All signs indicate that this is a high-quality business, despite what the valuation might say.Despite many tech-focused enterprises putting up impressive returns in the past year and a half, they still remain well off their peak prices. This one booming business fits squarely into that category. Investors should therefore take a closer look at the opportunity.I'm talking about Airbnb (ABNB -1.63%), which just reported what I thought was another strong quarter that benefited from healthy travel demand. Share ...

This dominant internet-enabled enterprise should be on your investment radar right now.A poster child of the so-called gig economy, most investors have surely heard about Airbnb (ABNB -1.63%) by now. This company has a presence in almost every country across the globe, and its name has become synonymous with booking getaways.The travel stock hasn't been the best for its shareholders. As of this writing, it's down 33% from its peak price. But the valuation is compelling at a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.Bef ...

Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:ABNB) stock is down 1.1% to trade at $147.53 at last check, as the shares continue to struggle following a negative post-earnings reaction earlier this month. In fact, over the last week of trading, the equity has shed 7.5%. The $146 level is keeping the stock in check, however, and this latest pullback could have bullish implications.According to data from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, Airbnb stock is within one standard deviation of its 126-day moving average, whi ...

There's a long runway of growth ahead for Airbnb.Investors haven't been pleased with Airbnb's (ABNB -0.83%) growth rate decelerating, but the company is facing a natural slowdown as the post-pandemic boom in travel spending ends. In this video, Travis Hoium explains why this isn't a big concern for investors.*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of April 11, 2024. The video was published on May 13, 2024. ...

Relatively strong earnings results from Shopify and Roblox were overshadowed by questions about the outlook for the rest of the year and whether consumers will keep up the online shopping and in-game spending.In this podcast, Motley Fool host Dylan Lewis and analysts Ron Gross and Andy Cross discuss:Disney's path to streaming profitability.Warnings from Shopify and Roblox that growth in the back half of 2024 might be a bit lighter.The Trade Desk's relative strength in a tough earnings environment.Airbnb bra ...

This week was filled with more earnings reports headlined by some of our own companies, like Fiverr, travel companies such as Airbnb (non investment), while also seeing the divergence between Starbucks and Dutch Bros (big!).We also got jobless claims, ano while it was a single date point and one that is historically volatile, we think it could be the early sign of a cooling jobs market. This supports our view that the FED can get an all clear to cut by Q3 as economic activity moderates. Now onto the data! ...

These stocks are both profitable, but facing very different operating landscapes.While changing investor sentiment can drive steep fluctuations in the market and individual stocks, great businesses don't vanish overnight. Looking beyond share prices alone at the underlying company you plan to buy can help you separate the wheat from the chaff in your portfolio.Being selective about the types of stocks you buy while ensuring you only choose businesses that you plan to hold for a minimum of five years can hel ...

Airbnb is down on its latest report, but investors are missing the forest for the trees.Airbnb's (ABNB -0.50%) first-quarter earnings report was fresh off the press on May 8. Despite solid beats on the top and bottom lines, investors sold the stock the following day as second-quarter guidance came up short. Shares lost 7%, a significant one-day sell-off for the travel leader.Revenue increased 18% year over year to $2.14 billion last quarter, ahead of the $2.06 billion consensus, while earnings per share mor ...

Airbnb (ABNB) reported adjusted earnings of 41 cents per share for first-quarter 2024, which jumped from 18 cents per share reported in the year-ago quarter. The bottom line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 78.3%.Revenues of $2.14 billion increased 18% on a reported basis, as well as on an FX-neutral basis, year over year. The top line also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.7%.The year-over-year increase was driven by continued strength in travel demand and the timing of the Easter holiday. Co ...

In the late 1970s, Louis Navellier – then a college student, now a senior analyst at InvestorPlace – accidentally beat the market. By running financial data through a Wells Fargo mainframe computer (an enormous privilege at the time!), he came across a model that beat the S&P 500 by a considerable margin.Since then, he’s developed his system into Portfolio Grader, a quantitative stock-picking system that has trounced the market. It’s found picks like Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) at $6… Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) at under $1 ...