,000 55,134,000 68,734,000 118,656,000 141,259,000 79,280,000 76,373,000 57,348,000 48,471,000 33,666,000 33,423,000 33,514,000 35,958,000 37,302,000 35,102,000 35,828,000 36,710,000 38,483,000 41,313,000 23,490,000 21,444,000 17,157,000 17,462,000 14,418,000 14,833,000 15,968,000 14,307,000 4,384,000 4,958,000 5,186,000 14,568,000 16,685,000 17,917,000 18,781,000 19,215,000 19,891,000 21,085,000 20,216,000 21,024,000 21,844,000 21,417,000 15,195,000 17,985,000 17,430,000 17,553,000 17,431,000 17,164,000 15,942,000 16,674,000 21,385,000 21,915,000 22,309,000 
        total assets
      27,720,000,000 29,264,000,000 28,752,000,000 30,684,000,000 27,191,000,000 27,708,000,000 27,978,000,000 28,541,000,000 27,728,000,000 24,342,000,000   25,206,000,000 25,361,000,000 22,063,000,000 24,493,000,000 22,384,000,000 23,641,000,000 23,341,000,000 23,881,000,000 23,655,000,000 21,874,000,000 22,145,000,000 20,912,000,000 17,862,000,000 21,402,000,000 21,446,000,000 21,494,000,000 22,366,000,000 22,687,000,000 24,370,476,000 25,296,253,000 25,018,960,000 25,451,263,000 25,789,111,000 23,458,323,000 21,994,252,000 19,838,973,000 20,033,784,000 19,687,170,000 18,334,546,000 17,420,575,000 16,614,770,000 17,027,346,000 16,842,492,000 14,940,563,000 15,184,380,000 11,600,323,000 10,813,684,000 10,444,460,000 10,445,655,000 9,867,371,000 6,855,127,000 6,569,742,000 6,217,809,000 5,428,806,000 5,092,827,000 3,970,671,000 3,815,573,000 3,360,075,000 3,065,351,000 2,905,953,000 2,746,545,000 2,445,739,000 2,201,561,000 1,834,224,000 1,797,036,000 1,492,337,000 1,328,028,000 1,343,977,000 1,456,113,000 1,491,546,000 1,428,191,000 1,350,856,000 1,370,709,000 1,167,664,000 1,165,739,000 1,105,648,000 1,034,534,000 828,177,000 773,432,000 754,028,000 775,831,000 567,255,000 559,798,000 542,082,000 494,612,000 353,209,000 337,784,000 362,278,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' deficit
                                                                                                
        current liabilities:
                                                                                                
        accounts payable
      4,131,000,000 5,094,000,000 4,025,000,000 4,280,000,000 3,292,000,000 3,824,000,000 4,065,000,000 3,928,000,000 3,268,000,000 3,480,000,000   2,132,000,000 2,507,000,000 2,131,000,000 2,240,000,000 1,504,000,000 1,586,000,000 1,466,000,000 1,028,000,000 570,000,000 735,000,000 1,114,000,000 581,000,000 926,000,000 1,239,000,000 1,275,000,000 1,291,000,000 934,000,000 1,134,000,000 1,174,599,000 1,053,509,000 841,274,000 667,523,000 805,740,000 598,200,000 407,575,000 419,108,000 494,607,000 431,870,000 334,783,000 322,842,000 388,528,000 367,221,000 567,322,000 281,480,000 525,441,000 340,903,000 299,411,000 247,345,000 312,896,000 316,251,000 250,546,000 184,648,000 240,176,000 201,203,000 173,984,000 146,867,000 169,545,000 127,794,000 115,512,000 90,311,000 112,753,000 119,138,000 75,256,000 60,568,000 62,995,000 77,168,000 77,832,000 46,290,000 65,802,000 78,356,000 68,934,000 47,708,000 59,359,000 58,999,000 57,906,000 49,032,000 53,806,000 56,402,000 49,387,000 37,851,000 48,922,000 57,175,000 58,900,000 40,612,000 49,380,000 38,023,000 25,061,000 38,467,000 
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      4,476,000,000 4,454,000,000 4,958,000,000 4,208,000,000 5,576,000,000 6,047,000,000 5,287,000,000 3,900,000,000 4,774,000,000 4,635,000,000   3,584,000,000 3,244,000,000 2,925,000,000 2,364,000,000 1,876,000,000 1,765,000,000 2,069,000,000 1,620,000,000 1,350,000,000 1,382,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,445,000,000 1,255,000,000 1,578,000,000 1,704,000,000 1,740,000,000 1,877,000,000 1,399,000,000 1,654,370,000 1,418,603,000 1,238,815,000 1,138,980,000 1,091,372,000 1,073,632,000 986,681,000 857,467,000 882,081,000 1,019,513,000 1,117,255,000 681,587,000 780,784,000 903,641,000 610,764,000 600,758,000 609,071,000 555,716,000 561,915,000 545,342,000 544,021,000 387,336,000 425,032,000 387,911,000 377,326,000 272,087,000 298,217,000 222,134,000 305,745,000 267,888,000 322,735,000 243,767,000 195,936,000 163,046,000 118,861,000 127,561,000 143,463,000 101,974,000 74,458,000 77,713,000 92,694,000 82,504,000 55,946,000 59,589,000 124,576,000 50,094,000 96,533,000 46,872,000 43,239,000 36,881,000           
        deferred merchant bookings
      8,189,000,000 5,270,000,000 6,283,000,000 9,149,000,000 6,871,000,000 4,031,000,000 4,907,000,000 6,931,000,000 5,328,000,000 3,254,000,000   4,500,000,000 2,223,000,000 2,253,000,000 4,395,000,000 2,765,000,000 906,000,000 1,086,000,000 1,896,000,000 643,000,000 323,000,000 487,000,000 910,000,000 960,000,000 1,561,000,000 1,567,000,000 2,343,000,000 1,797,000,000 1,022,000,000 1,101,255,000 1,802,182,000 1,425,649,000 980,455,000 827,361,000 1,185,639,000 879,405,000 614,361,000 568,304,000 758,268,000 535,536,000 434,881,000 413,495,000 660,272,000 525,148,000 460,558,000 416,852,000 569,310,000 471,956,000 437,127,000 430,661,000 535,644,000 403,530,000 368,823,000 343,296,000 384,519,000 314,836,000 239,157,000 213,802,000 243,733,000 166,805,000 136,915,000 117,800,000 141,611,000 71,146,000 60,758,000 50,405,000 41,718,000 35,608,000 29,664,000 30,454,000 31,505,000 23,948,000 17,750,000 7,670,000 10,698,000 8,769,000 4,768,000 7,295,000 10,447,000 8,982,000 3,619,000 6,065,000 8,267,000 7,950,000 5,641,000 8,867,000    
        short-term debt
      3,015,000,000 1,880,000,000 999,000,000 999,000,000 655,000,000 1,745,000,000 2,419,000,000 3,447,000,000 3,462,000,000 1,961,000,000   854,000,000 500,000,000 1,234,000,000 1,283,000,000 1,333,000,000 1,989,000,000 1,158,000,000 2,180,000,000 3,905,000,000                                                                      
        total current liabilities
      19,811,000,000 16,698,000,000 16,265,000,000 18,636,000,000 16,394,000,000 15,647,000,000 16,678,000,000 18,206,000,000 16,832,000,000 13,330,000,000   11,070,000,000 8,474,000,000 8,543,000,000 10,282,000,000 7,478,000,000 6,246,000,000 5,779,000,000 6,724,000,000 6,468,000,000 3,425,000,000 3,968,000,000 3,909,000,000 4,136,000,000 5,366,000,000 5,528,000,000 6,349,000,000 5,576,000,000 3,555,000,000 3,930,224,000 5,222,484,000 4,447,395,000 3,497,868,000 3,624,275,000 3,756,955,000 3,248,199,000 2,858,670,000 2,905,976,000 2,209,651,000 1,987,574,000 1,439,310,000 1,582,807,000 1,931,134,000 1,703,234,000 1,379,991,000 1,589,145,000 1,507,245,000 1,430,989,000 1,381,745,000 1,825,844,000 1,771,437,000 1,605,339,000 1,461,726,000 1,475,340,000 1,366,635,000 1,290,229,000 1,105,798,000 1,181,261,000 1,126,193,000 1,086,696,000 471,168,000 506,329,000 465,776,000 343,592,000 408,765,000 477,588,000 518,738,000 494,310,000 546,652,000 656,469,000 712,441,000 718,905,000 694,843,000 761,058,000 688,952,000 732,188,000 100,672,000 104,340,000 103,730,000 88,248,000 71,015,000 88,091,000 93,184,000 90,517,000 74,377,000 84,001,000 59,268,000 49,614,000 64,539,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      530,000,000 557,000,000 533,000,000 517,000,000 476,000,000 483,000,000 508,000,000 529,000,000 556,000,000 599,000,000   539,000,000 552,000,000 286,000,000 323,000,000 349,000,000 351,000,000 295,000,000 314,000,000 331,000,000 366,000,000 401,000,000 417,000,000 438,000,000 462,000,000 466,000,000 495,000,000 488,000,000                                                              
        other long-term liabilities
      705,000,000 714,000,000 679,000,000 679,000,000 653,000,000 199,000,000 204,000,000 200,000,000 152,000,000 161,000,000   172,000,000 172,000,000 180,000,000 180,000,000 203,000,000 199,000,000 116,000,000 122,000,000 128,000,000 111,000,000 107,000,000 101,000,000 93,000,000 104,000,000 94,000,000 90,000,000 89,000,000 162,000,000 148,699,000 143,651,000 161,340,000 148,061,000 143,827,000 134,537,000 128,564,000 138,767,000 141,096,000 143,674,000 143,242,000 134,777,000 131,474,000 146,399,000 132,987,000 103,533,000 107,938,000 106,858,000 81,177,000 75,981,000 83,934,000 88,088,000 90,589,000 68,944,000 47,813,000 41,122,000 43,526,000 39,183,000 37,119,000 33,858,000 47,209,000 42,990,000 28,481,000 26,894,000 25,201,000 24,052,000 21,777,000 20,961,000 18,717,000 18,010,000 16,866,000 16,061,000 14,172,000 13,368,000 12,508,000 11,957,000 11,466,000 11,885,000 12,260,000 11,710,000 11,173,000 10,889,000 3,091,000 844,000 1,573,000 692,000 2,029,000 435,000 1,069,000  
        long-term debt
      15,398,000,000 16,856,000,000 15,997,000,000 17,473,000,000 15,369,000,000 14,853,000,000 13,793,000,000 13,361,000,000 13,438,000,000 12,223,000,000   11,272,000,000 11,985,000,000 7,950,000,000 8,190,000,000 8,435,000,000 8,937,000,000 9,876,000,000 9,986,000,000 9,930,000,000 11,029,000,000 10,829,000,000 10,633,000,000 7,553,000,000 7,640,000,000 7,512,000,000 7,686,000,000 7,619,000,000 8,649,000,000 8,703,901,000 7,764,580,000 7,990,418,000 8,809,788,000 8,726,679,000 7,564,636,000 7,286,102,000 6,170,522,000 6,347,205,000 7,255,205,000 6,321,202,000 6,158,443,000 5,421,328,000 5,399,966,000 5,304,108,000 3,849,756,000 3,887,243,000                               568,865,000 523,718,000 223,261,000 223,216,000 223,549,000 223,562,000 224,247,000 223,576,000 224,418,000 223,348,000 124,996,000 124,524,000 125,000,000 
        total liabilities
      36,444,000,000 34,842,000,000 33,488,000,000 37,341,000,000 33,303,000,000 31,728,000,000 31,631,000,000 32,817,000,000 31,780,000,000 27,086,000,000   24,132,000,000 22,579,000,000 18,393,000,000 20,491,000,000 18,011,000,000 17,463,000,000 17,796,000,000 19,077,000,000 18,891,000,000 16,981,000,000 17,232,000,000 16,913,000,000 14,027,000,000 15,469,000,000 15,495,000,000 16,187,000,000 15,451,000,000 13,902,000,000 14,418,666,000 14,777,978,000 14,331,219,000 14,187,702,000 12,902,716,000 11,853,577,000 11,160,712,000 9,990,293,000 10,196,710,000 10,412,465,000 9,282,179,000 8,625,106,000 8,087,997,000 8,469,381,000 8,212,367,000 6,373,540,000 6,450,493,000 3,774,956,000 3,599,957,000 3,526,198,000 4,012,303,000 3,966,918,000 2,624,631,000 2,457,825,000 2,446,267,000 2,324,661,000 2,246,044,000 1,191,971,000 1,265,828,000 1,214,730,000 1,189,843,000 1,046,828,000 1,065,283,000 1,017,836,000 865,787,000 476,610,000 545,098,000 586,283,000 557,293,000 613,595,000 727,693,000 778,125,000 779,650,000 754,713,000 835,846,000 762,462,000 806,032,000 743,622,000 704,014,000 406,212,000 388,013,000 371,487,000 383,245,000 344,608,000 342,749,000 329,469,000 310,069,000 184,699,000 175,207,000 190,084,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                
        stockholders' deficit:
                                                                                                
        common stock
      13,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                          489,000 489,000 488,000 487,000 486,000 486,000 486,000 485,000 484,000 484,000 484,000 482,000 482,000 482,000 481,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 478,000 476,000 468,000 467,000 452,000 450,000 450,000 450,000 449,000 446,000 446,000 446,000 445,000 438,000 438,000 432,000 424,000 405,000 391,000 377,000 373,000 367,000 362,000 355,000 347,000 346,000 345,000 343,000 342,000 331,000 329,000 327,000 325,000 323,000 321,000 320,000 319,000 317,000 315,000 307,000 306,000 306,000 
        treasury stock
      -58,337,000,000 -54,315,000,000 -52,175,000,000 -51,502,000,000 -50,131,000,000 -47,877,000,000 -46,734,000,000 -44,958,000,000 -43,330,000,000 -41,426,000,000   -33,178,000,000 -30,983,000,000 -28,630,000,000 -26,664,000,000 -25,390,000,000 -24,290,000,000 -24,286,000,000 -24,283,000,000 -24,274,000,000 -24,128,000,000 -24,123,000,000 -24,119,000,000 -24,115,000,000 -22,864,000,000 -21,523,000,000 -20,173,000,000 -17,567,000,000 -14,711,000,000 -12,879,305,000 -10,630,361,000 -9,430,421,000 -8,698,829,000 -7,997,881,000 -7,411,392,000 -7,067,508,000 -6,855,164,000 -6,584,117,000 -6,385,308,000 -6,086,001,000 -5,826,640,000 -5,073,400,000 -3,900,011,000 -3,046,203,000 -2,737,585,000 -2,232,663,000 -2,084,533,000 -2,083,867,000 -1,987,207,000 -1,943,615,000 -1,483,892,000 -1,136,987,000 -1,060,607,000 -1,058,983,000 -1,058,754,000 -1,057,811,000 -803,586,000                                 
        additional paid-in capital
      8,490,000,000 8,356,000,000 8,186,000,000 8,028,000,000 7,866,000,000 7,707,000,000 7,635,000,000 7,479,000,000 7,330,000,000 7,175,000,000   6,712,000,000 6,491,000,000 6,385,000,000 6,278,000,000 6,163,000,000 6,159,000,000 6,068,000,000 6,059,000,000 5,965,000,000 5,851,000,000 5,779,000,000 5,699,000,000 5,758,000,000 5,756,000,000 5,678,000,000 5,599,000,000 5,519,000,000 5,445,000,000 5,343,776,000 5,225,709,000 5,034,164,000 5,783,089,000 5,707,331,000 5,633,659,000 5,558,194,000 5,482,653,000 5,410,913,000 5,377,160,000 5,273,830,000 5,184,910,000 5,097,560,000 5,009,753,000 4,926,560,000 4,923,196,000 4,848,824,000 4,703,329,000 4,650,077,000 4,592,979,000 4,459,333,000 4,408,981,000 2,645,316,000 2,612,197,000 2,593,883,000 2,569,123,000 2,536,639,000 2,431,279,000 2,394,034,000 2,372,283,000 2,347,728,000 2,417,092,000 2,355,093,000 2,400,959,000 2,394,672,000 2,289,867,000 2,237,372,000 2,217,085,000 2,194,613,000 2,177,000,000 2,164,029,000 2,147,728,000 2,135,791,000 2,124,029,000 2,112,949,000 2,101,654,000 2,096,021,000 2,070,379,000 2,066,003,000 2,075,626,000 2,066,879,000 2,069,165,000 2,077,099,000 2,073,832,000 2,071,625,000 2,064,224,000 2,062,613,000 2,056,942,000 2,055,607,000 2,055,540,000 
        retained earnings
      41,420,000,000 40,670,000,000 39,553,000,000 37,119,000,000 36,539,000,000 36,525,000,000 35,749,000,000 33,527,000,000 32,304,000,000 31,830,000,000   27,807,000,000 27,541,000,000 26,306,000,000 24,640,000,000 23,783,000,000 24,453,000,000 23,835,000,000 23,066,000,000 23,233,000,000 23,288,000,000 23,453,000,000 22,652,000,000 22,530,000,000 23,232,000,000 22,061,000,000 20,111,000,000 19,132,000,000 18,367,000,000 17,720,656,000 15,953,078,000 14,975,706,000 13,938,869,000 14,513,392,000 12,793,001,000 12,072,792,000 11,326,852,000 10,652,944,000 10,146,927,000                                                   
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -310,000,000 -290,000,000 -301,000,000 -303,000,000 -387,000,000 -375,000,000 -303,000,000 -324,000,000 -356,000,000 -323,000,000   -267,000,000 -267,000,000 -391,000,000 -252,000,000 -183,000,000 -144,000,000 -72,000,000 -43,000,000 -160,000,000 -118,000,000 -196,000,000 -233,000,000 -342,000,000 -191,000,000 -265,000,000 -230,000,000 -169,000,000              -185,465,000 -43,123,000 -224,545,000       -75,582,000 -88,060,000 -23,676,000 -62,872,000 -107,647,000 -51,112,000 -87,582,000                                 
        total stockholders' deficit
      -8,724,000,000 -5,578,000,000 -4,736,000,000 -6,657,000,000 -6,112,000,000 -4,020,000,000 -3,653,000,000 -4,276,000,000 -4,052,000,000                                                                                  
        total liabilities and stockholders' deficit
      27,720,000,000 29,264,000,000 28,752,000,000 30,684,000,000 27,191,000,000 27,708,000,000 27,978,000,000 28,541,000,000 27,728,000,000                                                                                  
        deferred income taxes
       17,000,000 14,000,000 36,000,000 154,000,000 289,000,000 191,000,000 264,000,000 287,000,000 258,000,000   368,000,000 685,000,000 723,000,000 805,000,000 721,000,000 905,000,000 906,000,000 1,107,000,000 1,111,000,000 1,127,000,000 1,006,000,000 931,000,000 786,000,000 876,000,000 868,000,000 504,000,000 513,000,000 370,000,000 491,160,000 502,581,000 481,220,000 481,139,000 407,935,000 397,449,000 497,847,000 822,334,000 802,433,000 803,935,000 830,161,000 892,576,000 90,500,000 106,065,000 137,102,000 153,754,000 56,017,000 107,006,000 74,533,000 74,687,000 82,471,000 74,242,000 50,755,000 40,738,000 44,019,000 35,083,000 53,599,000 36,755,000 32,248,000 51,859,000 80,360,000 70,559,000 73,257,000 57,598,000 64,318,000 65,980,000 40,671,000 18,821,000 15,779,000 42,082,000                     
        long-term u.s. transition tax liability
          257,000,000 257,000,000 257,000,000 257,000,000 515,000,000 515,000,000   711,000,000 711,000,000 711,000,000 711,000,000 825,000,000 825,000,000 824,000,000 824,000,000 923,000,000 923,000,000 921,000,000 922,000,000 1,021,000,000 1,021,000,000 1,027,000,000 1,063,000,000 1,166,000,000 1,166,000,000 1,144,682,000 1,144,682,000 1,250,846,000 1,250,846,000                                                         
        short-term investments
             37,000,000 362,000,000 576,000,000   359,000,000 175,000,000 116,000,000   25,000,000 522,000,000 501,000,000 500,000,000 501,000,000   826,000,000         4,859,873,000 4,407,028,000 3,721,825,000 2,936,158,000 2,218,880,000 1,956,047,000 1,677,242,000 1,525,637,000 1,171,246,000 1,211,184,000 1,299,127,000 1,379,641,000 1,142,182,000 1,193,353,000 3,660,807,000 5,422,358,000 5,462,720,000 5,487,526,000 4,182,860,000 3,570,407,000 3,646,845,000 3,769,527,000 3,129,556,000 2,426,628,000 2,024,827,000 1,983,467,000 1,338,169,000 1,194,512,000 1,303,251,000 941,948,000 864,164,000 886,893,000 598,014,000 356,793,000 256,119,000 205,794,000 98,888,000 38,850,000 80,153,000 41,426,000 122,499,000 73,048,000 22,410,000  7,983,000 32,686,000 72,722,000 85,546,000 72,745,000 52,881,000 137,598,000 141,967,000 122,812,000 206,360,000 79,576,000 151,736,000 148,027,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity
                                                                                                
        stockholders' (deficit) equity:
                                                                                                
        total stockholders' (deficit) equity
               -2,744,000,000                                                                                 
        total liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity
               24,342,000,000                                                                                 
        merchant revenues
               10,936,000,000                                                                                 
        agency revenues
               9,414,000,000                                                                                 
        advertising and other revenues
               1,015,000,000                                                                                 
        total revenues
               21,365,000,000                                                                                 
        operating expenses:
                                                                                                
        marketing expenses
               6,773,000,000                                                                                 
        sales and other incomes
               2,744,000,000                                                                                 
        personnel, including stock-based compensation
               3,294,000,000                                                                                 
        general and administrative
               1,555,000,000                                                                                 
        information technology
               655,000,000                                                                                 
        depreciation and amortization
               504,000,000                                                                                 
        other operating expenses
               5,000,000                                                                                 
        total operating expenses
               15,530,000,000                                                                                 
        operating income
               5,835,000,000                                                                                 
        interest expense
               -897,000,000                                                                                 
        other income
               543,000,000                                                                                 
        income before income taxes
               5,481,000,000                                                                                 
        income tax expense
               1,192,000,000                                                                                 
        net income
               4,289,000,000                                                                                 
        net income applicable to common stockholders per basic common share
               118,670,000                                                                                 
        weighted-average number of basic common shares outstanding
               36,140,000,000                                                                                 
        net income applicable to common stockholders per diluted common share
               117,400,000                                                                                 
        weighted-average number of diluted common shares outstanding
               36,530,000,000                                                                                 
        grab
                5,000,000 18,000,000                                                                               
        didi
                9,000,000 -32,000,000                                                                               
        meituan
                                                                                                
        recurring fair value measurements
                                                                                                
        assets:
                                                                                                
        cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents:
                                                                                                
        money market fund investments
                12,105,000,000 13,597,000,000                                                                               
        certificates of deposit
                79,000,000 29,000,000                                                                               
        short-term investments:
                                                                                                
        international government securities
                                                                                                
        u.s. government securities
                                                                                                
        corporate debt securities
                                                                                                
        long-term investments:
                                                                                                
        equity securities
                291,000,000 275,000,000                                                                               
        derivatives:
                                                                                                
        foreign currency exchange derivatives
                                                                                                
        total assets at fair value
                12,475,000,000 13,901,000,000                                                                               
        liabilities:
                                                                                                
        nonrecurring fair value measurements
                                                                                                
        investment in equity securities of a private company
                                                                                                
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                                
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                                                
        total stockholders' equity
                  1,074,000,000 2,782,000,000 3,670,000,000 4,002,000,000 4,373,000,000 6,178,000,000 5,545,000,000 4,799,000,000 4,764,000,000 4,893,000,000 4,913,000,000 3,999,000,000 3,831,000,000 5,933,000,000 5,951,000,000 5,307,000,000 6,915,000,000 8,785,000,000 9,951,810,000 10,472,632,000 10,636,343,000 11,260,598,000 12,876,994,000 11,589,669,000 10,811,019,000 9,820,142,000    8,795,469,000 8,526,773,000 8,557,965,000 8,630,125,000 8,566,694,000 8,733,111,000 7,824,032,000 7,209,409,000 6,909,729,000 6,396,622,000 5,857,660,000 3,990,835,000                                      
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                  25,206,000,000 25,361,000,000 22,063,000,000 24,493,000,000 22,384,000,000 23,641,000,000 23,341,000,000 23,881,000,000 23,655,000,000 21,874,000,000 22,145,000,000 20,912,000,000 17,862,000,000 21,402,000,000 21,446,000,000 21,494,000,000 22,366,000,000 22,687,000,000 24,370,476,000 25,296,253,000 25,018,960,000 25,451,263,000 25,789,111,000 23,458,323,000 21,994,252,000 19,838,973,000    17,420,575,000 16,614,770,000 17,027,346,000 16,842,492,000 14,940,563,000 15,184,380,000 11,600,323,000 10,813,684,000 10,444,460,000 10,445,655,000 9,867,371,000 6,855,127,000                                      
        convertible debt
                         5,000,000  985,000,000 979,000,000 973,000,000 995,000,000 988,000,000 982,000,000 975,000,000 968,000,000   948,190,000 941,657,000 710,910,000 899,802,000 899,484,000 974,538,000 967,734,000 960,984,000       37,195,000 37,781,000 41,316,000 97,707,000 151,931,000 538,266,000 532,206,000 526,231,000 520,344,000 514,542,000 508,826,000 503,192,000 497,640,000 492,169,000 486,778,000 481,644,000 175,000 174,000 41,981,000 78,329,000 159,878,000 220,725,000 297,878,000 306,412,000 392,985,000 467,519,000 520,076,000 570,077,000 569,796,000 569,453,000 569,161,000 568,980,000              
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
                            527,000,000 483,000,000 1,404,000,000 843,000,000 829,000,000 1,238,000,000 1,271,000,000 600,000,000 617,616,000 985,901,000 1,111,753,000 415,527,000 433,505,000 685,879,000 683,450,000 241,449,000 349,323,000 559,691,000 623,986,000 258,751,000 264,256,000 508,410,000 487,285,000 178,050,000 166,308,000 380,284,000 428,123,000 107,102,000 107,688,000 249,851,000 319,251,000 84,290,000 152,722,000 164,745,000 201,740,000 104,202,000 95,906,000 52,721,000 56,682,000 61,211,000 41,631,000 70,521,000 42,783,000 36,828,000 19,236,000 37,278,000 27,253,000 23,463,000 45,226,000 36,436,000 33,757,000 33,080,000 26,998,000 23,919,000 46,007,000 20,534,000 19,902,000 21,050,000 21,569,000 18,245,000 19,058,000 8,075,000 6,419,000 6,578,000 6,156,000 3,435,000 4,778,000 6,737,000 
        short-term investments in marketable securities
                               998,000,000 973,000,000 1,553,000,000 1,981,000,000 3,660,000,000 4,158,076,000 4,145,753,000 4,240,704,000                                                          
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                   -316,000,000 -233,806,000 -76,283,000 56,406,000 236,982,000 653,666,000 573,915,000 247,055,000 -134,684,000 322,346,000 135,442,000 297,765,000 244,852,000    -259,902,000 -72,204,000 78,335,000 92,751,000 84,729,000 39,761,000         19,476,000 10,360,000      4,814,000    3,759,000 75,100,000 73,578,000 50,344,000 49,628,000 35,035,000 29,541,000 26,347,000 12,236,000 11,868,000    600,000 9,742,000 11,941,000 1,000 834,000 674,000 474,000 
        long-term investments in marketable securities
                                      9,432,763,000                                                          
        restricted cash
                                            857,000 823,000 835,000 806,000 827,000 1,052,000 863,000 843,000 903,000 15,630,000 15,616,000 10,476,000 9,034,000 7,733,000 7,022,000 6,641,000 7,214,000 6,609,000 4,458,000 3,771,000 3,851,000 1,079,000 1,064,000 1,050,000 1,155,000 1,302,000 1,335,000 1,319,000 1,321,000 1,283,000 1,552,000 2,528,000 2,835,000 3,005,000 2,919,000 1,350,000 2,710,000 2,691,000 2,624,000 2,459,000 17,795,000 21,285,000 20,989,000 22,308,000 22,613,000 22,041,000 23,855,000 23,572,000 23,502,000 22,384,000 22,485,000 20,750,000 
        total stockholders’ equity
                                            9,802,570,000 9,274,705,000 9,052,367,000             3,896,975,000 3,577,864,000 2,927,787,000 2,591,659,000 2,574,295,000 2,390,299,000 1,989,627,000 1,724,401,000 1,813,336,000 1,636,999,000 1,384,484,000 1,316,628,000 1,321,629,000 1,201,725,000 847,452,000 704,667,000 730,382,000 728,420,000 696,416,000 628,985,000 579,107,000 534,863,000 405,202,000 359,707,000 348,556,000 317,050,000 408,495,000 371,949,000 369,071,000 379,116,000 209,177,000 203,579,000 199,143,000 171,073,000 155,040,000 149,107,000 158,724,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                            20,033,784,000 19,687,170,000 18,334,546,000             6,569,742,000 6,217,809,000 5,428,806,000 5,092,827,000 3,970,671,000 3,815,573,000 3,360,075,000 3,065,351,000 2,905,953,000 2,746,545,000 2,445,739,000 2,201,561,000 1,834,224,000 1,797,036,000 1,492,337,000 1,328,028,000 1,343,977,000 1,456,113,000 1,491,546,000 1,428,191,000 1,350,856,000 1,370,709,000 1,167,664,000 1,165,739,000 1,105,648,000 1,034,534,000 828,177,000 773,432,000 754,028,000 775,831,000 567,255,000 559,798,000 542,082,000 494,612,000 353,209,000 337,784,000 362,278,000 
        accumulated earnings
                                              9,566,289,000 9,191,865,000 8,687,596,000 7,490,864,000 6,973,832,000 6,640,505,000 6,188,674,000 5,126,421,000 4,549,970,000 4,218,752,000 3,840,675,000 3,007,686,000 2,570,114,000 2,368,611,000 2,105,386,000 1,524,615,000 1,163,494,000 1,033,738,000 858,438,000 396,528,000 163,545,000 69,110,000                             
        redeemable noncontrolling interests
                                                          190,893,000 160,287,000 133,221,000 110,184,000 183,316,000 127,045,000 76,615,000 67,496,000 57,538,000 45,751,000 44,222,000 35,355,000                           
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                                
        income taxes payable
                                                                    79,666,000                            
        accumulated deficit
                                                                                                
        minority interest
                                                                             17,005,000 19,556,000 17,036,000 15,127,000 21,226,000 23,218,000 22,486,000 20,710,000 25,630,000 24,203,000 23,659,000 23,916,000 4,476,000 4,459,000  691,000    
        accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
                                                                                                
        deferred taxes
                                                                            189,471,000 203,397,000 212,784,000 218,519,000 222,766,000 184,086,000 190,947,000 179,392,000 182,822,000 143,009,000 145,780,000 146,553,000 148,357,000 21,857,000 22,624,000 25,668,000     
        series b mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                   13,470,000 13,470,000 13,470,000 13,470,000 13,470,000    13,470,000   13,470,000 13,470,000 
        deferred compensation
                                                                                                
        accrued expenses
                                                                                      20,262,000 19,872,000 25,096,000 20,607,000 19,620,000 23,649,000 22,414,000 18,118,000 21,031,000 22,972,000 
        other current liabilities
                                                                                      9,617,000 9,673,000 8,008,000 7,135,000 4,047,000 4,475,000 3,340,000 3,127,000 3,522,000 3,100,000 
        series b mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, 0.01 par value per share...
                                                                                        13,470,000 13,470,000 13,470,000  13,470,000 13,470,000   
        minority interests
                                                                                           4,314,000     
        intangibles assets
                                                                                              7,053,000  
        long-term accrued expenses
                                                                                               545,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 
                                                                                                
          operating activities:
                                                                                                
          net income
        1,083,000,000 1,428,000,000 2,748,000,000 895,000,000 333,000,000 1,068,000,000 2,517,000,000 1,521,000,000 776,000,000 222,000,000 2,511,000,000 1,290,000,000 266,000,000 1,235,000,000 1,666,000,000   618,000,000    -165,000,000 801,000,000 122,000,000 -699,000,000 1,171,000,000 1,950,000,000 979,000,000 765,000,000 645,840,000 1,767,578,000 977,372,000 607,210,000 -555,458,000 1,720,391,000 720,209,000 455,623,000 673,908,000 506,017,000 580,638,000 374,424,000 504,269,000 1,196,732,000 517,032,000 333,327,000 451,831,000 1,062,253,000 576,451,000 331,218,000 378,077,000 832,989,000 437,440,000 244,292,000 289,595,000 599,972,000 352,654,000 181,816,000 225,956,000 472,884,000 256,278,000 104,013,000 135,111,000 224,560,000 114,596,000 53,875,000 78,455,000 318,983,000 67,011,000 25,023,000 33,255,000 87,968,000 54,096,000 18,154,000 32,862,000 104,364,000 34,572,000 -14,716,000 13,232,000 48,816,000 12,517,000 -99,000 3,790,000 171,571,000 12,376,000 4,992,000 11,401,000 5,103,000 2,228,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                
          depreciation and amortization
        131,000,000 151,000,000 160,000,000 158,000,000 154,000,000 157,000,000 155,000,000 142,000,000 137,000,000 134,000,000 129,000,000 121,000,000 120,000,000 124,000,000 109,000,000 107,000,000 111,000,000 98,000,000 102,000,000 108,000,000 113,000,000 114,000,000 115,000,000 112,000,000 117,000,000 117,000,000 117,000,000 119,000,000 116,000,000                                                            
          provision for expected credit losses and chargebacks
        110,000,000 93,000,000 117,000,000 117,000,000 89,000,000 120,000,000 108,000,000 95,000,000 89,000,000 106,000,000 89,000,000 81,000,000 54,000,000 53,000,000 66,000,000 58,000,000 55,000,000 21,000,000 51,000,000   12,000,000 -15,000,000 60,000,000 262,000,000                                                                
          deferred income taxes
        54,000,000 -33,000,000 -81,000,000 -258,000,000 -144,000,000                                      -22,098,000 -6,405,000 -35,172,000  20,381,000 17,242,000 8,828,000  14,762,000 3,917,000 -7,229,000  2,781,000 8,861,000 4,804,000  14,300,000 11,610,000 8,260,000   12,617,000 11,426,000   9,514,000 9,035,000 5,667,000 12,208,000 7,734,000 2,527,000                
          net losses on equity securities
        110,000,000     -36,000,000 -32,000,000 -11,000,000 16,000,000 -20,000,000 -16,000,000 34,000,000 133,000,000 -179,000,000 336,000,000 -181,000,000 987,000,000 -20,000,000                                                                       
          stock-based compensation expense
        141,000,000 167,000,000 153,000,000 154,000,000 143,000,000 167,000,000 148,000,000 140,000,000 144,000,000                                                       15,465,000 11,909,000 7,944,000 10,869,000 11,265,000 10,593,000 11,452,000 10,054,000 9,077,000 9,939,000 5,494,000 4,127,000 3,466,000 3,166,000 4,651,000           
          operating lease amortization
        32,000,000 40,000,000 39,000,000 36,000,000 30,000,000 46,000,000 35,000,000 39,000,000 40,000,000 41,000,000 40,000,000 39,000,000 41,000,000 39,000,000 36,000,000 42,000,000 39,000,000 43,000,000 44,000,000 46,000,000 45,000,000 47,000,000 46,000,000 45,000,000 46,000,000 45,000,000 42,000,000 43,000,000 42,000,000                                                            
          unrealized foreign currency transaction losses related to euro-denominated debt
        -333,000,000 21,000,000 9,000,000 961,000,000 437,000,000 -634,000,000 343,000,000 -68,000,000 -167,000,000   8,000,000 26,000,000                                                                            
          amortization of debt discount and change in fair value of the conversion option related to the convertible senior notes
                                                                                               
          other
        5,000,000 118,000,000 -65,000,000 -23,000,000 -44,000,000   144,000,000 -136,000,000 2,000,000    -2,000,000 10,000,000 30,000,000 21,000,000 -4,000,000   1,000,000 2,000,000        32,327,000 2,855,000 28,197,000 12,986,000 -9,962,000 -789,000 -10,405,000 -11,432,000 869,000 2,641,000 -13,121,000 10,490,000 -23,919,000 1,674,000 -2,132,000 -371,000 2,705,000 -12,144,000 -7,504,000 -14,516,000 23,423,000 27,621,000 5,990,000 -1,232,000 1,485,000    4,170,000 15,878,000   1,111,000 1,941,000 -502,000 2,883,000 302,000 1,025,000 2,084,000 726,000 955,000 2,488,000 357,000 53,000 773,000 702,000    5,069,000 -2,090,000   -256,000 336,000 -248,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                
          accounts receivable
        155,000,000 98,000,000 250,000,000 -979,000,000 -99,000,000 145,000,000 179,000,000 -645,000,000 -185,000,000 176,000,000 -834,000,000 -830,000,000 158,000,000 130,000,000 -242,000,000 -790,000,000 -326,000,000 170,000,000 -352,000,000 -748,000,000 -72,000,000 337,000,000 -251,000,000 45,000,000 760,000,000 119,000,000 81,000,000 -499,000,000 -24,000,000 131,071,000 -58,269,000 -295,768,000 -96,034,000 209,452,000 -145,639,000 -255,117,000 -78,428,000 186,074,000 -126,148,000 -152,443,000 -191,704,000 220,910,000 -1,664,000 -167,347,000 -120,593,000 171,148,000 -40,398,000 -218,803,000 -94,156,000 172,389,000 -40,978,000 -127,821,000 -115,162,000 127,383,000 -55,939,000 -118,486,000 -58,235,000                                
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        -66,000,000 -4,000,000   84,000,000 -24,000,000 45,000,000 65,000,000 -98,000,000 59,000,000 186,000,000 -208,000,000 118,000,000 207,000,000 -243,000,000 -125,000,000 -56,000,000 41,000,000 138,000,000 85,000,000 -258,000,000 -69,000,000 -18,000,000 693,000,000 -445,000,000 -16,000,000 337,000,000 85,000,000 -669,000,000 -335,000 373,486,000 134,774,000 -708,925,000 12,035,000 302,337,000 5,002,000 -443,643,000 109,592,000 182,879,000 53,509,000 -340,485,000 5,197,000 213,674,000 -7,814,000 -292,668,000 -13,591,000 228,622,000 53,849,000 -317,812,000 1,605,000 124,544,000 74,935,000 -207,993,000 56,264,000 -1,665,000 49,953,000 -145,345,000 6,232,000 -3,108,000 5,782,000 3,307,000    1,893,000        1,757,000            207,000  1,343,000  
          deferred merchant bookings and other current liabilities
        1,827,000,000 -581,000,000 -2,419,000,000 1,893,000,000 1,903,000,000 -947,000,000 -1,029,000,000 1,214,000,000 2,123,000,000 98,000,000 -485,000,000 1,091,000,000 2,038,000,000 127,000,000 -1,270,000,000 2,993,000,000 1,868,000,000 -544,000,000 110,000,000 1,859,000,000 114,000,000 -673,000,000 -26,000,000 -432,000,000 -1,135,000,000                                                                
          net cash from operating activities
        3,215,000,000 1,490,000,000 1,435,000,000 3,201,000,000 3,283,000,000 721,000,000 2,373,000,000 2,525,000,000 2,704,000,000 1,346,000,000 1,372,000,000 1,737,000,000 2,889,000,000 2,173,000,000 2,000,000 2,684,000,000 1,695,000,000 279,000,000 1,596,000,000 1,152,000,000 -207,000,000 -577,000,000 920,000,000 122,000,000 -380,000,000 1,077,000,000 1,851,000,000 1,787,000,000 150,000,000 1,083,812,000 1,963,969,000 1,649,844,000 640,375,000 1,173,611,000 1,886,591,000 1,221,216,000 380,618,000 1,106,509,000 1,507,854,000 966,007,000 344,327,000 881,072,000 1,309,800,000 702,376,000 208,983,000 755,280,000 1,292,132,000 689,981,000 177,004,000 554,473,000 970,464,000 593,382,000 183,117,000 496,819,000 674,945,000 431,606,000 182,380,000 281,841,000 560,469,000 223,283,000 276,219,000 179,917,000 305,364,000 187,319,000 104,697,000 146,265,000 195,179,000 94,057,000 74,164,000 80,353,000 101,916,000 89,902,000 43,382,000    18,753,000 31,797,000 34,835,000 25,102,000 20,347,000 13,537,000 12,443,000 13,969,000 22,693,000   952,000 
          capital expenditures
        -107,000,000 -73,000,000 -64,000,000 -64,000,000 -121,000,000 -76,000,000 -77,000,000 -146,000,000 -130,000,000 -94,000,000 -71,000,000 -92,000,000 -88,000,000 -75,000,000 -98,000,000 -86,000,000 -109,000,000 -101,000,000 -79,000,000 -59,000,000 -65,000,000 -64,000,000 -72,000,000 -70,000,000 -80,000,000 -87,000,000 -82,000,000 -88,000,000 -111,000,000 -85,989,000 -120,976,000 -103,048,000 -131,987,000 -64,113,000 -76,423,000 -76,710,000 -70,559,000 -51,813,000 -54,377,000 -60,443,000 -53,256,000 -47,278,000 -42,286,000 -53,088,000 -31,263,000 -40,779,000 -28,739,000 -32,255,000 -29,731,000 -27,487,000 -20,477,000 -21,430,000 -15,051,000 -16,208,000 -10,527,000 -14,726,000 -13,697,000      
          free cash flows
        3,108,000,000 1,417,000,000 1,371,000,000 3,137,000,000 3,162,000,000 645,000,000 2,296,000,000 2,379,000,000 2,574,000,000 1,252,000,000 1,301,000,000 1,645,000,000 2,801,000,000 2,098,000,000 -96,000,000 2,598,000,000 1,586,000,000 178,000,000 1,517,000,000 1,093,000,000 -272,000,000 -641,000,000 848,000,000 52,000,000 -460,000,000 990,000,000 1,769,000,000 1,699,000,000 39,000,000 997,823,000 1,842,993,000 1,546,796,000 508,388,000 1,109,498,000 1,810,168,000 1,144,506,000 310,059,000 1,054,696,000 1,453,477,000 905,564,000 291,071,000 833,794,000 1,267,514,000 649,288,000 177,720,000 714,501,000 1,263,393,000 657,726,000 147,273,000 526,986,000 949,987,000 571,952,000 168,066,000 480,611,000 664,418,000 416,880,000 168,683,000 281,841,000 560,469,000 223,283,000 276,219,000 179,917,000 305,364,000 187,319,000 104,697,000 146,265,000 195,179,000 94,057,000 74,164,000 80,353,000 101,916,000 89,902,000 43,382,000    18,753,000 31,797,000 34,835,000 25,102,000 20,347,000 13,537,000 12,443,000 13,969,000 22,693,000   952,000 
          investing activities:
                                                                                                
          additions to property and equipment
        -107,000,000 -73,000,000 -64,000,000 -64,000,000 -121,000,000 -76,000,000 -77,000,000 -146,000,000 -130,000,000 -94,000,000 -71,000,000 -92,000,000 -88,000,000 -75,000,000 -98,000,000 -86,000,000 -109,000,000 -101,000,000 -79,000,000 -59,000,000 -65,000,000 -64,000,000 -72,000,000 -70,000,000 -80,000,000 -87,000,000 -82,000,000 -88,000,000 -111,000,000 -85,989,000 -120,976,000 -103,048,000 -131,987,000 -64,113,000 -76,423,000 -76,710,000 -70,559,000 -51,813,000 -54,377,000 -60,443,000 -53,256,000 -47,278,000 -42,286,000 -53,088,000 -31,263,000 -40,779,000 -28,739,000 -32,255,000 -29,731,000 -27,487,000 -20,477,000 -21,430,000 -15,051,000 -16,208,000 -10,527,000 -14,726,000 -13,697,000                                
          other investing activities
         2,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 34,000,000 -14,000,000 -19,000,000 1,000,000 11,000,000 -9,000,000 -1,000,000 22,000,000                                                                         
          net cash from investing activities
        -107,000,000 -71,000,000 -63,000,000 -61,000,000 -118,000,000 -75,000,000 -2,000,000 137,000,000 69,000,000 -39,000,000 -22,000,000 -39,000,000 1,586,000,000 510,000,000 -785,000,000 -122,000,000 -121,000,000 -783,000,000 -79,000,000 -71,000,000 -65,000,000 -66,000,000 -72,000,000 1,042,000,000 1,733,000,000 96,000,000 765,000,000 4,080,000,000 2,109,000,000 409,199,000 42,648,000 127,637,000 1,635,516,000 -558,977,000 -2,105,632,000 -644,612,000 -892,814,000 -1,130,719,000 -1,563,282,000 -786,568,000 147,274,000 -1,220,479,000 -94,123,000 -1,439,096,000 -1,140,820,000 -2,066,134,000 -1,817,721,000 1,576,166,000 -40,855,000 39,126,000 -1,215,426,000 -969,965,000 -16,002,000 137,840,000 -598,279,000 -730,773,000 -371,501,000    55,051,000            72,600,000    5,619,000 36,849,000           
          financing activities:
                                                                                                
          payments on maturity of debt
           -1,921,000,000 -1,530,000,000                                                                                    
          payments for repurchase of common stock
        -3,770,000,000 -2,119,000,000 -653,000,000 -1,498,000,000 -2,170,000,000 -1,227,000,000 -1,764,000,000 -1,662,000,000 -1,856,000,000 -2,488,000,000 -2,640,000,000 -3,099,000,000 -2,150,000,000 -2,343,000,000 -1,990,000,000 -1,239,000,000 -1,049,000,000 -4,000,000 -9,000,000 -13,000,000 -137,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -13,000,000 -1,281,000,000 -1,347,000,000 -1,349,000,000 -2,718,000,000 -2,773,000,000 -1,860,696,000 -2,205,024,000 -1,186,339,000 -718,941,000 -704,817,000 -567,852,000 -345,453,000 -209,797,000                                                    
          dividends paid
        -343,000,000 -307,000,000 -310,000,000 -312,000,000 -319,000,000 -289,000,000 -291,000,000 -295,000,000 -299,000,000                                                                                
          other financing activities
        87,000,000 18,000,000 -2,000,000 -21,000,000 52,000,000 -23,000,000 2,000,000 -12,000,000 -26,000,000 -14,000,000 -5,000,000 -23,000,000 -17,000,000 -21,000,000 -9,000,000 1,000,000 12,000,000 -11,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -9,000,000 -38,000,000   3,000,000 -3,000,000                                                              
          net cash from financing activities
        -4,026,000,000 -667,000,000 -2,484,000,000 -1,797,000,000 -3,967,000,000 143,000,000 -3,165,000,000 -1,966,000,000 784,000,000 -2,490,000,000 -2,632,000,000 -1,225,000,000 -2,562,000,000 479,000,000 -1,999,000,000 -1,238,000,000 -2,139,000,000 -5,000,000 -1,096,000,000 -2,007,000,000 1,869,000,000 -4,000,000 -61,000,000 2,874,000,000 -1,281,000,000 -1,344,000,000 -1,389,000,000 -2,939,000,000 -2,548,000,000 -1,838,702,000 -2,203,923,000 -1,183,138,000 -2,205,237,000 -900,123,000 401,072,000 -423,012,000 843,400,000 -264,869,000 -218,191,000 674,770,000 -133,973,000 -20,801,000 -1,262,730,000 -660,713,000 1,214,248,000 -496,174,000 2,118,416,000 -51,331,000 -141,917,000 -405,492,000 -451,561,000 524,514,000 -70,972,000  635,000 -52,995,000 730,533,000      -118,439,000 -66,032,000 358,995,000            6,333,000 43,508,000    -8,731,000 19,242,000 1,562,000 1,143,000  513,000  
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
        -168,000,000 -10,000,000 2,000,000 681,000,000 222,000,000 -404,000,000 273,000,000 -31,000,000 -28,000,000 -8,000,000 -22,000,000 -15,000,000 8,000,000 43,000,000 -39,000,000 -35,000,000 -9,000,000 -2,000,000 -10,000,000 6,000,000 -7,000,000  7,000,000 2,000,000 -21,000,000 18,000,000 -18,000,000 -6,000,000 -2,000,000                                                            
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
        -1,086,000,000                                                                                        
          total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        17,269,000,000 16,193,000,000 12,135,000,000 12,251,000,000 11,152,000,000 10,582,000,000 6,332,000,000 2,645,000,000                                                            
          total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        16,183,000,000 742,000,000 -1,110,000,000 2,024,000,000 15,613,000,000 385,000,000 -521,000,000 665,000,000 15,664,000,000 -1,191,000,000 -1,304,000,000 458,000,000 14,172,000,000 3,205,000,000 -2,821,000,000 1,289,000,000 10,578,000,000 -511,000,000 411,000,000 -920,000,000 12,172,000,000 -635,000,000 794,000,000 4,040,000,000 6,383,000,000 -153,000,000 1,209,000,000 2,922,000,000 2,354,000,000                                                            
          impairment
                                                                                               
          purchase of investments
                   -17,000,000 -739,000,000 -12,000,000 -2,000,000   -2,000,000 -72,000,000 24,000,000 -116,000,000 -135,000,000 -445,000,000 -491,204,000 -835,191,000 -645,857,000 -713,748,000 -1,152,712,000 -2,468,541,000 -1,371,180,000 -1,498,723,000 -1,920,465,000 -2,119,075,000 -1,650,316,000 -1,051,346,000 -3,071,793,000 -911,390,000 -2,717,215,000 -1,969,292,000 -3,224,579,000 -3,022,602,000 -1,692,986,000 -2,612,047,000 -2,855,719,000 -2,873,519,000 -2,721,886,000 -1,504,676,000 -1,562,389,000 -1,800,155,000 -1,688,494,000 -1,301,457,000                                
          proceeds from sale and maturity of investments
             75,000,000 297,000,000 218,000,000 55,000,000 48,000,000 54,000,000 1,683,000,000 2,000,000    500,000,000   1,112,000,000 1,885,000,000 159,000,000 963,000,000 4,312,000,000 2,665,000,000                                                            
          proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
         1,726,000,000   1,877,000,000 2,959,000,000       2,015,000,000           993,230,000 1,051,722,000 992,205,000 2,500,000 779,083,000 1,619,951,000                                           
          payments on maturity, redemption, and conversion of debt
                                                                                                
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
             3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 4,000,000 105,000,000                 371,000 300,000 168,000 1,161,000 837,000 1,513,000 1,311,000 1,479,000 2,310,000 3,496,000 4,951,000 4,815,000 1,712,000 6,314,000 3,755,000 9,070,000 3,955,000 2,748,000 1,993,000 7,693,000 5,297,000 13,500,000 71,845,000 965,000 28,000 962,000 648,000 1,045,000 311,000 121,000 3,326,000 544,000 1,128,000 1,174,000 10,852,000 12,597,000 34,024,000 2,906,000 5,296,000 1,202,000 1,032,000 767,000 2,342,000 1,366,000 3,624,000 6,548,000 2,059,000 7,589,000 4,542,000 2,941,000 5,509,000 1,142,000        
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
         742,000,000 -1,110,000,000 2,024,000,000 -580,000,000 385,000,000 -521,000,000 665,000,000 3,529,000,000 -1,191,000,000 -1,304,000,000 458,000,000 1,921,000,000 3,205,000,000 -2,821,000,000 1,289,000,000 -574,000,000 -511,000,000 411,000,000 -920,000,000 1,590,000,000 -635,000,000 794,000,000 4,040,000,000 51,000,000 -153,000,000 1,209,000,000 2,922,000,000 -291,000,000                                                            
          proceeds from maturity of investments
                                                                                                
          payments on maturity and redemption of debt
                     -778,000,000                                                                          
          amortization of debt discount on convertible senior notes
           131,000,000 392,000,000                                                                                    
          change in fair value of the conversion option of the convertible senior notes
           -5,000,000 -158,000,000                                                                                    
          deferred income tax expense
                         -102,000,000 -223,000,000   112,000,000 90,000,000 108,000,000 -97,000,000 83,000,000 -21,000,000 -29,000,000 89,000,000    8,654,000                                                        
          loss related to the conversion option on convertible senior notes
                                                                                                
          gain on sale and leaseback transaction
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sale and leaseback transaction
                                                                                                
          payments on maturity and conversion of debt
                                                                                                
          deferred income tax benefit
              -73,000,000 33,000,000 -35,000,000 -69,000,000 -20,000,000 -49,000,000 -340,000,000  -81,000,000 51,000,000 -216,000,000    -50,000,000         -124,045,000 -4,627,000   -6,810,000 15,284,000 -16,498,000 -24,441,000  7,891,000 -54,182,000 -25,681,000                                                
          payment on maturity of debt
                  -500,000,000                                                                            
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                                
          cash paid during the period for income taxes
                164,000,000 216,000,000 249,000,000 1,013,000,000 311,000,000 99,000,000 164,000,000 239,000,000 98,000,000 315,000,000 14,000,000 190,000,000 216,000,000 167,000,000 91,000,000 -701,000,000 762,000,000 88,000,000 37,000,000 133,000,000 816,000,000 124,688,000 59,788,000 200,550,000 783,974,000 101,173,000 24,001,000 41,055,000 536,192,000 23,938,000 116,209,000 47,089,000 449,314,000 34,684,000 27,071,000 92,747,000 379,603,000 79,345,000 26,679,000 18,346,000 367,160,000 125,866,000 18,266,000 18,144,000 228,893,000 95,283,000 16,195,000 15,533,000 173,528,000 133,386,000 43,915,000 26,505,000 28,956,000 107,752,000 30,566,000 15,069,000 15,933,000 35,357,000 30,783,000 21,213,000 8,159,000 20,668,000 30,303,000 7,187,000 8,790,000 9,439,000 11,569,000 3,897,000 6,645,000 5,781,000 5,690,000 4,985,000 7,000 813,000 1,177,000 339,000 150,000    
          cash paid during the period for interest
                136,000,000 285,000,000 201,000,000 214,000,000 142,000,000 140,000,000 95,000,000 73,000,000 72,000,000 87,000,000 67,000,000 98,000,000 66,000,000 120,000,000 66,000,000 24,000,000 68,000,000 50,000,000 70,000,000 33,000,000 68,000,000 63,944,000 54,394,000 26,387,000 74,275,000 44,108,000 50,437,000 21,812,000 38,496,000 38,485,000 43,700,000 3,608,000 40,119,000 3,899,000 36,863,000 2,696,000 10,841,000 2,419,000 6,451,000 2,259,000 5,821,000 2,340,000 9,074,000 468,000 9,072,000 470,000 9,114,000 437,000 3,912,000 130,000 3,726,000 116,000 3,601,000 262,000 3,863,000 25,000 751,000 206,000 1,945,000 147,000 2,150,000 28,000 2,627,000 164,000 3,534,000 1,695,000 2,889,000 2,958,000 1,749,000 1,000 1,802,000 40,000 1,765,000      
          stock-based compensation expense and other stock-based payments
                 161,000,000 128,000,000 128,000,000 113,000,000 102,000,000 101,000,000 108,000,000 93,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 91,000,000 113,000,000 76,000,000 85,000,000 83,000,000 11,000,000 80,000,000 83,000,000 84,000,000 78,000,000 105,117,000 76,382,000 78,001,000 71,500,000 68,726,000 66,501,000 66,988,000 59,059,000 74,595,000 54,115,000 54,982,000 66,034,000 75,065,000 58,799,000 60,736,000 54,533,000  46,969,000 35,739,000 39,412,000  35,006,000 34,978,000 21,826,000  17,672,000 17,730,000 16,640,000  13,415,000 13,231,000 14,110,000                            
          loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                       1,273,000 66,000       3,000 16,000 125,000 2,733,000 3,396,000                                      
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                                
          long-term assets and liabilities
                 271,000,000 -323,000,000 32,000,000 162,000,000 564,000,000 -474,000,000 -408,000,000 -160,000,000                                                                        
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                
          unrealized foreign currency transaction gains related to euro-denominated debt
                      -2,000,000 -38,000,000 -30,000,000                                                                        
          impairment of goodwill
                             573,000,000 489,000,000                                                               
          net loss
                        -700,000,000   -167,000,000 -55,000,000                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                
          repayment of debt
                        -1,102,000,000                                                                        
          amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs
                         10,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 19,000,000 14,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000                                                            
          impairment of investment
                             100,000,000                                                                
          acquisitions and other investments, net of cash acquired
                                   -133,614,000   -450,270,000 -552,315,000 -484,000 -6,000 -7,002,000 -16,000 -72,000 -723,000  -89,727,000 -19,775,000 -26,162,000                                            
          proceeds from revolving credit facility and short-term borrowings
                                 -37,000,000                                                              
          repayments of revolving credit facility and short-term borrowings
                                                                                              
          payments for redemption and conversion of debt
                         -1,086,000,000                                                                      
          unrealized foreign currency transaction losses on euro-denominated debt
                          -54,000,000   61,000,000 117,000,000                                                                  
          other long-term assets and liabilities
                          -105,000,000 -8,000,000 -46,000,000  121,000,000 46,000,000 -79,000,000 62,000,000 -63,000,000 20,000,000 -418,000,000 -6,722,000 -11,489,000                                                          
          payments of debt issuance costs
                                                                                              
          net gains on equity securities
                                                                                                
          proceeds from short-term borrowings
                                                                                                
          net losses on marketable equity securities
                            -32,000,000    307,000,000                                                                
          unrealized foreign currency transaction gains on euro-denominated debt
                            -91,000,000    -33,000,000                                                                
          payments for conversion of debt
                                                                                              
          non-cash operating and financing activity for an acquisition
                                     249,000                                                          
          non-cash investing and financing activity for an acquisition
                                     -690,000                                                          
          net gains on marketable equity securities
                              -730,000,000                                                                  
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisition:
                                                                                                
          repayments of short-term borrowings
                                    -25,000,000                                                            
          provision for uncollectible accounts and chargebacks
                                                                                                
          net unrealized losses on marketable equity securities
                                                                                                
          accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
                                 -314,000,000 -719,000,000 952,000,000 561,000,000 -369,748,000 -323,868,000 697,120,000 631,496,000 46,486,000 -232,745,000 567,947,000 305,758,000 -10,058,000 -161,559,000 375,982,000 311,991,000 -25,680,000 -213,937,000 204,603,000 201,215,000 -5,687,000 -103,368,000 165,317,000 147,608,000 -98,782,000 -47,065,000 139,898,000 188,112,000 -62,033,000 73,370,000 91,445,000 153,239,000 -81,835,000 87,853,000 26,544,000 177,763,000 -85,148,000 46,055,000 100,132,000 23,711,000 -3,035,000 30,159,000 27,657,000 32,011,000 -26,273,000 -5,598,000 42,214,000 21,902,000 -16,723,000 8,872,000 -43,651,000 61,280,000 -4,459,000 483,000          
          long-term u.s. transition tax liability
                                                                                                
          payments for conversion of senior notes
                                     187,000 -78,000 -1,487,109,000                                                        
          provision for uncollectible accounts
                                  34,000,000 34,000,000 40,000,000        13,530,000                               748,000 1,062,000 7,762,000 799,000 2,610,000 1,942,000 2,748,000 666,000              
          net unrealized gains on marketable equity securities
                                  49,000,000 -17,000,000 -451,000,000  -30,858,000 -21,849,000 -54,514,000                                                        
          contingent consideration fair value adjustment
                                  2,000,000 7,000,000 11,067,000                                                           
          proceeds from revolving credit facility
                                    250,000,000                                                           
          depreciation
                                     65,948,000 64,625,000 60,887,000 56,540,000 51,495,000 50,613,000 44,711,000 40,412,000 38,106,000 36,796,000 34,671,000 30,486,000 27,997,000 26,825,000 25,021,000 21,674,000 23,537,000 21,815,000 17,337,000 15,552,000 14,400,000 12,897,000 11,266,000 9,802,000 9,497,000 8,171,000 7,465,000 7,685,000 5,847,000 5,576,000 5,059,000 4,166,000 4,141,000 4,199,000 3,900,000 3,969,000 3,886,000 3,636,000 3,516,000 3,453,000 3,589,000 3,583,000 3,608,000 3,608,000 3,554,000 2,996,000 2,688,000 2,576,000 2,573,000 2,637,000 2,555,000 2,359,000 2,242,000 2,120,000 2,017,000 2,289,000 216,000 2,078,000 5,997,000 
          amortization
                                     42,655,000 43,016,000 45,779,000 46,550,000 46,067,000 45,297,000 41,161,000 43,018,000 41,701,000 41,949,000 43,041,000 42,385,000 42,767,000 42,229,000 42,653,000 43,328,000 48,021,000 35,784,000 22,950,000 22,824,000 22,721,000 22,850,000 14,761,000 9,278,000 8,131,000 7,837,000 8,198,000 8,157,000 7,890,000 8,381,000 8,592,000 8,313,000 10,062,000 10,596,000 7,787,000 5,810,000 6,125,000 6,462,000 6,207,000 5,908,000 6,855,000 7,352,000 7,456,000 7,017,000 7,313,000 6,135,000 6,309,000 5,929,000 6,343,000 6,380,000 6,142,000 5,917,000 5,855,000 5,877,000 3,386,000 3,516,000 3,178,000 142,000 -3,673,000 
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                                     1,523,000 1,684,000 1,680,000 2,113,000 2,481,000 2,318,000 2,442,000 2,067,000 2,011,000 2,003,000 1,907,000 1,837,000 1,665,000 1,695,000 2,675,000 1,543,000 1,411,000 1,233,000 1,239,000 1,346,000 3,546,000 1,473,000 1,447,000 1,432,000 1,422,000 1,453,000 1,442,000 895,000 684,000 563,000 560,000 553,000 547,000 892,000 986,000 907,000 845,000 618,000 486,000 516,000 1,393,000 663,000 889,000 771,000 845,000 785,000 808,000 763,000 864,000 323,000 369,000 369,000 372,000 372,000 368,000 364,000 216,000 216,000 203,000 
          amortization of debt discount
                                     12,301,000 12,328,000 12,244,000 15,127,000 16,825,000 17,523,000 17,761,000 17,625,000 17,462,000 17,332,000 17,171,000 17,009,000 16,819,000 16,657,000 16,520,000 16,691,000 15,652,000 14,820,000 11,847,000 12,412,000 14,493,000 16,993,000 13,112,000 11,120,000 10,989,000 10,859,000 10,731,000 7,241,000 5,470,000 5,391,000 5,314,000 5,239,000 5,162,000 5,482,000 6,192,000 3,274,000 3,451,000 4,516,000 5,039,000 5,197,000                    
          impairment of investments
                                                                                                
          excess tax benefits on stock-based awards and other equity deductions
                                             -11,130,000 10,646,000 43,397,000 18,073,000                                                
          proceeds from sale of investments
                                     1,120,006,000 998,815,000 1,015,928,000 2,481,251,000 1,108,118,000 991,647,000 803,762,000 676,474,000 848,533,000 658,702,000 924,264,000 1,252,604,000 1,903,257,000 949,055,000 1,351,152,000 880,774,000 1,199,468,000 3,624,621,000 3,426,398,000 2,652,013,000 2,949,795,000 1,688,835,000 2,130,706,000 1,521,947,000 1,730,170,000 1,198,472,000 945,414,000 925,356,000 699,565,000 504,484,000 407,087,000 618,427,000 405,744,000                           
          acquisition of land-use rights
                                                                                                
          proceeds from short-term borrowing
                                     21,088,000 879,000          100,000,000                                                
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                     -3,440,000 -16,103,000 -31,056,000 10,599,000                                                        
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                     -349,131,000 -213,409,000 563,287,000 81,253,000                                                        
          total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalent, end of period
                                                                                                
          benefit from uncollectible accounts
                                      46,048,000 33,702,000 28,331,000 19,741,000 16,448,000    16,284,000 9,305,000 6,812,000 7,082,000 4,009,000 4,212,000 9,021,000 8,840,000 6,028,000 4,451,000 3,671,000 3,773,000 4,497,000 3,965,000 4,216,000 4,807,000 4,444,000 2,845,000 3,998,000 1,690,000 2,789,000 2,040,000 2,812,000 1,365,000 2,273,000 1,680,000 1,784,000 -152,000           1,799,000 2,150,000 1,710,000 443,000 768,000 478,000 466,000 836,000 551,000  25,000 -56,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of an acquisition:
                                                                                                
          payment of debt
                                      -348,000                                                       
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                      2,563,341,000                                                        
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                      -213,409,000 563,287,000 2,644,594,000                                                        
          non-cash financing activity for loan forgiveness
                                                                                                
          non-cash financing activity
                                         1,000,000                                                    
          impairment of cost-method investments
                                                                                              
          proceeds from foreign currency contracts
                                                 453,818,000                12,086,000                          
          payments on foreign currency contracts
                                                 -448,640,000 -15,795,000 -35,486,000 -43,380,000 -25,825,000 -11,858,000 -26,648,000 -17,539,000 -1,792,000                                   
          payments related to revolving credit facility
                                                                                               
          payment of debt issuance costs - revolving credit facility
                                                                                                
          payments related to conversion of senior notes
                                         -196,143,000 -6,102,000 -83,469,000 -4,000     -147,629,000 -3,211,000 -4,095,000 -59,381,000 -58,449,000 -414,561,000                                       
          payments of contingent consideration
                                                                                               
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalent, end of period
                                                                                                
          non-cash investing activity for contingent consideration
                                                 9,170,000 -2,610,000 -11,067,000                                          
          acquisition of land use rights
                                                                                               
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                          30,467,000 46,833,000 21,737,000                                                    
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                          212,498,000 200,425,000 352,941,000                                                    
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period
                                          2,082,007,000                                                    
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period
                                          212,498,000 200,425,000 2,434,948,000                                                    
          impairment of cost-method investment
                                                50,350,000                                                
          repurchase of common stock
                                             -256,049,000 -232,333,000 -265,783,000 -259,361,000 -821,671,000 -1,280,803,000 -677,963,000 -308,618,000 -504,922,000 -148,130,000 -666,000 -96,660,000 -507,000 -459,723,000 -346,905,000 -76,380,000 -1,624,000 -229,000 -943,000 -254,225,000                                
          non-cash financing activity for acquisitions
                                                     -1,000 8,168,000   1,706,000                                      
          change in restricted cash
                                              -22,000 -1,000 -5,000   -170,000 -55,000 38,000 14,503,000 -117,000 -5,077,000 -1,277,000 -960,000 35,000 -581,000 718,000 -487,000 -2,387,000 -600,000     104,000    -5,000 -14,000 289,000 959,000         15,346,000 3,493,000 -283,000 1,328,000 295,000 -578,000      
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                              2,170,000 -17,656,000 22,272,000 -4,185,000 -238,000 30,568,000 -175,248,000 -88,045,000 -53,002,000 933,000 3,924,000 5,793,000 30,403,000 3,073,000 -21,282,000 12,538,000 8,383,000 -27,127,000 17,827,000   722,000 8,035,000 -498,000          -137,000 8,251,000 2,017,000 3,820,000 1,278,000 706,000 2,753,000 432,000 1,449,000 407,000     -91,000 160,000 316,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                              -271,449,000 836,553,000 379,900,000 -364,393,000 -47,291,000 -1,366,865,000 107,163,000 -1,895,073,000 1,539,825,000 2,215,749,000 -1,844,000 193,900,000 -666,120,000 151,004,000 74,861,000 637,879,000 85,684,000 -379,289,000 559,239,000 211,670,000 -190,083,000 60,175,000 192,107,000          -57,682,000 -37,167,000 122,876,000   -28,467,000 31,411,000  189,899,000 36,864,000 1,566,000     -19,786,000 82,360,000  
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                              1,477,265,000 3,148,651,000 1,289,994,000 1,536,349,000 632,836,000 358,967,000 202,141,000 364,550,000 385,359,000 423,577,000 80,341,000 101,270,000 93,732,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                              -271,449,000 836,553,000 1,857,165,000 -364,393,000 -47,291,000 -1,366,865,000 3,255,814,000 -1,895,073,000 1,539,825,000 2,215,749,000 1,288,150,000 193,900,000 -666,120,000 151,004,000 1,611,210,000 637,879,000 85,684,000 -379,289,000 1,192,075,000 211,670,000 -190,083,000 60,175,000 551,074,000 -174,154,000 177,086,000 7,260,000 348,775,000 -160,332,000 29,024,000 42,189,000 291,260,000 -48,836,000 -57,682,000 -37,167,000 508,235,000 -38,149,000 -3,013,000 -28,467,000 454,988,000 114,907,000 189,899,000 36,864,000 81,907,000 -19,748,000 -18,181,000 18,199,000 100,071,000 -19,786,000 176,092,000 -21,570,000 
          acquisitions and other equity investments, net of cash acquired
                                                     -282,000 -2,395,034,000 -98,417,000 -2,633,000 -361,000 -713,000 -330,742,000 -102,000 -19,990,000 -442,000 -143,000 -13,286,000                                
          payments to purchase subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interests
                                                                                            
          payments of stock issuance costs
                                                                                              
          proceeds from the termination of conversion spread hedges
                                                                                                
          excess tax benefits on stock-based awards
                                                 10,573,000                                               
          non-cash fair value increase for redeemable noncontrolling interests
                                                         -246,000 42,768,000 25,438,000 15,815,000 -8,774,000 52,214,000 50,416,000                               
          payment of debt issuance costs
                                                  -235,000 -5,208,000 -8,064,000 -1,223,000    -108,000 -881,000   -495,000 -94,000 -20,327,000                                
          excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation
                                                   18,703,000 49,538,000                                            
          stock-based compensation expense and other stock based payments
                                                                                                
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                                                    9,520,000    1,656,000 569,000    496,000    2,163,000    212,000           
          excess tax benefit on stock-based compensation
                                                      1,917,000 6,723,000 5,499,000  -4,449,000 13,324,000 4,443,000  398,000 8,473,000 4,040,000  2,823,000    2,640,000     65,000 1,277,000   527,000 550,000   400,000 169,000            
          proceeds from settlement of foreign currency contracts
                                                              17,082,000 29,563,000 32,183,000                                
          proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt
                                                             1,000,000,000                                
          stock-based compensation and other stock based payments
                                                                                                
          proceeds from the issuance of convertible senior notes
                                                                     575,000,000                        
          proceeds from the sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                              
          net cash from by financing activities
                                                                                                
          payments related to conversion of convertible debt
                                                                                                
          payments related to the conversion of convertible debt
                                                                                                
          reversal of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets
                                                                                                
          other deferred income taxes
                                                                         3,155,000                       
          equity in income of investees
                                                                                                
          proceeds from redemption of equity investment in pricelinemortgage.com
                                                                                               
          non-cash fair value adjustment for redeemable noncontrolling interests
                                                                   23,385,000 10,355,000                            
          gain on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                     3,226,000 2,857,000 5,251,000                        
          equity in (income) loss of investees
                                                                                                
          loss on impairment of investment
                                                                                               
          purchase of shares held by noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                
          net cash from provided by financing activities
                                                                                                
          non-cash fair value adjustments for redeemable noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                
          reversal of valuation allowance on deferred tax assets
                                                                                                
          other deferred income taxes, excluding valuation allowance reversal
                                                                                                
          stock-based compensation and other stock-based payments
                                                                                                
          payments related to conversion of convertible senior notes
                                                                                                
          net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                      177,086,000 7,260,000 146,634,000                        
          maturity of investments
                                                                       257,524,000 212,674,000 137,566,000 132,573,000 130,843,000 31,202,000 33,329,000                   
          equity in loss of investees
                                                                            31,000                 35,000 126,000  
          realized gain on foreign currency forward contracts
                                                                        9,707,000                        
          realized loss on foreign currency forward contracts
                                                                                                
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                                
          gain on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                                
          (gain) loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                                
          purchase of shares held by noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                
          equity in loss of investee, net and minority interests
                                                                             47,000    1,055,000               
          restructuring charge
                                                                                               
          purchase of shares held by minority interest
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes
                                                                                     45,000,000           
          purchase of conversion spread hedges
                                                                                                
          purchase of shares held by minority interests
                                                                                                
          equity in loss of investee, net, and minority interests
                                                                               1,231,000 510,000                
          proceeds from investments
                                                                                                
          redemption of investments
                                                                                94,131,000 22,652,000               
          sale of shares in subsidiary held by minority interest
                                                                                                
          repurchase of common stock and warrant
                                                                                                
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                
          restructuring charges
                                                                                                
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                  61,686,000              
          net cash provided (used in) by financing activities
                                                                                                
          net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                                
          purchase of short-term investments
                                                                                                
          redemption of short-term investments
                                                                                   -13,000 7,996,000 24,726,000 79,708,000 57,933,000 14,478,000 67,242,000       
          equity in (income) loss of investee, net, and minority interests
                                                                                    93,000            
          equity in (income) loss of investee, net and minority nterests
                                                                                                
          restructuring charge (reversal)
                                                                                                
          net (gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment
                                                                                         97,000       
          proceeds from sales of fixed assets
                                                                                             7,000  
          (purchase) sale of shares in subsidiary held by minority interest
                                                                                                
          equity in (income) loss of investee, net and minority interests
                                                                                      2,329,000          
          net income on disposable property and equipment
                                                                                                
          stock based compensation expense
                                                                                       3,717,000 3,017,000        
          restructuring charges (reversals)
                                                                                       135,000        
          purchase of shares in subsidiary held by minority interest
                                                                                                
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                                        17,158,000  -10,922,000 -164,000 20,045,000 2,134,000 9,492,000  
          net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
                                                                                               -12,371,000 
          compensation expense arising from restricted stock awards
                                                                                         1,195,000 1,271,000 989,000 714,000 112,000 106,000  
          equity in (income) loss of investees and minority interests
                                                                                                
          warrant costs
                                                                                               
          debt issuance costs
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of minority interest in subsidiary
                                                                                                
          repurchase of warrant and common stock
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of fixed assets
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of minority interest in subsidiaries
                                                                                                
          proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants
                                                                                          534,000 1,562,000 1,143,000 5,353,000 564,000 68,000 
          net gain on disposal of property and equipment
                                                                                                
          investment in short-term investments
                                                                                                
          (investment in) redemption of short-term investments
                                                                                                
          net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
                                                                                              71,021,000  
          cash paid during period for interest
                                                                                            1,877,000 663,000 39,000  
          impairment charge
                                                                                                
          proceeds from convertible notes
                                                                                                
          maturities of/(investment in) short-term investments/marketable securities
                                                                                             -127,512,000 72,160,000  
          change in restricted cash and bank certificate of deposit
                                                                                                
          equity investment and other acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                
          net cash (used in) investing activities
                                                                                                
          net cash provided by financing activities
                                                                                                
          adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities:
                                                                                                
          net cash provided/(used in) by operating activities
                                                                                              10,666,000  
          return of restricted cash and bank certificate of deposit
                                                                                              101,000  
          equity investment and other acquisitions
                                                                                                
          additional debt issuance costs
                                                                                                
          net income on disposal of property and equipment
                                                                                                
          net income on sale of equity investments
                                                                                                
          non-cash severance
                                                                                                
          enhanced withholding on restricted shares
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sales/maturities of investments
                                                                                                
          (funding) return of restricted cash and bank certificate of deposit
                                                                                                
          investment in priceline.com europe ltd.
                                                                                                
          cash acquired from acquisition of priceline.com europe ltd.
                                                                                                
          investment in short-term investments/marketable securities
                                                                                                
          shares reacquired for withholding taxes
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of common stock/purchase of warrants
                                                                                                
          acquisition of priceline.com europe ltd.
                                                                                                
          adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                
          compensation expense arising from deferred stock awards
                                                                                                
          proceeds of convertible notes and warrants of licensees
                                                                                                
          funding of restricted cash and bank certificate of deposit
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net of offering costs