@Mike-And-Jane0
Buying a house without a survey is a risk. Buying a car without an engineer looking at it is a risk too. I've bought a house with dry rot and a car with a knackered engine. Never again.
Airbnb financials are being scrutinised currently to search out the rot and find things which are not working, also the current market situation with pending court cases and arbitrations will be being watched like hawks. These don't happen every year and so can't be reported historically. The numbers of hosts being reduced due to their treatment over Covid cancellations by switching to other platforms and guests holding travel voucher values will all need financing and both will be an influence. The finance guys will be seeking affirmation of those numbers, and not just be thinking the sun has started shining from another direction.
If Airbnb lose out to Apple in their court case over their 30% claim in revenue for each and every experience - each being an online (inline) purchase and subject to contractual charges of which all the "Online Experiences"may be subjected to, then THAT future doesn't look so rosy, does it??
Maintaining a transparent trading position, and explaining the logical reasons why a host with a cancellation NEEDS to pay for the privilege of having income taken away, or why guests requiring customer services are being delayed attention until 14 days before check-in, (and more customer service staff will not be on hand until after the next quarterly figures) or where the money will be coming from to pay out on all those travel vouchers issued will all be questions the financial specialists will want to know answers to.
Judging by @Stephen285 's experience and his guests' experience - whatever the reason - Airbnb are doing a grand job at making nobody happy currently.
Those financial investors won't want to be investing in a rot ridden infrastructure or an engine without legs. They're not that naive. I know them, I've worked with them. Just being a 'Tech' stock is not that attractive if it just doesn't make profit.