Lyft, Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 8, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Aurelien Nolf - VP, FP&A and IR David Risher - CEO Erin Brewer - CFO Conference Call Participants Brad Erickson - RBC Capital Markets Ken Gawrelski - Wells Fargo Eric Sheridan - Goldman Sachs Ben Black - Deutsche Bank Michael Morton - MoffettNathanson Nikhil Devnani - Bernstein Stephen Ju - UBS Doug Anmuth - JPMorgan Steven Fox - Fox Advisors Operator Good afternoon, and welcome to the Lyft First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode to prevent any background noise.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Lyft (LYFT) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Lyft (LYFT) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.19 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.20 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.15 per share a year ago.
Ride-hailing app Lyft Inc. on Thursday offered up a second-quarter forecast for a key demand metric that came in slightly above Wall Street's expectations, and its board approved an increase to its stock buyback plans based on what it characterized as strong demand.
Lyft shares jumped 5% after the company lifted its share buyback plan to $750 million in its first quarter earnings report.
Lyft (LYFT) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
Lyft (LYFT) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
In the closing of the recent trading day, Lyft (LYFT) stood at $12.40, denoting a -1.12% change from the preceding trading day.
Engine Capital, a special situations fund that invested in Lyft in 2024 and has about a 1% stake in the company, said Tuesday (April 29) that it aims to elect two candidates to the rideshare company's board of directors and address Lyft's “governance and capital allocation shortcomings.
Lyft found that surge pricing is “deeply unpopular” with customers, CEO David Risher said in his annual letter to shareholders, released Thursday (April 24). Surge pricing, which the rideshare company calls Prime Time or PT, balances supply and demand by raising prices when demand is high, thereby incentivizing more drivers to get online, according to the letter.
Lyft is set to start rolling out a feature that will let riders opt in to be matched with a licensed taxi when that vehicle can get there faster than a rideshare one. The company will launch this feature in St.
When you think of ride-hailing, Uber Technologies Inc. NYSE: UBER likely comes to mind, followed by the distant second player in the duopoly, Lyft Inc. NASDAQ: LYFT. The ride-hailing/rideshare market is a two-horse race.