LYFT Stock Analysis: LYFT | NASDAQ
Software - Application | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 6.329m USD | 12M Return: -16.4% | US55087P1049 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 165M
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 97.2%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 7.4 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Lyft, Inc. is a U.S.-headquartered company that operates multimodal transportation networks through mobile applications, connecting riders with drivers in a peer-to-peer ridesharing marketplace. The platform extends beyond core ridesharing to include Express Drive (a car rental program for drivers), shared bikes and scooters for short trips, and adjacent services such as advertising, bike station hardware/software sales, and data licensing. The company was founded in 2007 as Zimride and rebranded to Lyft in April 2013, with its shares listed on NASDAQ since its 2019 IPO.
Lyft operates a two-sided marketplace business model, generating revenue primarily by taking a commission or service fee on each ride transacted between drivers and riders, a structure typical of the gig economy. It competes predominantly in the passenger ground transportation sector against larger rival Uber, and serves U.S. markets as well as select international regions through its app-based platform.
- Rides volume recovery and pricing drive top-line growth
- Uber competition pressures market share and pricing power
- Path to GAAP profitability hinges on cost discipline and margin expansion
| Net Income: 2.87b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.13 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -5.91 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -29.84% < 20% (prev -18.97%; Δ -10.88% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.13 > 3% & CFO 1.23b > Net Income 2.87b |
| Net Debt (-401.7m) to EBITDA (197.9m): -2.03 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.59 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (386.3m) vs 12m ago -8.66% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 45.52% > 18% (prev 41.72%; Δ 3.79% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 93.56% > 50% (prev 113.8%; Δ -20.26% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.73 > 6 (EBIT TTM 14.9m / Interest Expense TTM 20.3m) |
| A: -0.22 (Total Current Assets 2.86b - Total Current Liabilities 4.88b) / Total Assets 9.11b |
| B: -0.81 (Retained Earnings -7.35b / Total Assets 9.11b) |
| C: 0.00 (EBIT TTM 14.9m / Avg Total Assets 7.24b) |
| D: 0.50 (Book Value of Equity 3.02b / Total Liabilities 6.08b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -3.55 = D |
| DSRI: 0.85 (Receivables 339.8m/359.9m, Revenue 6.77b/6.11b) |
| GMI: 0.92 (GM 41.72% / 45.52%) |
| AQI: 1.61 (AQ_t 0.62 / AQ_t-1 0.39) |
| SGI: 1.11 (Revenue 6.77b / 6.11b) |
| TATA: 0.18 (NI 2.87b - CFO 1.23b) / TA 9.11b) |
| Beneish M = -2.76 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of September 16, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 15.32 with a total of 8,755,194 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -11.34%, over one month by -12.66%, over three months by +11.74% and over the past year by -16.38%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 14.00 (which is 8.6% or 1.8 ATR below the current price).
LYFT has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.42. Therefore, it is recommended to hold LYFT.
- StrongBuy: 8
- Buy: 6
- Hold: 29
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 19.8 | 29.4% |
P/E Trailing = 2.4338
P/E Forward = 10.6383
P/S = 0.9346
P/B = 2.1702
P/EG = 0.148
Revenue TTM = 6.77b USD
EBIT TTM = 14.9m USD
EBITDA TTM = 197.9m USD
Long Term Debt = 990.6m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 28.3m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.39b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 217.7m
Net Debt = -401.7m USD (calculated: Debt 1.39b - CCE 1.79b)
Enterprise Value = 5.93b USD (6.33b + Debt 1.39b - CCE 1.79b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.73 (Ebit TTM 14.9m / Interest Expense TTM 20.3m)
EV/FCF = 5.17x (Enterprise Value 5.93b / FCF TTM 1.15b)
FCF Yield = 19.33% (FCF TTM 1.15b / Enterprise Value 5.93b)
FCF Margin = 16.92% (FCF TTM 1.15b / Revenue TTM 6.77b)
Net Margin = 42.32% (Net Income TTM 2.87b / Revenue TTM 6.77b)
Gross Margin = 45.52% ((Revenue TTM 6.77b - Cost of Revenue TTM 3.69b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 49.75% (prev 47.64%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.65 (Enterprise Value 5.93b / Total Assets 9.11b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.46% (Interest Expense 20.3m / Debt 1.39b)
Taxrate = 35.85% (28.1m / 78.4m)
NOPAT = 9.55m (EBIT 14.9m * (1 - 35.85%))
Current Ratio = 0.59 (Total Current Assets 2.86b / Total Current Liabilities 4.88b)
Debt / Equity = 0.46 (Debt 1.39b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.02b)
Debt / EBITDA = -2.03 (Net Debt -401.7m / EBITDA 197.9m)
Debt / FCF = -0.35 (Net Debt -401.7m / FCF TTM 1.15b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.47b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 39.59% (Net Income 2.87b / Total Assets 9.11b)
RoE = 115.8% (Net Income TTM 2.87b / Total Stockholder Equity 2.47b)
RoCE = 0.43% (EBIT 14.9m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.47b + L.T.Debt 990.6m))
RoIC = 0.24% (NOPAT 9.55m / Invested Capital 3.92b)
WACC = 10.74% (E(6.33b)/V(7.72b) * Re(12.90%) + D(1.39b)/V(7.72b) * Rd(1.46%) * (1-Tc(0.36)))
Discount Rate = 12.90% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -29.41 | Cagr: -1.70%
[DCF] Terminal Value 70.64% ; FCFF base≈1.08b ; Y1≈1.24b ; Y5≈1.83b
[DCF] Fair Price = 52.16 (EV 19.3b - Net Debt -401.7m = Equity 19.7b / Shares 378.5m; r=10.74% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.85 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 97.18 | Revenue CAGR: 18.10% | SUE: 0.51 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.21 | Chg30d=+0.73% | Revisions=+4% | Analysts=32
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.56 | Chg30d=+1.29% | Revisions=+12% | GrowthEPS=-91.8% | GrowthRev=+16.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.97 | Chg30d=+5.40% | Revisions=+34% | GrowthEPS=+73.9% | GrowthRev=+12.4%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +19% (up=52, down=35)