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MetricLYFTLyft, Inc.UBERUber Technologies, IncCARAVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.LIMENeutron Holdings, Inc.Median of the restexcluding LYFT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$17.43▲ 0.64 (3.81%)
$69.07▲ 1.45 (2.14%)
$101.55▲ 3.16 (3.21%)
$26.28▲ 1.91 (7.84%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/108.0/102.0/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$7.16B$142.83B$3.57B$1.68B
Revenue$5.90B$52.02B$11.65B$886.7M
Profit$2.84B$10.05B-$889.0M-$59.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.9.9%18.3%-1.2%29.1%18.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.37.3%39.8%—39.0%39.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-3.2%10.7%—7.9%9.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.48.2%19.3%-7.6%-6.7%-6.7%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—18.8%—11.7%15.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.86.9%37.2%28.4%11.4%28.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-4.7%14.4%—46.0%30.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.2.52x14.21x——14.21x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—23.27x—11.92x17.60x
Price to book2.19x5.28x-1.14x-3.23x-1.14x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.76x1.25x-10.99x-2.52x-2.52x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/97/94/85/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistressdistress

How LYFT compares with the others

  • LYFT's operating margin of -3.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (9.3%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 9.9% against 18.3%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the other company selected: 2.5x against 14.2x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.8x against -2.5x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.