Lyft (LYFT) Competitors

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

Is ALIT or LYFT more profitable?

Alight has a net margin of -3.68% compared to Lyft's net margin of -37.33%. Alight's return on equity of 3.07% beat Lyft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alight	-3.68%	3.07%	1.42%
Lyft	-37.33%	-151.57%	-20.57%

Which has more volatility & risk, ALIT or LYFT?

Alight has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ALIT or LYFT?

95.7% of Alight shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Alight shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALIT or LYFT?

Lyft received 275 more outperform votes than Alight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alight	Outperform Votes 12 63.16%	Underperform Votes 7 36.84%
Lyft	Outperform Votes 287 60.29%	Underperform Votes 189 39.71%

Do analysts recommend ALIT or LYFT?

Alight presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.20%. Lyft has a consensus price target of $16.15, suggesting a potential upside of 68.55%. Given Lyft's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than Alight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alight	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	27 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15

Which has better earnings and valuation, ALIT or LYFT?

Alight has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyft. Alight 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
Alight	$3.13 billion	1.58	-$62 million	-$0.26	-34.11
Lyft	$4.22 billion	0.86	-$1.58 billion	-$4.39	-2.18

Does the media refer more to ALIT or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 10 more articles in the media than Alight. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Lyft and 2 mentions for Alight. Alight's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Lyft's score of -0.34 indicating that Alight is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alight	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Alight beats Lyft on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.