Airbnb Q1 2026 earnings: revenue beat, profit miss
Key takeaways
- The company reported $2.7 billion in revenue, an 18% increase versus the same quarter a year ago.
- Wall Street had penciled in 29 cents per share and $2.62 billion in revenue, per CNBC.
- Gross booking value, which includes host payouts, service charges, cleaning fees, and taxes, rose to $29.2 billion.
Airbnb Q1 2026 earnings: revenue beat, profit miss Quartz · Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers / Getty Images Colleen Cabili Fri, May 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM GMT+7 2 min read ABNB Airbnb posted mixed first-quarter results on Thursday, beating revenue and gross booking value expectations while falling short on profit, and raised its full-year revenue outlook.
The company reported $2.7 billion in revenue, an 18% increase versus the same quarter a year ago. On the bottom line, net income reached $160 million, equivalent to 26 cents per share, compared with $154 million, or 24 cents per share, twelve months prior. Adjusted EBITDA was $519 million, up 24% year-over-year.
Wall Street had penciled in 29 cents per share and $2.62 billion in revenue, per CNBC. The $519 million adjusted EBITDA result also cleared the $485 million consensus estimate.