Lyft (LYFT) and Its Competitors Head to Head Comparison

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) is one of 100 publicly-traded companies in the “Ground Transportation” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Lyft to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lyft and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lyft	$6.32 billion	$2.84 billion	2.48
Lyft Competitors	$8.74 billion	$911.04 million	5.93

Lyft’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lyft and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	2	25	10	0	2.22
Lyft Competitors	1365	6529	8695	267	2.47

Lyft presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.18%. As a group, “Ground Transportation” companies have a potential upside of 20.85%. Given Lyft’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lyft has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Lyft and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	42.32%	-1.20%	-0.36%
Lyft Competitors	7.29%	13.08%	4.24%

Risk and Volatility

Lyft has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft’s competitors have a beta of 1.14, indicating that their average stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Lyft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lyft competitors beat Lyft on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Lyft

Lyft, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand ridesharing in the United States and Canada. It operates multimodal transportation networks that offer access to various transportation options through the Lyft platform and mobile-based applications. The company's platform provides a ridesharing marketplace, which 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. It also offers centralized tools and enterprise transportation solutions, such as concierge transportation solutions for organizations; Lyft Pink subscription plans; Lyft Pass commuter programs; first-mile and last-mile services; and university safe rides programs. 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.