Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson lowered his price target for TripAdvisor (TRIP) shares to $39 from $52 after the company reported weak Q3 revenue and EBITDA and lowered its FY19 EBITDA growth expectation. He believes Google's (GOOGL) "increased aggressiveness" in travel, including placing more emphasis on its own hotel offerings and driving free links farther down the page, is hurting TripAdvisor as well as other online travel players, Olson tells investors. TripAdvisor, and others, may have to turn to higher cost marketing channels to drive similar traffic or face further top-line challenges, contends the analyst, who keeps a Neutral rating on the TripAdvisor shares.

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