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Jim Cramer - Mad MoneyLyftLYFTWATCHMay 14, 2021

He suspects drivers will get more expensive, which will raise Lyft's costs. He bases this from what Doordash said last night about a driver shortage. That said, Lyft popped 3% today. Keep an eye on Monday if/when analysts raise their price targets.

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DON'T BUY

Lags Uber while Lyft has fallen off. The stock has based around $10 for the past 1.5 years. The company needs to do something: innovate, change CEO. Maybe you can trade this trading range. Otherwise, you need to see a breakout.

WATCH

She also finds Lyft interesting under a new CEO, more interesting that Uber. She's watching Lyft more than Uber.

DON'T BUY

Not a viable competitor to UBER, and the results show it.

WATCH

The new CEO announced layoffs, which signalled that he bit the bullet and made a good move. Give this two quarters and see.

DON'T BUY

Will cut 30% of its workforce

They keep losing money as there's no path to profitability. It's a bad signal that they want to get rid of their founders.

DON'T BUY

Announced layoffs of 30% of workforce

Two years ago you could have owned both. Today, this game has completely changed. It boils down to management.

DON'T BUY

It got downgraded today. It has so many near-term challenges.

DON'T BUY

Uber vs. Lyft Uber has rebounded from its bottom in late-June and has left behind Lyft. Lyft is down 77% in the past year and Uber 42%. Uber is winning in truck brokerage and food delivery businesses, not just ride sharing. Both reported solid sales in early May, but guidance was dour. Lyft reported driver shortages, but oddly enough Uber said it had no such shortages. A private email by Uber's CEO said it would pivot to become a cash machine. Lyft said this a month later. 29 In August, Uber reported a solid beat. So did Lyft, but its free cash flow came in negative and guidance was mixed. So, shares continued to diverge. Uber can execute and has the right strategy. Also, it's taking more market share. A UBS survey says that drivers prefer Uber, hands down.

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TOP PICK

Lyft has consistently made up 30% of the U.S. ride-sharing market. Its Q2, released on August 4, boasted an earnings beat with adjusted EPS at $0.13 (on revenue of $991 million) vs. the street's -$0.04 (on revenues of $989 million). Lyft noted that ridership grew 16% over the past year to 19.9 million, the highest level since the pandemic began. Hand-in-hand with that was the number of active drivers also hit a post-Covid high. The company projects Q3 revenues at $1.04-1.06 billion (all figures here in USD).

BUY

As a 5-year hold Yes, because it's a global leader in ride shares. Its compound annual growth rate is probably 25% over the next 5 years. It's doesn't matter if it's down 80% from its highs. Lyft is well-positioned for the future. They're freezing hiring (though still want drivers) for the rest of the year. This doesn't change demand for rides. He added to his holdings today. We've started to see more drivers and rates declining.

BUY

Allan Tong’s Discover Picks Ride-sharing remains unprofitable. Lyft's PE is -11.3x and its profit margin stands at -43.05% despite gross margins of almost 33%. Also, Lyft—like so many tech stocks—doesn't pay a dividend. However, Lyft has navigated the bumpy road of recovery well. It has beaten its last four quarters by wide margins, and Wall Street expects 68% upside in the stock to $71.38. Consider this a spec buy, but a risk worth taking if you are patient in 2022. Read Travel Stocks for 2022 + 1 Low Risk ETF for our full analysis.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

No one is worried about megacap tech stocks and that's a worry. Snap, Twitter and Pinterest, also Lyft have slid around 25% from their highs, and these are buying opportunities in the coming months.

BUY

Market outlook for the rest of 2021 Zoom may have capitualated today as sellers are exhausted. Maybe it's time to look at them, as well as Lyft and Twitter. Lyft is a much better company than Uber. Also, resources stocks had a huge run, then sold off, well Alcoa can rally into year's end.

BUY

It's handling this choppy reopening (i.e. driver shortage) better than Uber. On Friday, a California court just struck down the appeal which states that drivers are freelancers (they are employees, says the judge), so the cost of rides in CA will soar. Despite that, Lyft rebounded today 3% though down more than 15% so far this year. He thinks the stock has bottomed.

RISKY

Lyft vs. Uber Lyft had a better quarter, so he prefers that, but this is a speculative industry.

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