Airbnb Inc vs Royal Caribbean Group

Airbnb Inc (ABNB) is overvalued and Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) is slightly undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, RCL trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +5%, against -93% for ABNB.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Airbnb Inc (ABNB)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $83.63; the price of $161.81 is 93% above that value, and 71% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 71/100 on 6 of 12 signals

Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $247.87; the price of $234.89 is 5% below that value, and 69% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 45/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricABNBRCL
VerdictOvervaluedSlightly undervalued
Price$161.81$234.89
Intrinsic value$83.63$247.87
Margin of safety-93%+5%
Leak Score71/100 (6/12)45/100 (10/12)
Market cap$96.9B$63.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years29.5%52.0%
Operating margin21.2%27.1%
Net margin20.4%23.5%
Return on equity34.5%45.3%
Debt to equity0.322.30
P/E36.8x14.5x
Forward P/E25.9x11.6x
P/B12.2x6.1x
Dividend yield2.3%

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