Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Lyft, Inc. LYFT
$15.46 +1.64% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.87B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $6.88, up 3008.9% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 8.7% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $6.77B, up 10.8% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 46%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 40%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 1%
- Gross marginBottom 43%
- Operating marginBottom 34%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
- Interest coverBottom 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 29%
- 6-month returnBottom 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 20%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 13%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 41%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.4% | 10.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 4853.2% | 3008.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 45.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -0.9% | -1.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 16.2% | 16.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.8% | 9.4% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 3008.9% | 4853.2% | ↓ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | 45.5% | 41.7% | ↑ | Bottom 43% |
| Operating margin | -1.8% | -0.9% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Net margin | 42.3% | 1.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.9% | 16.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1496.4% | — | Top 1% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 15.5% | — | Top 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.43×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 18.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -110.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.19×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -5.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 10.94%
- Shareholder yield
- 10.94%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -5.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $18.21
- Target vs current price
- +17.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 60
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 37%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -9.7% | -1.1% | +0.6% | +5.3% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -22.5% | -0.5% | -3.9% | -0.8% | +15.1% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | +67.1% | +1.4% | -19.9% | -20.2% | -14.3% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -55.1% | -7.3% | +13.2% | +6.2% | -19.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -7.4% | -3.6% | -4.3% | +16.6% | +38.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | +0.2% | +3.3% | +33.9% | +23.4% | +11.8% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +50.0% | -4.8% | -7.3% | -24.4% | -16.7% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +45.0% | +4.3% | +32.9% | +24.9% | +2.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.14 | -9.7% | $1.84B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.05 | -22.5% | $1.65B |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.12 | +67.1% | $1.59B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.25 | -55.1% | $1.69B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.27 | -7.4% | $1.59B |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.19 | +0.2% | $1.45B |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.30 | $0.20 | +50.0% | $1.55B |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.20 | +45.0% | $1.52B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 2.2× | — | — | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 27.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 29.8× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 0.87× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 19.52% | — | — | Top 4% |
| Earnings yield | 44.50% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.0× – 250.6× since Dec 31, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -29.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +3008.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -96.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.3%
- RSI (14)
- 48.0
- Relative volume
- 0.86×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 7th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | May 24, 2023 | -88.1% | 553 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -20.8% | 22 days | 5 days (Nov 4, 2020) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -13.9% | 10 days | 6 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.87B
- P/E (TTM)
- 2.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.77B
- 52-week range
- $12.46 – $25.54
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.21B | $4.10B | $4.40B | $5.79B | $6.32B |
| Gross profit | $1.51B | $1.66B | $1.86B | $2.45B | $2.62B |
| Operating income | -$1.14B | -$1.46B | -$475.6M | -$118.9M | -$188.4M |
| Net income | -$1.06B | -$1.58B | -$340.3M | $22.8M | $2.84B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.17 | -$4.47 | -$0.88 | $0.06 | $6.81 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.52B | $1.55B | $1.45B | $1.59B | $1.69B | $1.59B | $1.65B | $1.84B |
| Net income | -$12.4M | $61.7M | $2.6M | $40.3M | $46.1M | $2.76B | $14.3M | $50.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.03 | $0.15 | $0.01 | $0.10 | $0.11 | $6.60 | $0.04 | $0.13 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$101.7M | -$237.3M | -$98.2M | $849.7M | $1.17B |
| Capital expenditure | -$79.2M | -$115.0M | -$149.8M | -$83.5M | -$52.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$180.9M | -$352.3M | -$248.1M | $766.3M | $1.12B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $33.8M | $21.7M | $11.0M | -$34.9M | -$485.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.79B
- Total assets
- $9.11B
- Total liabilities
- $6.08B
- Total debt
- $1.18B
- Net debt
- $37.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.02B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 75,819,648
- Days to cover
- 7.07
- Change vs previous report
- +10.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.