What if you invested in Airbnb in 2020?
ABNB · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Airbnb in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,540(+154%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,540 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $1,565.
Try a different start date
Pick any month and year to see what Airbnb would be worth.
Compare Airbnb to another stock
See how Airbnb stacks up since 2020, head to head.
What if Airbnb keeps this up?
Project forward with custom growth rates. See 5-30 year scenarios.
Growth of $1,000
Airbnb vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2020 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Airbnb starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $146.80 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $183.63 | $1,251 | +25.1% |
| 2022 | $153.97 | $1,049 | -16.2% |
| 2023 | $111.11 | $757 | -27.8% |
| 2024 | $144.14 | $982 | +29.7% |
| 2025 | $131.17 | $894 | -9% |
| 2026 | $129.37 | $881 | -1.4% |
What this return means
A $1,000 bet on Airbnb (ABNB) at the start of 2020 did not work out. That stake is worth $975 as of 2026-06-01, a -2.5% move that left you with less than you started with after 6.6 years.
That averages out to -0.4% a year, meaning the position shrank in compound terms across the 6.6-year window. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $2,540 on the same stake, edging out Airbnb by close to $1,565. The index compounded at about 15.2% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2024 at +29.7%, and the worst was 2023 at -27.8%. At its lowest point the position was down about 39% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Airbnb at the close of every month from December 2020 through June 2026 means 67 buys and $6,700 contributed over about 5.6 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$7,175
+7.1% on $6,700 in
Same $6,700, all in at the start
$6,531
-2.5% on $6,700 in
Spreading the buys out beat going all in at the start by $644. That happens when the price spent time below where it began, so averaging in caught the cheaper months. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $133.63 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from ABNB split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
More Consumer investments
Compare returns across the sector
Related reading
Deep dives and analysis
Numbers worth sharing
Occasional data drops when something interesting surfaces. No schedule, just signal.
For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.