Decline in ABNB’s short interest indicates Bullish sentiment

Anna Perez

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Airbnb Inc shares valued at $7,928,858 were sold by Gebbia Joseph on Dec 29 ’25. At $136.70 per share, Gebbia Joseph sold 58,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 576,015 shares worth approximately $78.18 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, BALOGH ARISTOTLE N purchased 650 shares, netting a total of over 88,803 in proceeds.

Before that, BALOGH ARISTOTLE N had sold 2,565 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $345,745, the Chief Technology Officer traded Airbnb Inc shares for $134.79 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,565 shares, worth approximately $22.41 million.

As published in a research note from RBC Capital Mkts on December 17, 2025, Airbnb Inc [ABNB] has been rated up from a Sector perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $170. Analysts at BNP Paribas Exane started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late November. Earlier on September 30, 2025, Mizuho initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for ABNB stock.

Analyzing ABNB Stock Performance

On last trading session, Airbnb Inc [NASDAQ: ABNB] plunged -0.87% to $135.72. The stock’s lowest price that day was $135.565, but it reached a high of $137.58 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.56%. Over the course of the year, Airbnb Inc shares have jumped approximately 1.75%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $163.93 on 02/14/25 and a 52-week low of $99.88 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Airbnb Inc (ABNB)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 135.00, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 134.27. In the upper region, resistance lies at 137.01. The next price resistance is at 138.30. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 69.21 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Airbnb Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Airbnb Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by -1.25 million shares to 16.95 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 18.2 million shares. A decline of -7.39% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.3 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.3.

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In terms of Airbnb Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 147 in the next 12 months, up nearly 7.37% from the previous closing price of $136.91. Analysts anticipate Airbnb Inc stock to reach 170 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 105. In spite of this, 29 analysts ranked Airbnb Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On May 30, 2025, Truist assigned a price target of “a Sell” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $106.

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