Lyft (LYFT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lyft, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand ridesharing in the United States and Canada. It operates multimodal transportation networks that offer access to various transportation options through the Lyft platform and mobile-based applications. The company's platform provides a ridesharing marketplace, which connects drivers with riders; Express Drive, a car rental program for drivers; and a network of shared bikes and scooters in various cities to address the needs of riders for short trips. It also offers centralized tools and enterprise transportation solutions, such as concierge transportation solutions for organizations; Lyft Pink subscription plans; Lyft Pass commuter programs; first-mile and last-mile services; and university safe rides programs. The company was formerly known as Zimride, Inc. and changed its name to Lyft, Inc. in April 2013. Lyft, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $15.25 to $15.79
• 50-Day Range: $13.42 to $16.45
• 52-Week Range: $9.66 to $19.07
• Volume: 8.40 million shs
• Average Volume: 18.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 65.67
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $16.70
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lyft Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lyft scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 189th out of 664 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lyft has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 22 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lyft has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 122.73%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Lyft are expected to grow by 122.73% in the coming year, from $0.22 to $0.49 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lyft is 65.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lyft is 65.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 52.33.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Lyft has a PEG Ratio of 2.54. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lyft has a P/B Ratio of 8.72. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

16.25% of the float of Lyft has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lyft has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lyft has recently increased by 6.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Lyft does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Lyft does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.37

Percentage of Shares Shorted

16.25% of the float of Lyft has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lyft has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lyft has recently increased by 6.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Lyft has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 37 news articles for Lyft this week, compared to 28 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

37 people have searched for LYFT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 42% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

14 people have added Lyft to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 56% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lyft insiders have bought 55.96% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $99,966.00 in company stock and sold $64,096.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.07% of the stock of Lyft is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.07% of the stock of Lyft is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LYFT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LYFT shares performed this year?

Lyft's stock was trading at $12.90 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, LYFT shares have increased by 21.7% and is now trading at $15.6970.

How were Lyft's earnings last quarter?

Lyft, Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 6th. The ride-sharing company reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.17. The company's revenue was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Lyft buying back stock?

Lyft's Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, February 11th 2025, which authorizes the company to buy back $500,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 8.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

When did Lyft IPO?

Lyft (LYFT) raised $2 billion in an initial public offering on Friday, March 29th 2019. The company issued 30,800,000 shares at $62.00-$68.00 per share. J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, Jefferies, UBS Securities, Stifel, Nicolaus, RBC Capital Markets and KeyBanc Capital Markets acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Cowen, Raymond James, Canaccord Genuity, Evercore ISI, Piper Jaffray, JMP Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, KKR, Academy Securities, Blaylock Van, Penserra, Siebert Cisneros, The Williams Capital Group, CastleOak Securities, C.L. King & Associates, Drexel Hamilton, Great Pacific Securities, Loop Capital Markets, Mischler Financial Group, Samuel A. Ramirez, R. Seelaus and Tigress Financial Partners were co-managers.

Who are Lyft's major shareholders?

Lyft's top institutional shareholders include AQR Capital Management LLC (5.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%), Marshall Wace LLP (1.31%) and Primecap Management Co. CA (1.12%). Insiders that own company stock include John David Risher, Erin Brewer, Prashant Aggarwal, Lindsay Catherine Llewellyn, John Patrick Zimmer, Lisa Blackwood-Kapral, Logan Green, Kristin Sverchek, Dave Stephenson, Mary Agnes Wilderotter and Jill Beggs.
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How do I buy shares of Lyft?

Shares of LYFT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Lyft own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Lyft investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Humana (HUM), Uber Technologies (UBER) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2025
• Today: 8/21/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SERVICES
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LYFT
• CIK: 1759509
• Web: www.lyft.com
• Phone: (844) 250-2773
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,934
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lyft: $16.70
• High Price Target: $28.00
• Low Price Target: $10.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 32 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.24
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 64.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 70.77
• P/E Growth: 2.54
• Net Income: $22.78 million
• Net Margins: 1.51%
• Pretax Margin: 1.60%
• Return on Equity: 14.32%
• Return on Assets: 1.97%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.72
• Current Ratio: 0.70
• Quick Ratio: 0.70

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.79 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.09
• Cash Flow: $0.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 59.56
• Book Value: $1.80 per share
• Price / Book: 8.65

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 406,440,000
• Free Float: 393,963,000
• Market Cap: $6.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.26