Lyft vs Uber Technologies
LYFT and UBER 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 UBER compare
Uber Technologies is the larger company, worth 22 times as much as Lyft ($144B against $6.5B).
On earnings, Lyft is cheaper: it trades at 2.5× trailing earnings, against 41.8× for Uber Technologies.
Uber Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.9% versus 10.1% for Lyft).
Lyft keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 40.7% compared with 6.1% at Uber Technologies.
Uber Technologies 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 | UBER |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.5B | $144B |
| Share price | $17.29 | $70.68 |
| Change, 1 year | −27.1% | −24.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −63.6% | 59.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.66 | 1.27 |
| Employees | 3,913 | 34K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 2.5× (better) | 41.8× |
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 2.2× (better) | 5.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 19.2× |
| P/FCF | – | 13.9× |
| FCF yield | – | 7.2% |
| Fair value | – | $63.67 |
| Margin of safety | – | −11.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.1% | 13.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 21.7% | 36.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 1765% (better) | −79.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 1806% (better) | −78.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 47.4% (better) | 43.2% |
| Operating margin | −2.3% | 12.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 40.7% (better) | 6.1% |
| FCF margin | – | 18.4% |
| Return on equity | 158% (better) | 12.4% |
| Return on invested capital | −14.5% | 16.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.35 (better) | 0.57 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.72 |
| Interest coverage | −6.8× | 14.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.60 | 1.23 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | −0.05 | 3.09 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.00% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | 8.4% (better) | 4.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 8.4% (better) | 4.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 82.6% |
| Held by insiders | 6.6% | 0.19% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.2M | $12.2M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 11 |
| Short interest, % of float | 22.8% | 2.2% |
Go deeper
- LYFT stock overview
- LYFT income statement
- LYFT valuation and score
- UBER stock overview
- UBER income statement
- UBER valuation and score
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