Company Analysis

Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB)

Nasdaq: ABNB · Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2012
Grade6.3
◀ Past 6.9● Present 7.6▶ Future 4.8

The grade of Airbnb, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past6.925% of the headline
● Present7.635% of the headline
▶ Future4.840% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Airbnb, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (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?

+16.9% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 4 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Airbnb, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.8 billion in fiscal 2019 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, up 16.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 30% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span16.9%top 19% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 49% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak29.7%bottom 31% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.9% a year. 73% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 320 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Airbnb, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 73% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 320 sales (320 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 10% 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?

7.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 31%: 31¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Airbnb, Inc. earned about 31 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 46 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 41% of its family
  • return on equitytop 17% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 18% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 10% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
8.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 11% of 35 in its family; net margin 20.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Airbnb, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 8% by size; a net margin of 20.5% ranks in the top 7%; revenue growth of 13.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$12.24Btop 8% of its family
  • net margin20.5%top 7% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.4%top 19% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 20 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Airbnb, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Chesky, Brian (CEO and Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-12-09, 5.9 years (bottom 34% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (top 47%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 2%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 12 peopletop 2% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.9 yearstop 47% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.9 yearsbottom 34% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
9.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 8% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 92nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Airbnb, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $13 billion against debt of $0 thousand leaves 60.7% of its assets as net cash, top 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 38% of revenue (top 1%); a gross margin of 83% (top 6%); research spending of 19.2% of revenue (top 19%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets60.7%top 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue38.0%top 1% of its family
  • gross margin83.0%top 6% of its family
  • research spending against revenue19.2%top 19% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 39% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Airbnb, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.4% a year over the last three filed years against 16.9% over all 7, slowing (bottom 25% of its family); the newest year grew 10.3% (top 37%); research spending grew 16.2% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew -41.6% a year (bottom 20%) (its annual reports). Airbnb, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.5 points a yearbottom 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.3%top 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending16.2%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-41.6%bottom 20% 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
2.9/10

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

bottom 29% of 29 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 29th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Airbnb, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.1% below the $13 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 26% of its family); net income of $2.5 billion against a prior three-year average of $3.1 billion (bottom 40%); a net margin of 20.5% against 31.6% before (bottom 22%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.1%bottom 26% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-19%bottom 40% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-11.1 pointsbottom 22% 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 ABNB · research, not advice