Competition & Peer Data API & CSV Delivery

Travelzoo's Competitiveness

A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Travelzoo (TZOO) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.

Peer Data As of Q2 2026
Competitors Tracked
9
Publicly traded peers
Peer Group Market Share
0.02 %
vs 0.02 % a year ago
Revenue Growth Y/Y
-2.25 %
Peers: 22.34 %
Net Margin
-9.07 %
Peers: 84.94 %

Key Findings: Travelzoo vs Its Competitors

  • TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 92M vs 508,030M combined for tracked competitors (0.0% combined share).
  • Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is holding steady (+0.7% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs accelerating (+7.4%) for its tracked peer group.
  • Growth: Travelzoo generated -2.3% revenue growth year over year in Q2 2026, vs 22.3% for its tracked competitors combined.
  • Profitability: Its -9.1% net margin compares with 84.9% for the peer group.
  • Scale: Travelzoo ranks #14 of 33 companies by market capitalization in the Advertising industry, holding 0.2% of industry market cap.
  • Peer revenue share: Travelzoo accounted for 0.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 0.0% a year earlier.
  • Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $0.37M compares with $4.90M for the peer group (0.1x).

Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).

TZOO Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026

Travelzoo reported revenue contraction of 2.25 % year on year in Q2 2026, below its competitors' combined revenue growth of 22.34 %.

With a net margin of -9.07 %, Travelzoo reported lower profitability than its competitors (84.94 %).

Travelzoo generated 0.02 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 0.02 % a year earlier.

API endpoints for this dataset
https://api.csimarket.com/api/v1/companies/TZOO/competitors
https://api.csimarket.com/api/v1/companies/TZOO/relationships
https://api.csimarket.com/api/v1/companies/TZOO/similar
Programmatic access for models, analytics, and integration workflows.

Travelzoo vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026

Revenue growth, year on year

Travelzoo -2.3 %
Competitors combined +22.3 %

Net margin

Travelzoo -9.1 %
Competitors combined +84.9 %

Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months

Travelzoo +0.7 %
Competitors combined +7.4 %

TTM net margin

Travelzoo +0.7 %
Competitors combined +50.5 %

TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in an SEC filing; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.

Competitor Financial Benchmarking - TTM Commercial

TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Travelzoo and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.

Entity TTM Revenue Latest Q ×4 Rev Run-rate vs TTM TTM Net Income TTM Net Margin
Travelzoo $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Competitors combined $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
High-Confidence Competitors (11) $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Similar-Size Competitors (9) $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Similar Growth & Profitability (6) $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Competitor Financial Benchmarking

TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Travelzoo's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.

For context: the Advertising industry grew revenue 6.1% year over year, combined, vs -2.3% for Travelzoo. Travelzoo's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.09% to 0.08%, a loss of 0.01 percentage points.

Travelzoo's Competitor Quality Breadth

Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).

Entity Profitable Expanding Above Industry Growth Distressed
Travelzoo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Competitors combined (9) 88% 78% 100% 38%
High-Confidence Competitors (15) 64% 80% 87% 20%
Similar-Size Competitors (10) 0% 13% 25% 50%
Similar Growth & Profitability (8) 75.00 % (6 of 8) 37.50 % (3 of 8) 75.00 % (6 of 8) 42.90 % (3 of 7)

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.

Market Share of the Peer Group, Q2 2026

0%market share
  • Travelzoo0.0%
  • Competitors combined100.0%

Share of combined quarterly revenue of Travelzoo and its 9 tracked competitors.

See Travelzoo's full market share breakdown »

TZOO Stock Performance relative to its Competitors

TZOO Competitors (weighted) Percent change over the selected range

Travelzoo's Share Price Performance vs Peer Groups

Trailing 12-month total share price return, and the share of each group that outperformed the U.S.A. 500 over the same period. Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC.
50%beat U.S.A. 500
Competitors Combined
(4 of 8)
28.6%beat U.S.A. 500
High-Confidence
(4 of 14)
33.3%beat U.S.A. 500
Similar-Size
(3 of 9)
33.3%beat U.S.A. 500
Similar Growth & Profitability
(2 of 6)
Entity TTM Share Price Return
(group: median)
vs U.S.A. 500
Travelzoo -45.80 % Underperformed
Competitors combined (8) 40.4% 63.2%
High-Confidence Competitors (14) 40.4% 63.2%
Similar-Size Competitors (9) 40.4% 63.2%
Similar Growth & Profitability (6) 40.4% 63.2%
Peer Group Share Price Returns

TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Travelzoo's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.

Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation). Outperformance is trailing-12-month total return vs the U.S.A. 500 over the same window, not risk-adjusted.

TZOO Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors

TZOO High-Confidence Competitors (equal-weighted, 17) Percent change over the selected range

TZOO Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors

TZOO Similar-Size Competitors (equal-weighted, 10) Percent change over the selected range

TZOO Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors

TZOO Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors (equal-weighted, 8) Percent change over the selected range

5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months

#CompetitorTTM Share Price Returnvs U.S.A. 500
1 Trivago N v 282.9% Outperformed
2 Airbnb Inc 282.9% Outperformed
3 Expedia Group Inc 282.9% Outperformed
4 Sabre Corporation 282.9% Outperformed
5 Groupon Inc 282.9% Outperformed
Best-Performing Competitor Returns

TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Travelzoo's best-performing tracked competitors requires a Commercial License.

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.

Travelzoo's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers

The markets for the services we offer are intensely competitive, constantly evolving and subject to rapid change, and current and new competitors can launch new services at a relatively low cost. We compete for advertising dollars with large Internet portal sites, such as Trip Advisor, that offer listings or other advertising opportunities to travel, entertainment and local businesses. We compete with companies like Groupon that sell vouchers for deals from local businesses such as spas, hotels and restaurants and tour operators for vacation packages. We compete with search engines like Google that offer pay-per-click listings. Additionally, certain search engines have increased their focus on acquiring or launching travel products. For example, Google has continued to add features and functionality to its flight and hotel metasearch products, which have grown rapidly and has also further integrated its ?Book on Google? reservation functionality into its products. We compete with newspapers, magazines and other traditional media companies that operate websites which provide online advertising opportunities. We compete with travel metasearch engines like Kayak.com (owned by Booking Holdings) and online travel and entertainment deal publishers (including online restaurant reservation services). We compete with large online travel agencies like the Expedia Group and Booking Holdings, as well as thousands of individual travel agencies around the world, that also offer advertising placements and hotel booking platforms and capture consumer interest. There has been substantial consolidation of the global travel industry and we believe this trend will continue. Some of our competitors are large and have significant resources and substantial international operations. Such companies have also completed acquisitions to further consolidate the industry.
There has also been a proliferation of new channels and platforms through which accommodation providers can offer reservations. For example, companies such as Airbnb (which acquired HotelTonight), HomeAway and VRBO (which are both owned by Expedia Group) offer services providing alternative accommodation property owners, particularly individuals, an online place to list their alternative accommodations, which compete with our hotel offers. Further, meta-search services may lower the cost for new companies to enter the market by providing a distribution channel without the cost of promoting the new entrants brand to drive consumers directly to its website. Some competitors offer a variety of online services, such as food delivery, shopping, gaming or search services, many of which are used by consumers more frequently than online travel services. As a result, a competitor that has established other, more frequent online interactions with consumers may be able to more easily or cost-effectively acquire customers for its travel services than we can. If any of these platforms are successful in offering services similar to consumers who would otherwise use our platforms or if we are unable to offer our services to consumers within these super-apps, our customer acquisition efforts could be less effective and our customer acquisition costs could increase, either of which would harm our business and results of operations. We also have seen that some competitors will accept lower margins, or negative margins, to attract attention and acquire new members. If competitors engage in group buying initiatives in which merchants receive a higher percentage of the face value than we currently offer, we may be forced to pay a higher percentage of the face value than we currently offer, which may reduce our revenue. We expect to face additional competition as other established and emerging companies, including print media companies, enter the online advertising market. Competition could result in reduced margins on our services, loss of market share or less use of Travelzoo by advertisers and consumers. If we are not able to compete effectively with current or future competitors as a result of these and other factors, our business could be materially adversely affected.

Publicly Traded Peers of Travelzoo

Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees
Company Market Cap Revenues Income Employees
Travelzoo 56.55 92.18 0.63 249
Alphabet Inc 4,178,905.50 445,866.00 244,205.00 46,224
Booking Holdings Inc 124,185.60 28,241.00 7,209.00 24,300
Airbnb Inc 92,326.05 13,159.00 2,691.00 8,200
Expedia Group Inc 31,608.61 15,700.00 2,039.00 16,000
Trivago N v 1,898.83 614.78 12.57 66
SUBTOTAL 4,431,596.48 508,740.68 256,739.14 104,064
4 more competitors available

Sign in to see all competitors of Travelzoo.

Sources: Travelzoo's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
Updated on:
Focus of this report: publicly traded companies. Ten additional tables on Travelzoo versus competitors, including market share analysis, are in the navigation menu under Competition. To download the tables, please subscribe.

Travelzoo's Competitors Named by the Company

Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.
Competitor Basis Confidence Active Sources
Booking Holdings Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Nexttrip Inc Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Expedia Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Groupon Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Hyatt Corporation Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Lion World Travel Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Royal Caribbean Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Giftify Inc Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
United Airlines Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Air Tahiti Nui Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Club Med Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Hawaiian Airlines Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Jack’s Flight Club Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Priceline Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Air France Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Exoticca Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Google Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Icelandair Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
MSN Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Scott’s Cheap Flights Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Verizon Media Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Alaska Airlines Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Kayak Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Emirates Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Gate 1 Travel Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Hilton Hotels & Resorts Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Kayak.com Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Princess Cruises Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Trip Advisor Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Air New Zealand Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Cathay Pacific Airways Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
InterContinental Hotels Group Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Myrtle Beach Area Conventions & Visitors Bureau Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Singapore Airlines Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
RSTN Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Yelp Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Bing Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Etihad Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Competitor Evidence Detail

Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Travelzoo's named competitors require a Commercial License.

Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.

Travelzoo's Productivity vs Peers Comparison

Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $
CompanyMarket CapRevenue / EmployeeIncome / Employee
Travelzoo 57 370,189 2,526
Alphabet Inc 4,178,906 9,645,768 5,283,078
Booking Holdings Inc 124,186 1,162,181 296,667
Airbnb Inc 92,326 1,604,756 328,171
Expedia Group Inc 31,609 981,250 127,438
Trivago N v 1,899 9,314,870 190,400
PEERS TOTAL 4,431,540 4,899,567 2,473,039
4 more Peers available

Sign in to see all peers for Travelzoo.

Travelzoo's Geographic Revenue Exposure vs Peers

Revenue by country/region as reported in each company's most recent filing. Disclosure granularity varies by filer (some report by country, others by broad region) and is shown as disclosed.
Company Largest Market 2nd Market 3rd Market
Alphabet Inc United States 47.77 % EMEA 29.31 % Asia Pacific 17.09 %
Airbnb Inc North America 42.49 % EMEA 27.89 % Latin America 16.84 %
Trivago N v All other countries 37.18 % - -

Source: revenue geography as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API. Percentages are of that company's own total consolidated revenue for its most recent reported period.

Travelzoo's Business Segment Mix vs Peers

Revenue by operating segment, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).
Company Largest Segment 2nd Segment 3rd Segment
Travelzoo Travelzoo North America 63.76 % Travelzoo Europe 31.56 % JFC Travel Group Co. 5.60 %
Alphabet Inc Google Services 85.60 % Google Cloud 14.13 % Other Operating 0.39 %
Booking Holdings Inc Reportable 100.00 % - -
Airbnb Inc Reportable 100.00 % - -
Expedia Group Inc B2C 61.82 % B2B 34.53 % trivago 4.87 %
Trivago N v Corporate and Unallocated 2.61 % - -

Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).

3 more Peers available

Sign in to see all peers for Travelzoo.

Travelzoo's Position in Industry Market Structure

Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 28 companies in Travelzoo's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.

Travelzoo ranks #14 of 28 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 0.16 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 4,197, indicating a highly concentrated market structure (U.S. antitrust guidance: below 1,500 unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately concentrated, above 2,500 highly concentrated).

Rank Company Market Cap Industry Share
1 Omnicom Group Inc 22,628 62.33 %
2 Wpp Plc 5,592 15.40 %
3 Stagwell Inc 2,012 5.54 %
4 Vistance Networks Inc 1,418 3.91 %
5 Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc 1,234 5.2%
6 Ibotta Inc 1,234 5.2%
7 Criteo S a 1,234 5.2%
8 Groupon Inc 1,234 5.2%
9 Angi Inc 1,234 5.2%
10 National Cinemedia Inc 1,234 5.2%
14 Travelzoo 57 0.16 %
Full Industry Market Structure

Market cap and industry share for the rest of Travelzoo's industry peers requires a Commercial License.

Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-09-28.

Travelzoo's Same-Size Peers & Stock Performance

Peers chosen by closeness in market-cap rank within the same industry classification (not the named-competitor list above). Trailing 12-month total return, 3-month price momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio vs the broad U.S. market.
Rank Company Market Cap TTM Return 3M Momentum Beta Sharpe (1Y)
9 Angi Inc 209 -68.92 % -14.60 % 1.33 -1.11
10 National Cinemedia Inc 204 -53.12 % -45.09 % 0.88 -0.88
11 Fluent Inc 95 45.19 % -22.56 % 0.68 0.81
12 Thryv Holdings Inc 76 -85.71 % -60.21 % 1.36 -1.48
13 Theglobe com inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
14 Travelzoo 57 -45.85 % -53.00 % 1.19 -0.74
15 Izea Worldwide Inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
16 Harte Hanks Inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
17 Stran and Company Inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
18 Starco Brands Inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
19 Psq Holdings Inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
Full Same-Size Peer Performance

Market cap, return, momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio for the rest of Travelzoo's same-size peers requires a Commercial License.

Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation); returns and risk metrics as of 2026-09-28. Beta and Sharpe ratio are versus the broad U.S. equity market, not this industry.

Travelzoo's Profitability & Cost Structure

Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Advertising industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (43 companies).
Metric Company Industry Difference
Gross Margin 77.10 % 44.13 % (avg) +33.0 pp
Operating Margin 1.87 % industry median +9.1 pp
EBITDA Margin 2.37 % -11.28 % (avg) +13.6 pp
Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) 0.05 % 5.75 % (avg) -5.7 pp

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.

Travelzoo's Valuation vs Competitive Position

Valuation multiples vs the Advertising industry average (43 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns.
Metric Company Industry Average Difference
P/E 359.6x 26.7x +332.9x
EV / EBITDA 43.7x 13.4x +30.3x
P/B -20.5x 2.9x -23.4x
Return on Equity -12.33 % industry aggregate 220.86 %
Return on Invested Capital 12.73 % 0.89 % (avg) 11.84 %

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.

Travelzoo's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory

Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.
Metric 20182019202020212022202320242025
Revenue Growth 5.08 %-0.47 %-51.89 %17.00 %10.47 %20.59 %-0.13 %9.84 %
Operating Margin 7.98 %8.49 %-26.26 %-2.09 %10.91 %18.64 %22.17 %7.53 %
Return on Invested Capital 25.93 %25.12 %-40.46 %-6.33 %28.06 %42.89 %64.61 %36.54 %
P/E 22.3x30.1x-141.3x9.8x11.5x18.7x17.7x

Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.

Travelzoo's Strategic Group Map

Every company in Travelzoo's industry and named-competitor list, plotted by trailing 12-month revenue growth and operating margin. Travelzoo is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC (the Similar Growth & Profitability group above) are labeled.

Revenue Growth (TTM, %)Operating Margin (%)SABRIPGADMENYUMEGRPNTHRYSTGWTRIPTravelzoo

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.

Travelzoo's BCG Growth-Share Matrix

Relative market share (vs Travelzoo's largest competitor by market cap) against industry revenue growth, using the standard textbook thresholds (1.0x share, 10% growth) — a common framework, not a precision instrument.

Question Mark Star Dog Cash Cow Relative Market Share (vs largest competitor) Industry Revenue Growth (%) Travelzoo

Travelzoo falls in the Dog quadrant: relative market share of 0.00x vs its largest competitor, in an industry growing revenue -6.0% (median, trailing 12 months).

Source: CSIMarket API (market-cap share and industry revenue growth). The 10% growth and 1.0x share lines are standard textbook thresholds, not derived from this industry's own distribution. A caveat worth reading alongside this chart: Omnicom Group Inc alone holds 62% of this industry's market cap. In an industry this dominated by one leader, the framework will place nearly every OTHER company in "Dog" or "Question Mark" purely because relative share is measured against that leader, regardless of how strong those other companies actually are on their own fundamentals. Check the Profitability, Valuation and Financial Strength sections above before treating this quadrant label as a verdict.

Travelzoo's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)

Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.
Force Assessment Basis
Competitive Rivalry Low Industry HHI of 4,197 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above)
Barriers to Entry Lower than typical for the industry Capital intensity (capex / revenue) of 0.05 % vs industry average 5.75 % (see Profitability & Cost Structure above)
Supplier Power Not covered on this page See Travelzoo's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data
Buyer Power Not covered on this page See Travelzoo's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data
Threat of Substitutes - No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated

Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.

Travelzoo's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength

A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.

High Strength
Medium Strength
Low Strength
High Attractiveness
Invest / Grow
Invest / Grow
Selective
Medium Attractiveness
Invest / Grow
Selective Travelzoo
Harvest
Low Attractiveness
Selective
Harvest
Harvest / Divest

Travelzoo falls in the Medium attractiveness / Medium strength cell: Selective.

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.

Travelzoo's SWOT

Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) — not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.

Strengths

  • Operating margin 9.1 points above the industry median.
  • Return on equity 220.9 points above the industry aggregate.

Weaknesses

  • Underperforming the U.S.A. 500 over the trailing 12 months.
  • Low relative market share vs the industry leader (0.00x).
  • Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below, the standard financial-distress signal.

Opportunities

  • A meaningful share of tracked competitors (37.50 %) show financial-distress signals, a possible opening to gain share.

Threats

  • Industry dominated by Omnicom Group Inc , holding 62.33 % of industry market cap.

Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.

Travelzoo's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison

Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months
CompanyQuick RatioWorking CapitalDebt / EquityAsset Turnover
Travelzoo 0.24 0.68 - 1.94
Alphabet Inc 0.55 2.13 0.13 0.65
Booking Holdings Inc 0.91 1.19 - 0.98
Airbnb Inc 0.45 1.41 0.28 0.52
Expedia Group Inc 0.42 0.75 2.36 0.60
Trivago N v 1.36 2.22 - 1.53
4 more Peers available

Sign in to see all peers for Travelzoo.

Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.

Travelzoo's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers

Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter
CompanyPeriodRevenue Y/YRevenue Q/QIncome Y/YIncome Q/Q
TravelzooQ2 2026-2.3 %-3.4 %--
Alphabet Inc Q2 2026+24.2 %+9.0 %+297.9 %+79.3 %
Booking Holdings Inc Q2 2026+8.1 %+32.9 %+117.9 %+80.1 %
Airbnb Inc Q2 2026+16.5 %+34.7 %+27.1 %+410.0 %
Expedia Group Inc Q2 2026+14.0 %+25.9 %+171.7 %-
Trivago N v Q4 2025+19.1 %+19.1 %--
PEERS TOTAL+22.3 %+11.1 %+288.3 %+81.7 %
4 more Peers available

Sign in to see all peers for Travelzoo.

Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.

Travelzoo's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures

Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter
CompanyPeriodCosts Y/YCosts Q/QCapex Y/YCapex Q/Q
TravelzooQ2 2026+42.1 %+41.8 %-53.8 %-25.0 %
Alphabet Inc Q2 2026+17.7 %+11.3 %+100.1 %+25.9 %
Booking Holdings Inc Q2 2026--+18.8 %-29.0 %
Airbnb Inc Q2 2026+16.4 %+9.0 %--
Expedia Group Inc Q2 2026+6.9 %+6.9 %-0.5 %+8.2 %
Trivago N v Q4 2025+34.0 %+34.0 %+61.1 %+61.1 %
4 more Peers available

Sign in to see all peers for Travelzoo.

Travelzoo's Returns and Turnover vs Peers

ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover
CompanyROAROIROEReceivables TurnoverInventory Turnover
Travelzoo1.32%3.38%-7.19-
Alphabet Inc 35.42%42.01%50.84%7.0776.01
Booking Holdings Inc 24.98%57.95%-7.20-
Airbnb Inc 10.67%16.97%33.38%87.15-
Expedia Group Inc 7.76%23.83%86.33%3.21-
Trivago N v 3.13%5.26%5.26%12.86-
4 more Peers available

Sign in to see all peers for Travelzoo.

ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).

Travelzoo's Valuation vs Peers

P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book
CompanyP/EPrice / SalesPEGP/CFPrice / Book
Travelzoo194.540.61---
Alphabet Inc 17.059.370.14119.836.52
Booking Holdings Inc 17.894.400.44--
Airbnb Inc 35.237.025.80152.6111.84
Expedia Group Inc 16.072.010.1850.2512.79
Trivago N v 158.043.09--7.95
PEERS AVERAGE17.268.71123.566.93
4 more Peers available

Sign in to see all peers for Travelzoo.

P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.