The trading price of Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) closed higher on Friday, May 23, and closing at $16.35, 1.58% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $15.925 and $16.46. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 120.43, while its 5Y monthly beta was 2.148. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $19.07 and a 52-week low of $8.93. Over the past month, the stock has gained 33.95% in value.
Lyft Inc, whose market valuation is $6.88 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-May-07. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest LYFT has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned LYFT a recommendation rating is 24. Out of them, 13 rate it a Hold, while 11 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Lyft Inc (LYFT) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Hold, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 6.10, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that LYFT’s price is currently 8.97% off the SMA20 and 26.45% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 66.11, and weekly volatility stands at 1.85%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 5.96%. Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT)’s beta value is currently sitting at 2.23, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.74. With analysts defining $18-$28 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $23 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -10.09% off the estimated low and -71.25% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if LYFT’s share price rises to $23, which is the median consensus price. At that level, LYFT’s share price would be -40.67% below current price.
To see how Lyft Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: LYFT stock’s performance was 1.58% in the latest trading, and 1.52% in the past year. Lyft Inc has a P/E ratio of 120.43.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) indicates that the 3-month average is 18.69 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 21.63.
Currently, records show that 411.82 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 9.44% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 81.75%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-04-30, stood at 43.9 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 3.0 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 1076.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in April were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 41.56 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 26.78% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
