Airbnb gets a fresh Wall Street boost

Wall Street’s still swiping right

Airbnb is back in the analyst spotlight, and this time the message is basically: “We still like the room service.” Susquehanna lifted its price target on the travel giant to $170 from $150 and kept its Positive rating, which is the kind of tweak that can keep bullish investors feeling smug before the opening bell.

Why you should care

Airbnb has been one of those stocks that lives at the crossroads of “post-pandemic travel hero” and “can it keep growing?” So when analysts nudge targets higher, it often tells you the Street thinks the company still has some runway left — whether that’s from travel demand, better margins, or just the fact that people keep booking weirdly charming places with questionable decor.

Meanwhile, the rest of the analyst pile-up on Friday was a mixed bag for the broader consumer and tech crowd:

• McDonald’s got a target cut to $330, though Keybanc stayed Overweight.
• Nike was hit with a downgrade and a target cut to $45.
• Planet Fitness got the rough treatment, with BofA slashing its target to $59 and moving to Neutral.
• A few names like Lantheus, Block, RingCentral, Celsius, Astrana Health, and Synaptics saw target hikes.

The bigger read-through

For Airbnb, the key question isn’t whether analysts like the brand — they do. It’s whether the company can keep turning travel demand into cleaner earnings growth without the stock getting ahead of itself.

Big picture: a higher target doesn’t guarantee a moonshot, but it does tell you Wall Street still thinks Airbnb has enough gas in the tank to justify more upside.