Airbnb Q4 earnings: 'Now is time to expand beyond our core business'

Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ: ABNB) is trading up in extended hours after reporting market-beating revenue for its fourth financial quarter.

Why else is Airbnb stock up in after-hours?

The stock is being rewarded also on encouraging guidance for the future. Airbnb now forecasts its revenue to fall between $2.03 billion and $2.07 billion in its current fiscal quarter.

Analysts, in comparison, were at $2.03 billion. Brian Chesky – the chief executive of Airbnb said in a letter to shareholders today:

He did confirm the Israel-Hamas war affected business in October but said guest demand remained strong otherwise. In fact, $ABNB that recently bought Gameplanner.AI (read more) noted "double-digit supply growth across all regions" in Q4.

Notable figures in Airbnb Q4 earnings release

• Lost $349 million that translates to 55 cents per share
• Had $319 million in net income last year (48 cents a share)
• Adjusted earnings printed at $738 million as per the earnings report
• Revenue jumped 17% year-over-year to $2.22 billion
• Consensus was $645 million earnings on $2.17 billion revenue
• Average daily rates climbed 3.0% to $157 in the fourth quarter
• Ended the year with 7.7 million active listings - up 18% YoY

$ABNB saw a better-than-expected 12% annualised increase in nights and experiences booked to 98.8 million while gross booking value popped 15% to $15.5 billion in Q4. CEO Chesky also said on Tuesday: