Airbnb Valuation

Is ABNB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ABNB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ABNB (€127.88) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€234.12)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ABNB is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ABNB?

Key metric: As ABNB is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ABNB. This is calculated by dividing ABNB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ABNB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio45.9x
EarningsUS$1.84b
Market CapUS$84.34b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ABNB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ABNB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34x
MAR Marriott International
28.8x8.4%US$79.6b
HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings
52.1x17.6%US$61.7b
BKNG Booking Holdings
33.5x14.2%US$169.6b
TCOM Trip.com Group
21.4x9.4%US$47.1b
ABNB Airbnb
45.9x17.7%€84.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ABNB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.9x) compared to the peer average (34x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ABNB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Hospitality Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ABNB 45.9xIndustry Avg. 17.6xNo. of Companies16PE01224364860+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ABNB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (45.9x) compared to the European Hospitality industry average (17.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ABNB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ABNB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio45.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate ABNB's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ABNB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€127.88
€132.68
+3.7%
16.2%€188.08€81.98n/a36
Dec ’25€129.76
€130.48
+0.6%
16.4%€185.23€80.74n/a36
Nov ’25€125.62
€119.57
-4.8%
16.9%€180.10€73.89n/a36
Oct ’25€112.42
€114.09
+1.5%
17.7%€175.44€71.98n/a35
Sep ’25€105.46
€116.54
+10.5%
19.3%€174.35€71.53n/a33
Aug ’25€125.40
€141.39
+12.8%
16.3%€184.78€73.91n/a35
Jul ’25€140.30
€141.13
+0.6%
16.5%€184.68€73.87n/a35
Jun ’25€132.12
€141.13
+6.8%
16.5%€184.68€73.87n/a35
May ’25€149.88
€141.94
-5.3%
17.5%€186.54€74.62n/a35
Apr ’25€153.76
€137.51
-10.6%
15.9%€181.55€74.48n/a35
Mar ’25€145.24
€133.81
-7.9%
15.7%€171.16€74.02n/a35
Feb ’25€132.52
€128.41
-3.1%
16.7%€170.63€69.17n/a34
Jan ’25€123.26
€124.48
+1.0%
17.3%€169.16€68.58n/a34
Dec ’24€120.80
€123.30
+2.1%
16.2%€168.61€68.36€129.7634
Nov ’24€112.12
€133.60
+19.2%
16.1%€174.25€70.64€125.6234
Oct ’24€130.98
€135.95
+3.8%
15.5%€174.68€70.82€112.4235
Sep ’24€122.86
€132.90
+8.2%
15.7%€170.14€68.98€105.4636
Aug ’24€136.16
€124.41
-8.6%
17.1%€168.24€88.21€125.4036
Jul ’24€117.50
€118.73
+1.0%
16.0%€169.53€87.06€140.3034
Jun ’24€104.08
€121.11
+16.4%
15.8%€171.94€88.29€132.1232
May ’24€103.38
€129.21
+25.0%
14.4%€173.34€89.41€149.8833
Apr ’24€115.14
€130.94
+13.7%
14.5%€175.16€90.35€153.7634
Mar ’24€113.54
€133.93
+18.0%
13.8%€180.10€92.89€145.2434
Feb ’24€101.86
€116.01
+13.9%
18.1%€164.95€73.31€132.5234
Jan ’24€80.63
€121.87
+51.2%
17.9%€168.48€74.88€123.2634
Dec ’23€96.71
€126.41
+30.7%
16.8%€173.05€94.22€120.8033

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 23:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Airbnb, Inc. is covered by 56 analysts. 43 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James CordwellAtlantic Equities LLP
Colin SebastianBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research