Headquartered in San Francisco, CA Fiscal year ends December NASDAQ: ABNB airbnb.com
Airbnb operates a global two-sided online marketplace that connects hosts with guests for short- and long-term home stays, experiences and services, and more recently boutique and independent hotels. The platform has over 5.5 million hosts and over 2.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country. Airbnb earns revenue mainly from service fees on bookings, and most hosts now pay a single 15.5% service fee. Additional revenue comes from guest travel insurance, which is expanding into new insurance products for guests and hosts. The company is broadening beyond accommodations with Airbnb Services, including car rentals, grocery and meal delivery, laundry, baby gear, and ski and boat rentals. It also reaches new guests through partnerships with American Express, Delta, Qantas and TAP Air. Its regional strategy combines growth in North America and EMEA with targeted expansion in markets such as Brazil, Japan and India. Airbnb is rebuilding the platform as AI-native, with AI customer support in over 50 languages, AI search, filters, listing summaries and comparisons, and host tools such as dynamic pricing and earnings insights. A proprietary AI travel agent is planned for the first half of 2027. Airbnb is cash-generative and returns capital mainly through Class A share repurchases. Updated
Bookings accelerated to 16% growth in nights and seats, and Airbnb raised its full-year outlook to high-teens revenue growth. One caveat on the EPS beat: a lower tax provision flattered the year-over-year comparison.
Airbnb just authorized another $12 billion in buybacks, roughly 17% of its $70.7 billion market cap, stacked on top of existing programs. That is one of the largest repurchase commitments relative to size in travel right now.
The federal government's top HR official cleared out as much as $5.5 million of tech holdings in a single day, with the Okta stake alone running up to $5 million. Kupor came to OPM from venture capital, and these sales look like ethics-driven divestment. The filing took 33 days to reach the public.
OPM Director Scott Kupor cleared out five tech positions in a single day on August 21, with the Airbnb and Samsara stakes each worth as much as $5 million. The sales look like ethics-driven divestiture from his venture background, and they only became public 64 days after he filed.
Booking's $197 billion in annual gross bookings is the single biggest prize if AI agents start handling trip planning and checkout, and that repricing debate is already hitting travel names.
More than $400B in bookings are spent each year across the leading OTAs. Booking: $197 billion Expedia: $127 billion Airbnb: $100 billion How will AI agents change this? $BKNG $EXPE $ABNB https://t.co/hDpMVywwwT
Cramer's message: public perception is now the AI trade's problem, and he thinks that plus long-end yields sets up a rough October. He still wants Goldman Sachs on weakness, calling it the most beaten-down of the bank names raised by a caller.
Travel took the worst of Wednesday's close, with Expedia down 7.72% and Airbnb close behind at 7.56%. Software ran the other way: Palo Alto Networks led all gainers at 4.87%, with Palantir back near $192.
A 4.9% slide knocks roughly $3 billion off Airbnb's market value in a single session. Moves this size are rare here, and bulls now need to reclaim the open.
A 4.75% intraday slide to $161.55 takes roughly $3 billion off Airbnb's market value in a single session. Moves this size are rare for a $67.8 billion travel name, so the close matters more than usual.
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Prediction markets give Airbnb a 70% chance of missing earnings tonight after three straight quarters of falling short, but bulls argue accelerating revenue and AI-driven cost cuts finally tip the scales in…
Thomas Richmond $29 billion. That is what guests booked through Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB | ABNB Price Prediction) in a single quarter. Indeed, any time investors see gross bookings surge 19% year over year in a…
Chris MacDonald Airbnb operates a global two-sided online marketplace that connects hosts with guests for short- and long-term home stays, experiences and services, and more recently boutique and independent hotels. The platform has over 5.5 million hosts and over 2.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for ABNB is $186.06, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $184.18. ABNB price prediction →
