Lyft (LYFT)


February 12, 2025

LYFT: Pricing Concerns Overwhelming Margin Gains For Now

By Steven Fox

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $12.66; O/P) traded down 10%+ last night after management raised the spectra of incremental rideshare pricing pressures even as it produced a healthy Q4 EBITDA beat with Q1E EBITDA guidance…

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February 11, 2025

LYFT: First Look at Q4 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Lyft (LYFT; $14.39; O/P) posted Q4 adjusted EBITDA of $113mm (2.6% of gross bookings) vs. our $103mm (2.4% of gross bookings) and the Street’s $104mm (2.4% of gross bookings) on total gross bookings of $4.28B,…

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January 31, 2025

LYFT: Dialing Back into Here and Now Should Be a Positive

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Lyft (LYFT; $13.52) ahead of its Q4 results and outlook, scheduled for Tuesday, February 11th (after market). The stock is still down 27% since 11/11/24 and at…

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January 9, 2025

LYFT: A Partnership Setback That Can Be Overcome

By Steven Fox

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $13.36; O/P) declined 7% on Wednesday after Uber Technologies (UBER; $64.91; O/P) announced a new and exclusive multi-year partnership with Delta Air Lines (DAL; $61.42; NR) that displaces Lyft’s prior…

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December 16, 2024

LYFT: Another Buying Opportunity on Autonomous Overreach

By Steven Fox

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $14.09; O/P) are down 23% since 11/12, including a more recent -13% since 12/10, which came on the heels of a report out of data analysis provider Yipit on Alphabet’s…

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November 7, 2024

LYFT: Key Strategic Efforts Continue to Come Together

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target from $16 to $21 on the shares of Lyft (LYFT; $14.40) after the company beat Q3 expectations and provided some better-than-expected Q4E guidance that reflected well on…

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November 6, 2024

LYFT: First Look at Q3 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Lyft (LYFT; $14.40; O/P) posted Q3 gross bookings of $4.108B, which was ahead of our $4.07B and the Street’s $4.08B that in turn drove adjusted EBITDA of $107mm (2.6% of gross bookings) vs. our $93mm…

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October 22, 2024

LYFT: Raise Price Target Ahead of Q3 Print

By Steven Fox

We think Lyft’s (LYFT; $13.86; O/P) Q3 results and outlook, scheduled for November 6th (after market), can lead to a “next leg” in the stock’s recent recovery that started in mid-August (+53% vs. a prior…

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October 2, 2024

LYFT: Further Expansion of Media Offering

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (10/1), Lyft (LYFT; $12.51; O/P) announced that its Media division, which is the company’s dedicated media and advertising business, expanded its suite of measurement and targeting capabilities in a move aimed at providing its…

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September 4, 2024

LYFT: Tightening Up Micromobility Business

By Steven Fox

Earlier today, Lyft (LYFT; $11.47; O/P) filed an 8-K, disclosing plans to restructure its bikes and scooters business unit, now organized under the moniker of Lyft Urban Solutions (LUS), with an aim of better optimizing…

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August 8, 2024

LYFT: A Tough Ride but Stick With Outperform

By Steven Fox

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $9.08; O/P) plunged 17% yesterday as Q3E guidance proved a disappointment to the Street after some better-than-expected Q2 results. We think the guidance proved especially tough for the stock to…

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August 7, 2024

LYFT: First Look at Q2 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Lyft (LYFT; $10.97; O/P) posted Q2 EBITDA of $103mm (2.6% of gross bookings) that beat our consensus-matching $98mm (2.4% of gross bookings). At the same time, gross bookings of $4.02B were slightly below our $4.05B…

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July 29, 2024

LYFT: Big Buying Opportunity Ahead of Earnings

By Steven Fox

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $12.19; O/P) are now down 40% since recent highs in late-March, including -22% since the company’s Investor Day on June 6th, to only 7.9X our 2025E EV/EBITDA. This is despite…

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June 7, 2024

LYFT: Buying Into Next Growth Stage; Raise Rating to Outperform

By Steven Fox

We raise our rating on the shares of Lyft (LYFT; $15.69) from Equal-Weight to Outperform and establish a $20 price target after attending the company’s first-ever Investor Day yesterday in New York. We think management…

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May 29, 2024

LYFT: Some Investor Day Bogeys to Consider

By Steven Fox

We think Lyft’s (LYFT; $15.92; E/W) Investor Day, scheduled for next Thursday (6/6) in New York, can prove a positive catalyst for the shares, especially with the stock down 22% since late-March despite solid Q1…

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