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CarTrawler profits surge by 68% ahead of Expedia purchase. Updated / Wednesday, 26 Aug 2026 10:47 Pre-tax profits at Irish headquartered travel technology company CarTrawler increased by 68% to €11.79m last year. In May, the business was acquired by US digital travel giant Expedia and in the company's last full year ahead of the Expedia purchase, the directors for Etrawler UC state that "the business continued to perform strongly in 2025". New consolidated accounts just filed for Etrawler UC show that revenues increased by 5% from €172.29m to €181.69m in the 12 months to the end of September last. The pre-tax profits of €11.79m follow pre-tax profits of €7m in 2024. Expedia is one of the world's largest digital travel companies and its sites include Expedia, hotels.com and ebookers and the financial terms of the CarTrawler deal were not disclosed. Prior to the Expedia purchase, CarTrawler had been majority owned by British private-equity group TowerBrook Capital since May 2020 after it invested €100m in the Irish business. The tech company was established by brothers Greg and Niall Turley in 2004 in Dublin, having grown it out of their family business, Argus Car Hire. Headquartered in Dublin, with offices in Paris, London, New York and Sydney, CarTrawler has evolved to become a leading global B2B travel-tech company and the directors state that EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortisation) last year increased by 18% "delivered by continued organic growth and a number of new commercial partnerships". CarTrawler partners with many of the world's leading travel brands enabling them to provide car rental, airport transfer and ride hailing services to customers. In 2025, CarTrawler launched partnerships with Ryanair, Qantas and this year continued to expand with launches with Etihad, Trainline, the AA and Southwest Airlines. Last year, CarTrawler purchased Paris based travel insurtech provider, Koala and the directors state that the purchase further expands the group's "multi-product ancillary platform". The directors state that in 2025, the group continued to demonstrate strong organic growth and to add partners to its platform and as a result forecasts growth in the year ended September 2026. Numbers employed last year reduced by 20% or 79 from 401 to 322 as staff costs declined from €39.47m to €36.9m. Numbers employed were made up of 292 in operations and customer support while numbers at the company's customer centre of excellence reduced from 72 to 30. The profit for 2025 takes account of exceptional costs of €3.88m that include €3.17m in professional fees and other costs along with restructuring costs of €765,000 incurred on a re-organisation of a number of functions which included severance payments. The profit last year also takes account of combined non-cash depreciation and amortisation costs of €11.9m. CarTrawler has its product development function based in Dublin and last year its Research and Development spend totalled €7.78m - the firm received a R&D tax credit of €1.6m. In accounts filed in recent days but signed off by directors in January, they show that the firm paid out a dividend last year of €605,000 and this followed a dividend payout of €9.06m in 2024. The dividends were paid to its immediate parent ET Holdco, which is based on the Isle of Man. The group recorded a post tax profit of €11.18m last year after incurring a corporation tax charge of €609,000. At the end of September last, the group had accumulated profits of €30.12m. Reporting by Gordon Deegan

Why Expedia Group (EXPE) stock is up today. By: Quiver PriceTracker Posted: 3 hours ago / July 27, 2026 6:38 p.m. UTC Expedia Group (EXPE) is up 7.4% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement. Analysis: The move appears tied to a mix of fresh analyst optimism and continued confidence in Expedia's growth story ahead of its next earnings report. Investors also seem to be responding to the company's strong first-quarter execution, ongoing buybacks, and expansion of its B2B travel platform. A recent analyst update assigned an Outperform rating and a $334 price target, signaling notable upside from recent trading levels. In first-quarter 2026 results, Expedia said gross bookings rose 13%, revenue increased 15%, and adjusted EBITDA jumped 83% year over year. Management kept its full-year 2026 outlook in place, including revenue guidance of $15.6 billion to $16.0 billion, which may be reinforcing confidence ahead of the August 5, 2026 earnings release. Expedia also repurchased $700 million of stock in the first quarter, authorized a new $5 billion buyback, and announced a deal to acquire CarTrawler to deepen its B2B mobility and travel-services offering. Expedia Group Investor Relations, SEC, Benzinga Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes. $EXPE insider trading activity. $EXPE insiders have traded $EXPE stock on the open market 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 2 have been sales. * ROBERT J DZIELAK (Chief Legal Officer & Sec'y) sold 4,702 shares for an estimated $1,095,566 * LANCE A SOLIDAY (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) sold 940 shares for an estimated $208,547 To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint. Quiver Alerts Receive EXPE Data Alerts Get market-moving data, filings, and signals for EXPE in real time. $EXPE hedge fund activity. We have seen 491 institutional investors add shares of $EXPE stock to their portfolio, and 537 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter. Here are some of the largest recent moves: * WINDACRE PARTNERSHIP LLC added 1,081,300 shares (+46.0%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $244,454,897 * NUVEEN, LLC removed 829,329 shares (-65.3%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $187,490,553 * AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC removed 819,642 shares (-24.3%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $185,300,565 * DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ removed 804,004 shares (-62.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $181,765,204 * GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added 702,933 shares (+21.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $158,915,577 * ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC added 684,635 shares (+106.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $154,778,857 * BOSTON PARTNERS added 676,698 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $152,984,500 To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint. $EXPE congressional stock trading. Members of Congress have traded $EXPE stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1 have been sales. Here's a breakdown of recent trading of $EXPE stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months: To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint. $EXPE analyst ratings. Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $EXPE in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings. Here are some recent analyst ratings: * BTIG issued a "Buy" rating on 05/08/2026 To track analyst ratings and price targets for $EXPE, check out Quiver Quantitative's $EXPE forecast page. $EXPE price targets. Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $EXPE recently. We have seen 17 analysts offer price targets for $EXPE in the last 6 months, with a median target of $262.0. Here are some recent targets: * John Staszak from Argus Research set a target price of $315.0 on 07/07/2026 * Ken Gawrelski from Wells Fargo set a target price of $303.0 on 06/30/2026 * Jake Fuller from BTIG set a target price of $330.0 on 06/09/2026 * Tom White from DA Davidson set a target price of $250.0 on 05/18/2026 * Shyam Patil from Susquehanna set a target price of $250.0 on 05/11/2026 * Trevor Young from Barclays set a target price of $264.0 on 05/11/2026 * Thomas Champion from Piper Sandler set a target price of $245.0 on 05/08/2026 This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.