profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Lyft
$17.29+1.59% today
-28.5% in 1 year
1-year low $12.651-year high $24.57
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $2.30 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Lyft sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $4.10 billion in 2022 to $6.32 billion in 2025, with $2.84 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Lyft handed back 45% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $500M
Free cash flow 2025$1.1B
Bought back its own shares$500M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$1.1B vs. $1.3B
Lyft vs. similar companies
Lyft grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyft | 2.3× · Cheap | ||
 SAP | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Quhuo | No profit yet | ||
 Shopify | 156.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Salesforce | 24.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Lyft's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,365 | 3,208 | 4,095 | 4,404 | 5,786 | 6,316 | |
| 917 | 1,506 | 1,659 | 1,860 | 2,448 | 2,619 | |
| -1,808 | -1,135 | -1,459 | -476 | -119 | -188 | |
| -1,607 | -860 | -1,404 | -189 | 203 | 103 | |
| -1,753 | -1,062 | -1,585 | -340 | 23 | 2,844 | |
| -5.61 | -3.17 | -4.47 | -0.88 | 0.06 | 6.81 | |
| 38.8% | 46.9% | 40.5% | 42.2% | 42.3% | 41.5% | |
| -76.5% | -35.4% | -35.6% | -10.8% | -2.1% | -3.0% | |
| -74.1% | -33.1% | -38.7% | -7.7% | 0.4% | 45.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,679 | 4,774 | 4,556 | 4,564 | 5,435 | 9,030 |
| Cash | 320 | 457 | 281 | 559 | 759 | 1,132 |
| Total debt | 952 | 936 | 1,062 | 1,042 | 1,204 | 1,277 |
| Total liabilities | 3,003 | 3,433 | 4,168 | 4,023 | 4,668 | 5,757 |
| 1,676 | 1,341 | 389 | 542 | 767 | 3,274 | |
| 312 | 335 | 355 | 385 | 414 | 418 | |
| -53.0% | -34.7% | -84.9% | -15.2% | 2.2% | -0.6% | |
| -104.6% | -79.2% | -407.7% | -62.8% | 3.0% | 86.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1,379 | -102 | -237 | -98 | 850 | 1,168 | |
| – | – | 115 | 150 | 83 | 53 | |
| – | – | -352 | -248 | 766 | 1,116 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | 0 | 0 | 50 | 500 | |
| 566 | 725 | 751 | 485 | 331 | 322 |
Valuation
- 2.3×
- 29.2×
- –
- 1.7×
- 1.0×
- 5.9×
- 65.0×
- 17.1%
- 43.5%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 41.5%
- -3.0%
- 45.0%
- 0.8%
- 275.3%
- -22.6%
- 150.2%
- 32.1%
- -3.9%
- 7.1%
Growth
- +21.7%
- –
- +45.6%
- –
- +5.3%
Financial health
- 4.3×
- 0.42
- 14.1%
- -17.6×
- 0.58
- 0.58
- 0.73
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 17%of 978
Top 1%of 737
Top 24%of 985
Top 3%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $19.21
- Range
- $13.00 – $26.00
- 11 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.04 | 0.08 | −50.0% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 0.20 | 0.13 | +53.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 0.11 | 0.25 | −55.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.25 | 0.27 | −7.4% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.19 | 0.19 | +0.2% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 0.30 | 0.20 | +50.0% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 0.29 | 0.20 | +45.0% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.24 | 0.19 | +26.3% |
News
Lyft (LYFT) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should KnowYahoo Finance · Sep 11, 2026Billionaire David Tepper Sells Lyft in Favor of Its Biggest Rival, Which Has 30% Upside, According to Wall StreetYahoo Finance · Aug 22, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 11, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
39No pass
Benjamin Graham
60Pass
Philip Fisher
50No pass
Peter Lynch
94Pass
Joel Greenblatt
100Pass
Charlie Munger
29No pass
Terry Smith
28No pass
Questions about Lyft
Is Lyft a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Lyft AI analysis
What does Lyft do?
Lyft, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand ridesharing in the United States and Canada. The company operates multimodal transportation networks that offer riders personalized and on-demand access to various mobility options. It is in Software - Application, based in San Francisco, CA, United States, with 3,913 employees.
Does Lyft pay a dividend?
No. Lyft does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $500 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Lyft stock halal?
Yes. Lyft passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Lyft stock done over the past year?
Down 28.5% over the past twelve months, to $17.29. It traded between $12.65 and $24.57 and is 29.6% below its high.
Who are Lyft's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are SAP, Quhuo, Shopify and Salesforce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Lyft's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.