Lyft, Inc. (LYFT)Technology | Software - Application | San Francisco, United States | NasdaqGS
14.42 USD
-0.53
(-3.545%) ⇩
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:18 p.m. EDT
Speculative short-term positioning is heavily defensive. The market is pricing in a significant downside move or liquidity event within the next month, evidenced by the massive imbalance in put buying and OI placement at lower strikes, overriding the technical price action which has recently been soft and consolidating below the 50-day average. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.221956 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.222909 |
| AutoETS | 0.223537 |
| AutoTheta | 0.233379 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 2.09 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.70 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 40.211 |
| Revenue per Share | 15.374 |
| Market Cap | 5,740,711,936 |
| Trailing P/E | 2.12 |
| Forward P/E | 7.77 |
| Beta | 1.86 |
| Profit Margins | 45.03% |
| Website | https://www.lyft.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:18 p.m. EDT: Despite significant volume in ATM strikes (15.0), option flow shows a distinct put-heavy structure for short-term expirations. For April 24th and May 15th, put volume at OTM strikes is drastically overweight compared to calls (e.g., 4.9k put volume vs. 5.5k call volume total, but specifically 4.9k vs 1.8k at key ATM strikes). Large OI walls exist at OtM strikes (e.g., 5.0, 8.0, 13.5, 14.5), suggesting defensive positioning. IV for deep ITM puts is elevated (100%+ spikes), indicating a market pricing in a downside squeeze. The near-term IV surface is skewed lower for calls than puts, reinforcing a bearish sentiment.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.31090903 |
| Address1 | 185 Berry Street |
| Address2 | Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 88.6 |
| All Time Low | 7.85 |
| Ask | 15.21 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.5 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 14,339,280 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 18,039,232 |
| Average Volume | 18,039,232 |
| Average Volume10Days | 14,339,280 |
| Beta | 1.859 |
| Bid | 13.58 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 8.166 |
| City | San Francisco |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 14.42 |
| Current Ratio | 0.645 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 14.69 |
| Day Low | 14.18 |
| Debt To Equity | 40.211 |
| Display Name | Lyft |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Growth | 45.114 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 43.63 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | -33,247,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.00526 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -157.002 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.826 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,219,835,392 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.48626 |
| Eps Forward | 1.85633 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 6.81 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 13.7267 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.69330025 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.050507423 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 31.090904 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 25.54 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -11.120001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.43539548 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 10.975 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.4449997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.31389517 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 10.975 - 25.54 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,553,866,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 317,869,014 |
| Forward Eps | 1.85633 |
| Forward P E | 7.7680154 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,190,008,832 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,913 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.33885 |
| Gross Profits | 2,140,275,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01424 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.0481601 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 398,107,602 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Lyft, Inc. operates multimodal transportation networks that offer access to various transportation options through platform and mobile based applications in the United States and internationally. The company facilitates peer-to-peer ridesharing by connecting drivers who have vehicles with riders who need a ride. It also operates Lyft Platform that provides a marketplace where drivers can be matched with riders via the Lyft mobile application. The company's platform provides a ridesharing marketplace that 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. In addition, it offers licensing and data access agreements; sells bikes and bike station software and hardware; and provides advertising services. 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. |
| Long Name | Lyft, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,740,711,936 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_58995029 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 2,844,007,936 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,510,226,493 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 37 |
| Open | 14.68 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,168,438,016 |
| Operating Margins | -0.111829996 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.15 |
| Phone | 844 250 2773 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.12930012 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.8966721 |
| Pre Market Price | 14.5493 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,771,334 |
| Previous Close | 14.95 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 9.702206 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.7658584 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9088782 |
| Profit Margins | 0.45027 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.491 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.53333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.53 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.54515 |
| Regular Market Day High | 14.69 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 14.18 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 14.18 - 14.69 |
| Regular Market Open | 14.68 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 14.95 |
| Regular Market Price | 14.42 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 22,081,798 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01456 |
| Return On Equity | 1.40774 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.027 |
| Revenue Per Share | 15.374 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 382,123,890 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.19680001 |
| Shares Short | 76,534,421 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 67,578,957 |
| Short Name | Lyft, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1985 |
| Short Ratio | 4.03 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | LYFT |
| Target High Price | 30.0 |
| Target Low Price | 13.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 19.2827 |
| Target Median Price | 18.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,837,181,056 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.615 |
| Total Debt | 1,316,305,024 |
| Total Revenue | 6,316,260,864 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 6.81 |
| Trailing P E | 2.1174743 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.148 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 17.4702 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.0501995 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.17459443 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 22,081,798 |
| Website | https://www.lyft.com |
| Zip | 94,107 |