Technology · Software - Application
Price
$14.27
Market Cap
$5.4B
Employees
2,934
Beta
1.82
Avg Volume
14,312,653
CEO
John David Risher
Business Description
Lyft, Inc. facilitates a comprehensive, on-demand transportation platform spanning the United States and Canada. Its core mission involves offering users personalized and immediate access to diverse mobility solutions through its multimodal network. Among its primary services is the Ridesharing Marketplace, which seamlessly connects drivers with passengers. For drivers, the company provides Express Drive, a flexible program for vehicle rentals. Consumers can also utilize Lyft Rentals for longer-distance travel needs. Furthermore, in numerous urban centers, Lyft operates a fleet of shared bikes and scooters, ideal for shorter journeys. The Lyft app enhances its utility by incorporating public transit data, thereby expanding the array of available transport options for users. Beyond these offerings, the company also provides access to autonomous vehicles, specialized enterprise transportation solutions (including concierge services for organizations), and subscription benefits through its Lyft Pink plans. Additional services include Lyft Pass commuter programs, first-mile and last-mile connectivity, and university safe rides initiatives. Established in 2007, the company initially operated as Zimride, Inc. before officially rebranding to Lyft, Inc. in April 2013. Its corporate headquarters are located in San Francisco, California.
Business History
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
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Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider
CALC Derived from statements
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
APIStock Price / EPS (Diluted)
1.97
Stock Price: $14.27
EPS (Diluted): 6.92
EPS (Diluted): 6.92
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
APIStock Price / Book Value Per Share
2.43
Stock Price: $14.27
Total Equity: $3.27B
Shares: 417,659,000
Total Equity: $3.27B
Shares: 417,659,000
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
APIEnterprise Value / EBITDA
47.51
Market Cap: $5.42B
Total Debt: $1.05B
Cash: $1.13B
EBITDA: $102.74M
Total Debt: $1.05B
Cash: $1.13B
EBITDA: $102.74M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
APIMarket Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$8.1B
Market Cap: $5.42B
Total Debt: $1.05B
Cash: $1.13B
Total Debt: $1.05B
Cash: $1.13B
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
APIGross Profit / Revenue
41.5%
Gross Profit: $2.62B
Revenue: $6.32B
Revenue: $6.32B
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
APIOperating Income / Revenue
-3.0%
Operating Income: -$188.37M
Revenue: $6.32B
Revenue: $6.32B
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
APINet Income / Revenue
45.0%
Net Income: $2.84B
Revenue: $6.32B
Revenue: $6.32B
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
APINet Income / Total Equity
150.2%
Net Income: $2.84B
Total Equity: $3.27B
Total Equity: $3.27B
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
APINOPAT / Invested Capital
275.3%
Operating Income: -$188.37M
Tax Rate: 5,441.2%
Equity: $3.27B
Total Debt: $1.05B
Cash: $1.13B
Tax Rate: 5,441.2%
Equity: $3.27B
Total Debt: $1.05B
Cash: $1.13B
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
APICurrent Assets / Current Liabilities
0.65
Current Assets: $2.92B
Current Liabilities: $4.53B
Current Liabilities: $4.53B
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALCTotal Debt / Total Equity
0.32
Short-Term Debt: $50.61M
Long-Term Debt: $1.00B
Total Debt: $1.05B
Total Equity: $3.27B
Long-Term Debt: $1.00B
Total Debt: $1.05B
Total Equity: $3.27B
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALCRevenue / Shares Outstanding
$15.12
Revenue: $6.32B
Shares: 417,659,000
Shares: 417,659,000
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$7.84
Total Equity: $3.27B
Shares: 417,659,000
Shares: 417,659,000
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$2.67
Operating CF: $1.17B
CapEx: -$52.82M
Shares: 417,659,000
CapEx: -$52.82M
Shares: 417,659,000
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
APILast Annual Dividend / Stock Price
0.0%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $14.27
Stock Price: $14.27
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: $2.84B
Net Income: $2.84B
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
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industry. One research call per industry, cached indefinitely — every stock in the same industry
reuses the same baseline.
Deep Analysis
Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.
0
Company Classification
— What type of company is this?
1
Industry Landscape
— Where is the industry headed?
2
Company Momentum
— Where is this company trending?
3
Forward Projection
— 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a
DCF Valuation
— Present value of future cash flows
4b
Earnings Power Value
— Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c
Anchored PE
— Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d
Reverse DCF
— What growth is the market pricing in?
4e
Revenue-Based DCF
— For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f
Anchored P/S
— Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g
Scenario Analysis
— Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h
Dividend Discount Model
— For dividend/income stocks only
4i
Book Value Analysis
— For deep value / turnaround stocks only
4j
Insider Activity
— Are insiders buying or selling?
4f
Cash Flow Quality
— How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g
Debt Maturity Risk
— Can it handle its debt?
4h
Macro Environment
— Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i
Sector Intelligence
— How does this company compare within its sector?
4j
Revenue Confidence
— How reliable is the growth projection?
4k
Sensitivity Analysis
— How fragile is the fair value estimate?
4l
Sector Demand Cycle
— Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5
AI Investigation
— Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b
Thesis Evaluation
— What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6
Valuation Synthesis
— Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:54pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.2B | $4.1B | $4.4B | $5.8B | $6.3B |
| Cost of Revenue | $1.7B | $2.4B | $2.5B | $3.3B | $3.7B |
| Gross Profit | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.9B | $2.4B | $2.6B |
| Operating Expenses | $2.6B | $3.1B | $2.3B | $2.6B | $2.8B |
| Operating Income | -$1.1B | -$1.5B | -$475.6M | -$118.9M | -$188.4M |
| Net Income | -$1.1B | -$1.6B | -$340.3M | $22.8M | $2.8B |
| EBITDA | -$859.9M | -$1.4B | -$189.0M | $203.2M | $102.7M |
| EPS | $-3.17 | $-4.47 | $-0.88 | $0.06 | $6.92 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:54pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $457.3M | $281.1M | $558.6M | $759.3M | $1.1B |
| Total Current Assets | $2.8B | $2.6B | $2.6B | $3.0B | $2.9B |
| Total Assets | $4.8B | $4.6B | $4.6B | $5.4B | $9.0B |
| Current Liabilities | $2.5B | $3.1B | $3.0B | $3.9B | $4.5B |
| Long-Term Debt | $655.2M | $803.2M | $839.4M | $566.0M | $1.0B |
| Total Liabilities | $3.4B | $4.2B | $4.0B | $4.7B | $5.8B |
| Total Equity | $1.3B | $388.7M | $541.5M | $767.0M | $3.3B |
| Retained Earnings | -$8.4B | -$9.9B | -$10.3B | -$10.3B | -$7.4B |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:54pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | -$101.7M | -$237.3M | -$98.2M | $849.7M | $1.2B |
| Capital Expenditure | -$79.2M | -$115.0M | -$149.8M | -$83.5M | -$52.8M |
| Free Cash Flow | -$180.9M | -$352.3M | -$248.1M | $766.3M | $1.1B |
| Acquisitions (net) | $122.7M | -$146.3M | $1.6M | $0 | -$307.3M |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$50.0M | -$500.0M |
| Net Change in Cash | $92.7M | -$139.4M | $380.0M | $174.3M | $891.3M |
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 6:23am (3h ago)| Metric | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
$8.2B $7.8B – $8.5B
|
$8.9B $8.9B – $9.0B
|
$9.6B $8.9B – $10.0B
|
$10.1B $9.4B – $10.6B
|
| EBITDA |
$2.9B $2.8B – $3.0B
|
$3.2B $3.1B – $3.2B
|
$3.4B $3.2B – $3.5B
|
$3.6B $3.3B – $3.7B
|
| Net Income |
$407.4M $383.9M – $430.9M
|
$451.6M $242.7M – $723.7M
|
$579.3M $527.1M – $612.0M
|
$640.9M $583.2M – $677.2M
|
| EPS | — | — | — | — |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:54pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +27.6% | +7.5% | +31.4% | +9.2% |
| Gross Profit Growth | +10.2% | +12.1% | +31.7% | +7.0% |
| Operating Income Growth | -28.5% | +67.4% | +75.0% | -58.4% |
| Net Income Growth | -49.2% | +78.5% | +106.7% | +12,382.5% |
| EBITDA Growth | -63.3% | +86.5% | +207.5% | -49.4% |
Insider Trading (Recent)
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 6:23am (3h ago)
Type codes
PPurchase
SSale
AAward / grant
MOption exercise
FIn-kind (tax)
CConversion
GGift
DReturn to issuer
All SEC Form 4 codes
Open market
- P Purchase
- Open-market or private purchase of shares.
- S Sale
- Open-market or private sale of shares.
Compensation (Rule 16b-3)
- A Award / grant
- Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
- D Return to issuer
- Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
- F In-kind (tax)
- Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
- I Discretionary
- Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
- M Option exercise
- Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
Derivatives
- C Conversion
- Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
- E Short expiration
- Expiration of a short derivative position.
- H Long expiration
- Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
- O OTM exercise
- Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
- X ITM exercise
- Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
Other exempt
- G Gift
- Bona fide gift of securities.
- L Small acquisition
- Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
- W Inheritance
- Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
- Z Voting trust
- Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
Other
- J Other
- Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
- K Equity swap
- Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
- U Tender / buyout
- Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.
Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Brewer Erin | S-Sale | 15,000.00 | $13.59 | $203,888 |
| 2026-06-03 | Whiteside Janey | A-Award | 18,453.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-06-03 | Stevenson Betsey | A-Award | 18,453.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-06-03 | Stephenson Dave | A-Award | 18,453.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-06-03 | Lawee David | A-Award | 18,453.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-06-03 | Hersman Deborah | A-Award | 18,453.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-06-03 | Beggs Jill | A-Award | 18,453.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-06-03 | Aggarwal Prashant | A-Award | 18,453.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-05-27 | Hope Stephen W. | S-Sale | 5,460.00 | $13.76 | $75,142 |
| 2026-05-27 | Beggs Jill | S-Sale | 2,093.00 | $13.76 | $28,798 |
| 2026-05-26 | Llewellyn Lindsay Catherine | S-Sale | 11,491.00 | $13.69 | $157,342 |
| 2026-05-20 | Llewellyn Lindsay Catherine | F-InKind | 40,309.00 | $13.18 | $531,273 |
| 2026-05-20 | Hope Stephen W. | F-InKind | 7,436.00 | $13.18 | $98,006 |
| 2026-05-20 | Brewer Erin | F-InKind | 64,804.00 | $13.18 | $854,117 |
| 2026-05-20 | Brewer Erin | G-Gift | 55,983.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-05-20 | Brewer Erin | G-Gift | 55,983.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-20 | Whiteside Janey | A-Award | 928.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-20 | Stephenson Dave | A-Award | 1,127.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-17 | Llewellyn Lindsay Catherine | S-Sale | 23,661.00 | $15.00 | $354,915 |
| 2026-02-27 | Llewellyn Lindsay Catherine | A-Award | 146,018.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
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