Airbnb: 67% Growth, 49% Margins, 8% Of Market Cap Is Cash

Seeking Alpha2022-02-06

SummaryAt one point Airbnb was a victim of the pandemic. It now stands to benefit from pent-up demand.Airbnb has seen a complete recovery over pre-pandemic levels and recently generated 37% GAAP net ...

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We can see that ABNB trades just under 14x 2030e earnings.Seeking AlphaBased on the projected 18% exit growth rate, I could see ABNB trading at a 1.5x price to earnings growth ratio (‘PEG ratio’), or around 27x earnings. That suggests only 100% upside over the next nine years, for annualized returns of 8%. ABNB’s strong margin profile does arguably warrant a higher multiple, but 8% returns aren’t going to cut it in the current environment. The key is to understand that the 2030 estimate for earnings represents only a 26% net margin relative to the 2030 estimate for revenues.Seeking AlphaConsidering the company just generated 37% net margins in the latest quarter, consensus earnings estimates appear to be too conservative.ABNB has $7.9 billion of cash & equivalents on its balance sheet - making up over 8% of the current market cap. It also has $2 billion of 2026 convertible notes which have a conversion price of $360.80 per share (net of capped calls). 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