Lyft Valuation

Is LYFT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LYFT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LYFT ($16.92) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($35.45)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LYFT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LYFT?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LYFT key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-22.8x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does LYFT's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for LYFT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.8x
CAR Avis Budget Group
0.3x1.7%US$3.6b
GRAB Grab Holdings
5.9x13.2%US$13.8b
HTZ Hertz Global Holdings
0.2x2.7%US$1.7b
DIDI.Y DiDi Global
0.9x10.2%US$23.4b
LYFT Lyft
1.5x11.0%US$6.8b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: LYFT is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the peer average (1.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LYFT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Transportation Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a22.0%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a22.0%
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: LYFT is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the US Transportation industry average (1.3x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LYFT's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LYFT PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.5x
Fair PS Ratio1.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: LYFT is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LYFT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$16.92
US$16.80
-0.7%
19.3%US$25.00US$12.00n/a35
Apr ’25US$19.24
US$16.60
-13.7%
19.1%US$25.00US$12.00n/a34
Mar ’25US$16.35
US$16.13
-1.3%
16.6%US$25.00US$12.00n/a34
Feb ’25US$12.89
US$13.72
+6.4%
23.4%US$25.00US$10.00n/a35
Jan ’25US$14.99
US$13.07
-12.8%
25.0%US$25.00US$9.75n/a34
Dec ’24US$13.14
US$12.70
-3.3%
25.9%US$25.00US$9.75n/a34
Nov ’24US$9.17
US$12.31
+34.2%
26.4%US$25.00US$9.00n/a33
Oct ’24US$10.54
US$12.31
+16.8%
26.4%US$25.00US$9.00n/a33
Sep ’24US$12.34
US$12.45
+0.9%
27.5%US$25.00US$7.60n/a34
Aug ’24US$12.23
US$12.31
+0.7%
40.6%US$32.00US$7.60n/a35
Jul ’24US$9.59
US$11.91
+24.2%
40.9%US$32.00US$7.60n/a34
Jun ’24US$9.36
US$12.03
+28.5%
40.8%US$32.00US$7.60n/a33
May ’24US$10.59
US$14.23
+34.4%
37.2%US$34.00US$10.00n/a31
Apr ’24US$9.27
US$14.58
+57.3%
37.1%US$34.00US$10.00US$19.2431
Mar ’24US$9.90
US$14.49
+46.4%
37.1%US$34.00US$10.00US$16.3532
Feb ’24US$16.90
US$21.75
+28.7%
52.1%US$60.00US$11.00US$12.8936
Jan ’24US$11.02
US$22.73
+106.2%
51.2%US$60.00US$11.00US$14.9934
Dec ’23US$11.20
US$23.37
+108.7%
53.0%US$60.00US$11.00US$13.1434
Nov ’23US$15.15
US$29.62
+95.5%
41.5%US$65.00US$14.00US$9.1737
Oct ’23US$13.17
US$30.72
+133.3%
40.0%US$65.00US$14.00US$10.5437
Sep ’23US$14.67
US$31.83
+117.0%
38.3%US$65.00US$19.00US$12.3437
Aug ’23US$13.90
US$36.78
+164.6%
39.3%US$65.00US$16.00US$12.2337
Jul ’23US$13.48
US$38.86
+188.3%
37.2%US$65.00US$18.00US$9.5937
Jun ’23US$17.06
US$39.96
+134.3%
35.5%US$65.00US$20.00US$9.3637
May ’23US$32.60
US$54.69
+67.8%
18.5%US$78.00US$30.00US$10.5937
Apr ’23US$37.52
US$55.52
+48.0%
19.4%US$82.00US$30.00US$9.2738

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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