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Jon Quast

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Motley Fool Money
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It's a record for the company.

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When we think of these huge marketplaces, these huge platforms with large user bases, I don't think Walmart usually comes to mind.

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But it is this huge platform with an enormous user base, and this digital business is quite strong.

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The big takeaway here is that it's leading to operating income growth that is outpacing revenue growth.

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It's subtle, it's kind of small, but at the scale that Walmart is, it matters.

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That would be a head-scratcher on all counts, Tyler, if the stock was selling off because it split its stock.

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Normally, that gets investors excited these days.

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It's a head-scratcher for me.

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Well, it's a head-scratcher that they're splitting their stock because the CEO has gone on record before saying that's not really something he was interested in doing, but announcing a 25-for-1 stock split.

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The sell-off for the stock is a head-scratcher for me based on the financials.

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You look at booking and its growth,

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really incredibly strong for a business of this size.

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I thought that guidance was even better than the results that it posted.

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It's growing where it wants to grow.

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You look at how the revenue shakes out across the various segments.

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Revenue was down about 7% for the year.

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This is basically where it kicks out the users to its partners so that they can book their travel over there.

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Merchant revenue for the year was up 25%.

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That's what booking really does want.

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It wants to keep more of that