5 Cheap NASDAQ Stocks to Buy Right Now

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1. Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 109

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) is one of the cheap NASDAQ stocks to buy right now. On May 21, Booking Holdings announced the launch of “BKNG Ads,” a unified advertising identity designed to consolidate access to advertising solutions across its core platforms: Booking.com, Priceline, and Agoda. By providing a single point of entry, the company aims to simplify the campaign planning, activation, and scaling process for its partners while maintaining the unique regional and demographic strengths of each individual brand.

The new structure uses the global reach of Booking.com, Agoda’s mobile-first expertise in Asia, and Priceline’s brand loyalty in the U.S. market. BKNG Ads offers a diverse suite of tools (including native and display advertising, dedicated brand environments, and targeted sponsored placements) designed to engage travelers throughout their journey, from the initial inspiration phase to the final booking.

This strategic alignment is intended to improve return-on-advertising-spend and provide partners with more intuitive access to proprietary insights. Through this centralized approach, Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) reinforces its goal of serving as a primary growth engine for its partners by offering flexible tools and actionable data to help them navigate the travel market and drive business expansion.

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) provides online travel and related solutions through its brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable.

While we acknowledge the potential of BKNG to grow, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than BKNG and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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