Company Analysis

Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (GBTG)

GBTG · Transportation Services · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade5.0
◀ Past 3.3● Present 5.6▶ Future 5.6
1 est.

The grade of Global Business Travel Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past3.325% of the headline
● Present5.645% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2020; the latest 2026-09-29.

weight 45% of this tense · 14th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 5 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-09-29); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2021-11-24); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-05-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

7 filed years; profitable in 1 of 7.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: it rose in 4 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 1 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosetop 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 23% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.8%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 3.4% a year. 19% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 19 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 3.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 19% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 19 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-01 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 34% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.6/1045% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
4.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 67%: owes 67¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Global Business Travel Group, Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 67 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 6.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 44% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 50% of 15 in its family; net margin 4.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 4.1% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 13.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.72Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin4.1%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.7%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
8.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 8.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 12% of 14 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-06-01 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2022-06-01 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 14 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s leadership is put at 8.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 12% of 14 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-06-01 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 15 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $479 million against debt of $1.4 billion leaves -17.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 44% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.8% of revenue (bottom 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-17.9%bottom 44% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.8%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 15 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew 12.2% (bottom 43%); capital spending grew 11.1% a year (top 37%) (its annual reports). Global Business Travel Group, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Travel at $2.2 billion (79%), Product and Service Other at $564 million (21%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • the newest year's revenue growth12.2%bottom 43% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending11.1%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 30% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Global Business Travel Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.9% below the $2.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 39% of its family); net income of $111 million against a prior three-year average of $166 million (top 4%); a net margin of 4.1% against -7.9% before (top 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.9%bottom 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+167%top 4% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+12.0 pointstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GBTG · research, not advice