Do you still have some items to buy on your holiday shopping list?

What about your holiday stock shopping list?

Today is Thursday, December 18th. Welcome to Motley Fool Money. I'm your host today, Jason Hall,

and I'm joined by Motley Fool analysts Dan Kaplanar and John Kwas to discuss some of our favorite

hidden gem stocks that look like great buys as 2025 comes to a close. Get ready for a fun, foolish roundtable

discussion. If I say hidden gems, you probably think I'm talking about small, esoteric

companies that nobody's ever heard of, right? That's true, but it's not the only place that

you can find hidden gems. And on today's show, we have three giants in their respective industries.

Airbnb is one of those dominant companies, and John, you brought it to the table. It's a name

that people think of when describing the entire short-term stays industry now. It's become the

verb, too. Since the first day of trading post-IPO, the stock's up almost

double, but it peaked like a month later, and it's way down since then in early 2021.

John, why is this on your list as a hidden gym stock worth buying?

Yeah, well, let me give you my elevator pitch here for Airbnb to start it off.

So people aren't giving up this short-term rental model.

Airbnb is the dominant player in the space, and I think it has a brand moat, and it's printing

cash like few companies do.

Eventually, these factors should make Airbnb stock a

winner. I know it hasn't performed great in recent years, but I think that it will eventually

catch up. Let's talk about one of the traits I like of a hidden gem, and that's reasonable

growth in an expanding market. So Airbnb is growing its revenue at a double-digit

pays 10% in the most recent quarter, expecting high single-digit in the upcoming quarter.

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