Airbnb Expected to Increase IPO Target Price
American vacation rental platform, Airbnb, Inc., is planning on increasing their Initial Public Offering (IPO) target price from between $44 and $50 to a range between $55 and $60 per share, giving the company a projected valuation of up to $42 billion with the anticipation of selling 50 million IPO shares. Their stock market debut is set to take place on Thursday under the NASDAQ ticker listing symbol ABNB.
The raised target share price is over double the $18 billion Airbnb was valued at as a private company in the past year or so. It also significantly raises the company’s value from the $31 billion privately raised funding goal it reached in 2017.
Online prepared food delivery service Door Dash is also set to debut its IPO on Tuesday with an initial offering of around 33 million shares priced between $90 and $95 each, which is also an increase from the original projected IPO price of between $75 and $80 per share. Door Dash trading is set to begin on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
Ann Sullivan is a contributing staff writer covering national and world news topics. She brings dedicated experience having written international and domestic news, blogs, and web content for over 20 years. She’s also a published poet and graphic designer with degrees in Business and Graphic Communications and has been a music distributor, music industry sponsorship sales director and band manager.