Airbnb slides after Q4 EBITDA margin forecast disappoints
** Airbnb ABNB.O shares fall 5.1% to $139.8 premarket
** Home rental firm reported Q3 rev of $3.73 bln, narrowly beating Street estimates of $3.72 bln - LSEG data
** Q3 profit was $2.13/shr vs estimates of $2.14/shr
** For Q4, ABNB expects to deliver revenue in a range of $2.39 bln to $2.44 bln, mid-point of which is above analysts' estimates of $2.41 bln
** "Q4 2024 Adjusted EBITDA Margin is expected to decline relative to the same time period last year due to higher marketing and product development expenses," ABNB said in a letter to shareholders
** "Encouraging demand trends were overshadowed by a disappointing margin outlook," Jefferies analyst said
** "While the better top-line outlook removes one overhang, lower Q4 EBITDA margin outlook creates another," Baird analysts' said
** "Adjusted EBITDA guidance is ~$650 mln, well below consensus estimates of $725 mln due to incremental marketing expenses in part to support new growth opportunities," they added
** ABNB up 8.4% YTD
Reporting by Abhinav Parmar in Bengaluru
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