You are trying to find that next hot stock to invest in so you can tell your friends you found the next tesla. Well it just might be sooner than you thought. The Airbnb IPO is going to be a good one considering they have valuations in the $30 billion range. But does that mean you should invest in Airbnb and most important when is the Airbnb IPO? Maybe not most, but still.

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0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Airbnb's State of Affairs Today
1:52 - How Much is Airbnb Worth?
3:21 - Is Airbnb Getting More Popular?
4:18 - Airbnb Competitors
5:27 - Airbnb Scams
6:28 - Is Airbnb Worth it to Invest in?

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https://www.phocuswire.com/airbnb-ipo....

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epgvm...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/43k7z...

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Airbnb filed for its IPO on August 19,2020 so when are they going to become a public company? People thought the end of August, but we are in October now and there is still no Airbnb on the stock exchange. Now they are considering going public in December, which I think is good news considering the election happens in November. Hopefully, that goes well.

Let’s first talk about how Airbnb handled the whole pandemic considering they did lose about 67% in revenue and had to lay off a 25% reduction in their work force. The thing with Airbnb though is that they don’t have any assets themselves, except for the apartment building they are trying to build. A hotel has property and well rooms and things to take care of to ensure each guest has a great time during their stay.

How much is Airbnb worth though? Now that is a tough question to answer because it was worth about $38 billion, but now is only worth around $18 billion. Of course, companies’ values will change depending on revenue and their potential room for growth and this is where I think Airbnb will excel. They do have a ton of potential to grow in the future if people are going to continue booking Airbnbs, but they might run into some struggles with short term rental restrictions in some states and counties.

There’s a great technical study on Airbnb that I will link down below that looks at the listings, revenue, and a bunch of other things. I can just go over the details of it super quick. The number of active listings is increasing, which is certainly good for the company sitting around 5.8 million listings all around the world.

Let’s just get into the competitors they have around. There are the obvious ones like hotel chains, but they also have more short term rental companies like VRBO and booking.com, which is owned by Expedia, a much larger company than Airbnb. They might have the funds, but do they have the traction to beat out some of the market share currently owned by Airbnb?

Lastly, I want to talk about some scams Airbnb has faced in the recent years. They have rectified some of them, but of course the scams might come back, and new ones might pop up too. The biggest scam is that people will book a listing, the person says its not ready, but they have this other place you can stay at while they fix a leak or whatever it is. Turns out the other place is awful, run down and sometimes other people live there.

So, what’s the verdict, should you invest in Airbnb after the IPO?