Tripadvisor Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIP) shares dropped more than 4% in premarket trading Thursday after the online travel group reported fourth-quarter results that fell well short of Wall Street expectations.
The company posted adjusted earnings of $0.04 per share for the quarter, missing analyst forecasts of $0.17. Revenue totaled $411 million, slightly below the consensus estimate of $412.33 million, though modestly higher than the year-earlier period.
The sizeable profit shortfall weighed on investor sentiment, overshadowing the modest top-line growth and pushing the stock lower following the release.
Tripadvisor’s performance points to ongoing challenges in translating its large global audience into stronger profitability, even as travel demand continues to recover. The company operates its flagship review platform alongside experience marketplace Viator and restaurant booking service TheFork.
“While we continue to connect people to experiences worth sharing across our platform, we faced some headwinds in monetization during the quarter,” a Tripadvisor executive said in the earnings statement.
The results arrive as travel companies contend with evolving consumer spending habits and intensifying competition in the digital booking space. With the earnings miss raising fresh questions about momentum heading into fiscal 2026, investors will look to management’s conference call for greater clarity on growth drivers and the company’s forward outlook.