Lyft (LYFT) Competitors

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and AerCap (NYSE:AER) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LYFT or AER?

AerCap has higher revenue and earnings than Lyft. AerCap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lyft	$5.79B	0.90	$22.78M	$0.06	207.67
AerCap	$8.00B	2.47	$3.14B	$10.81	9.79

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LYFT or AER?

AerCap received 238 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.30% of users gave AerCap an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lyft	Outperform Votes 320 50.87%	Underperform Votes 309 49.13%
AerCap	Outperform Votes 558 74.30%	Underperform Votes 193 25.70%

Is LYFT or AER more profitable?

AerCap has a net margin of 32.38% compared to Lyft's net margin of 0.39%. AerCap's return on equity of 13.98% beat Lyft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%
AerCap	32.38%	13.98%	3.28%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LYFT or AER?

83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of AerCap shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AerCap shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend LYFT or AER?

Lyft presently has a consensus target price of $16.45, suggesting a potential upside of 32.05%. AerCap has a consensus target price of $118.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.54%. Given Lyft's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than AerCap.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	27 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.28
AerCap	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to LYFT or AER?

In the previous week, AerCap had 8 more articles in the media than Lyft. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for AerCap and 30 mentions for Lyft. AerCap's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Lyft's score of 0.32 indicating that AerCap is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lyft	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AerCap	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, LYFT or AER?

Lyft has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AerCap has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AerCap beats Lyft on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.