Airbnb (AIRB) confidentially files for IPO

Bloomberg reports that Airbnb (AIRB) has confidentially filed paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering.

The price range and number of shares will be determined at a later date.

Airbnb was valued at $18B during an April fundraising round, slashed from the prior $31B value due to the pandemic's impact on the travel industry.

Last week, Bloomberg sources said Airbnb's Q2 revenue dropped at least 67% Y/Y. Bookings were down 30% Y/Y in June, a large improvement on May's 70% decline.

IPOs this week : April 13 - 17, 20 (wk 16)

IPO lockup expirations

• Owl Rock Capital (NYSE:ORCC) is up 33% over the last week just ahead of the 270-day lockup period expiring for sales of blocks of two-thirds of positions. 
• Former Post Holdings (NYSE:POST) subsidiary BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) has an IPO share lockup expiration date of April 15. Shares of BRBR trade 21% above where the IPO was priced. 

Upcoming IPOs
As the pandemic continues on, it appears more unlikely that some of the blockbuster IPOs expected this year will fire off. That list includes

• Cole Haan (CLHN), Airbnb (AIRB), Postmates (POSTM), Robinhood (HOOD), Snowflake (SNOW), DoorDash (DASH), Asana (ASAN) Instacart (CART), Wish, Palantir (PLTR), Rackspace [owned by Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO)], Didi Chuxing (DIDI), Topgolf [Callaway Golf (NYSE:ELY) has a stake], Stripe (STRIP), Madewell (MDWL) [a Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) retail partner] and McAfee [Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has a stake].