Lyft vs WEX
LYFT and WEX side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LYFT and WEX compare
Lyft and WEX are about the same size, with market caps of $6.3B and $5.9B.
On earnings, Lyft is cheaper: it trades at 2.4× trailing earnings, against 15.4× for WEX.
Lyft grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.1% versus 9.7% for WEX).
Lyft keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 40.7% compared with 14.0% at WEX.
WEX scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Lyft), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LYFT | WEX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3B | $5.9B |
| Share price | $16.61 | $179.49 |
| Change, 1 year | −31.3% | 21.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −65.0% | 31.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.64 | 1.02 |
| Employees | 3,913 | 6,600 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 2.4× (better) | 15.4× |
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 2.0× |
| P/B | 2.1× (better) | 5.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 5.9× |
| PEG | – | 0.66 |
| FCF yield | – | −5.3% |
| Fair value | – | $312.41 |
| Margin of safety | – | 42.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.1% (better) | 9.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 21.7% (better) | 11.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 1765% (better) | 42.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 1806% (better) | 51.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 47.4% | 60.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | −2.3% | 26.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 40.7% (better) | 14.0% |
| FCF margin | – | −10.8% |
| Return on equity | 158% (better) | 35.6% |
| Return on invested capital | −14.5% | 46.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.35 (better) | 4.62 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.05 |
| Interest coverage | −6.8× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.60 | 1.03 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | −0.08 | 0.82 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 8.7% (better) | 4.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 8.7% (better) | 4.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 121% |
| Held by insiders | 6.6% | 11.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.2M (better) | −$53.6M |
| Short interest, % of float | 22.8% | 9.2% |
Go deeper
- LYFT stock overview
- LYFT income statement
- LYFT valuation and score
- WEX stock overview
- WEX income statement
- WEX valuation and score
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