Lyft (LYFT) Competitors

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LYFT or ABNB?

Airbnb has higher revenue and earnings than Lyft. Airbnb 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	1.19	$22.78M	$0.24	70.88
Airbnb	$11.58B	6.97	$2.65B	$4.13	31.46

Is LYFT or ABNB more profitable?

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Lyft's net margin of 1.51%. Airbnb's return on equity of 32.19% beat Lyft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	1.51%	14.32%	1.97%
Airbnb	22.67%	32.19%	11.03%

Which has more volatility and risk, LYFT or ABNB?

Lyft has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LYFT or ABNB?

83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Airbnb shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend LYFT or ABNB?

Lyft currently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential downside of 1.04%. Airbnb has a consensus target price of $142.72, indicating a potential upside of 9.86%. Given Airbnb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	20 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Airbnb	5 Sell rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Does the media prefer LYFT or ABNB?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 12 more articles in the media than Lyft. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Airbnb and 35 mentions for Lyft. Airbnb's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Lyft's score of 0.76 indicating that Airbnb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lyft	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Airbnb	35 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Airbnb beats Lyft on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.