Lyft
LYFT · Passenger Ground Transportation
$16.94
2.8%Uber
UBER · Passenger Ground Transportation
$66.70
3.4%The short version
- Uber is the larger business, with $52.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $6.3B for Lyft, about 8.2 times as much.
- Uber grew revenue faster (18.3%, against 9.2%).
- Uber kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (10.7% operating margin, against −3.0% operating margin).
- Uber earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (19.7%, against −12.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Uber’s earnings: a P/E of 14.6x against 2.5x for Lyft.
| Latest fiscal year | LYFT · FY25 | UBER · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.5B | $136.7B |
| Revenue | $6.3B | $52.0B |
| Free cash flow | — | $9.8B |
| Net income | $2.8B | $10.1B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 9.2% | 18.3% |
| 5-year growth | 21.7% | 36.1% |
| Share count change | 1.0% | −1.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.5% | — |
| Operating margin | −3.0% | 10.7% |
| Net margin | 45.0% | 19.3% |
| FCF margin | — | 18.8% |
| Return on capital | −12.3% | 19.7% |
| Return on equity | 140.8% | 41.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$709M | $3.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 0.5x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $500M | $6.5B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 2.5x | 14.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 |
FY17
LYFT $1.1B
UBER $7.9B
FY18
LYFT $2.2B
UBER $10.4B
FY19
LYFT $3.6B
UBER $13.0B
FY20
LYFT $2.4B
UBER $11.1B
FY21
LYFT $3.2B
UBER $17.5B
FY22
LYFT $4.1B
UBER $31.9B
FY23
LYFT $4.4B
UBER $37.3B
FY24
LYFT $5.8B
UBER $44.0B
FY25
LYFT $6.3B
UBER $52.0B
LYFT
UBER
FY17
LYFT −66.8%
UBER −51.4%
FY18
LYFT −45.3%
UBER −29.1%
FY19
LYFT −74.7%
UBER −66.1%
FY20
LYFT −76.5%
UBER −43.7%
FY21
LYFT −35.4%
UBER −22.0%
FY22
LYFT −35.6%
UBER −5.8%
FY23
LYFT −10.8%
UBER 3.0%
FY24
LYFT −2.1%
UBER 6.4%
FY25
LYFT −3.0%
UBER 10.7%
LYFT
UBER
FY17
LYFT —
UBER −$2.2B
FY18
LYFT —
UBER −$2.1B
FY19
LYFT —
UBER −$4.9B
FY20
LYFT —
UBER −$3.4B
FY21
LYFT —
UBER −$743M
FY22
LYFT —
UBER $390M
FY23
LYFT —
UBER $3.4B
FY24
LYFT —
UBER $6.9B
FY25
LYFT —
UBER $9.8B
LYFT
UBER
FY17
LYFT —
UBER —
FY18
LYFT —
UBER —
FY19
LYFT —
UBER —
FY20
LYFT —
UBER −32.0%
FY21
LYFT —
UBER −17.4%
FY22
LYFT —
UBER −8.5%
FY23
LYFT —
UBER 6.7%
FY24
LYFT —
UBER 13.3%
FY25
LYFT −12.3%
UBER 19.7%
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