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Lyft, Inc. (LYFT)

Technology | Software - Application | San Francisco, United States | NasdaqGS
15.67 USD +0.06 (0.384%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 15.62 -0.05 (-0.050%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:49 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:52 a.m. EDT

Lyft presents a classic 'value trap' scenario where attractive valuation metrics mask deteriorating operational reality. While the stock trades at a fraction of its sales price and boasts a low P/E, the underlying business is bleeding cash with negative operating margins and a return on assets that is effectively zero. The multi-year price trajectory confirms this structural weakness, having lost over three-quarters of its value since 2019 despite recent quarterly earnings growth; this suggests the market is discounting future profitability concerns that current numbers haven't yet reflected. The recent price action shows a fragile recovery, bouncing off the 50-day average but still lagging the 200-day line, indicating weak underlying demand. Options activity reflects this uncertainty, with traders betting on a volatile swing rather than a sustained rally. Without a clear path to profitability or a dominant competitive moat against rivals like Uber, the long-term outlook remains neutral-to-negative, making this a speculative play on a potential turnaround rather than a core investment.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.044390
AutoETS0.044391
MSTL0.047404
AutoTheta0.053164
MSTL_740.097933
MSTL_1150.141168
MSTL_74_1150.179717

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 2.62
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.622
Excess Kurtosis -0.04
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Debt to Equity Ratio 42.616
Revenue per Share 16.096
Market Cap 5,949,625,344
Trailing P/E 2.29
Forward P/E 7.49
Beta 1.81
Profit Margins 43.82%
Website https://www.lyft.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:52 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile bounce rather than a trend. Call volume is heavily skewed toward strikes just above the current price (16.0, 17.0), creating a significant resistance wall, while deep out-of-the-money calls show new flow at 24.0 and 25.0, suggesting a hope for a sharp spike. Conversely, put writing is aggressive at lower strikes (12.0, 13.0), establishing a floor, but there is also notable new call buying at 19.0 and 20.0 expiring in August and September. The implied volatility surface shows elevated premiums for deep OTM strikes, indicating a market pricing in a binary event or a high-beta move rather than steady appreciation.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.046246648
Address1 185 Berry Street
Address2 Suite 400
All Time High 88.6
All Time Low 7.85
Ask 16.58
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 12,029,450
Average Daily Volume3 Month 14,161,598
Average Volume 14,161,598
Average Volume10Days 12,029,450
Beta 1.805
Bid 14.79
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 4
Book Value 7.91
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 15.67
Current Ratio 0.583
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 16.056
Day Low 15.54
Debt To Equity 42.616
Display Name Lyft
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,187,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,187,600
Earnings Growth 4.889
Earnings Quarterly Growth 4.551
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,184,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,960,000
Ebitda -6,679,000
Ebitda Margins -0.00102
Enterprise To Ebitda -826.206
Enterprise To Revenue 0.847
Enterprise Value 5,518,230,528
Eps Current Year 1.55834
Eps Forward 2.09259
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.84
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 14.165
Fifty Day Average Change 1.5050001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.106247805
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 4.624665
Fifty Two Week High 25.54
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.870001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.38645265
Fifty Two Week Low 12.46
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.21
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2576244
Fifty Two Week Range 12.46 - 25.54
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,553,866,200,000
Float Shares 341,448,501
Forward Eps 2.09259
Forward P E 7.4883275
Free Cashflow 1,217,614,848
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 3,913
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.35622
Gross Profits 2,321,303,040
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01328
Held Percent Institutions 1.0846499
Implied Shares Outstanding 379,682,532
Industry Software - Application
Industry Disp Software - Application
Industry Key software-application
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
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 5,949,625,344
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_58995029
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 2,855,691,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,926,844,324
Number Of Analyst Opinions 36
Open 15.725
Operating Cashflow 1,188,882,944
Operating Margins -0.0032300001
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.15
Phone 844 250 2773
Post Market Change -0.049900055
Post Market Change Percent -0.31844324
Post Market Price 15.6201
Post Market Time 1,783,986,552
Previous Close 15.61
Price Eps Current Year 10.0555725
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.9810367
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.91299844
Profit Margins 0.43822
Quick Ratio 0.431
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.46512
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0600004
Regular Market Change Percent 0.384372
Regular Market Day High 16.056
Regular Market Day Low 15.54
Regular Market Day Range 15.54 - 16.056
Regular Market Open 15.725
Regular Market Previous Close 15.61
Regular Market Price 15.67
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 8,378,342
Return On Assets -0.01245
Return On Equity 1.47808
Revenue Growth 0.138
Revenue Per Share 16.096
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 379,682,532
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.241
Shares Short 91,519,638
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 89,536,371
Short Name Lyft, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.2432
Short Ratio 6.35
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol LYFT
Target High Price 30.0
Target Low Price 14.0
Target Mean Price 19.04167
Target Median Price 18.0
Total Cash 1,720,935,040
Total Cash Per Share 4.533
Total Debt 1,289,539,968
Total Revenue 6,516,577,792
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 6.84
Trailing P E 2.2909355
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.148
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.909525
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.2395248
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.07330335
Type Disp Equity
Volume 8,378,342
Website https://www.lyft.com
Zip 94,107