In the last trading session, 38.97 million shares of the Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) were traded, and its beta was 2.16. Most recently the company’s share price was $12.49, and it changed around $0.27 or 2.21% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $5.22B. LYFT currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $20.40, offering almost -63.33% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $8.93, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 28.5% since then. We note from Lyft Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 18.32 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 18.95 million.
Lyft Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.35. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 48 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 6 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 31 recommended LYFT as a Hold, whereas 10 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Lyft Inc is expected to report earnings per share of -0.02 for the current quarter.
Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) trade information
Instantly LYFT has showed a green trend with a performance of 2.21% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 13.20 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 5.38%. The company’s shares are currently down -3.18% year-to-date, but still up 8.33% over the last five days. On the other hand, Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) is -1.81% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 40.19 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.09 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $18, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 30.61% from its current value. Analyst projections state that LYFT is forecast to be at a low of $13 and a high of $26.
Lyft Inc (LYFT) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 12.93%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 31 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 1.47B in revenue for the current quarter. 31 analysts expect Lyft Inc to make 1.63B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 1.28B and 1.44B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 15.00%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 13.24%.
Lyft Inc earnings are expected to increase by 3.23% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 19.46% per year for the next five years.
LYFT Dividends
Lyft Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Feb-10.
Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 3.98% of Lyft Inc shares, and 87.33% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 90.95%. Lyft Inc stock is held by 588.0 institutions, with FMR LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 14.7118% of the shares, which is about 59.08 million shares worth $832.97 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 8.4753% or 34.03 million shares worth $479.86 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024 . The former held 10.93 shares worth $136.58 million, making up 2.67% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund held roughly 8.8 shares worth around $109.86 million, which represents about 2.15% of the total shares outstanding.
