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Lyft (LYFT) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 2.01% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Lyft Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Lyft's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $10 Mil. Lyft's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $510 Mil. Therefore, Lyft's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.01%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lyft's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LYFT' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -273   Med: -86.77   Max: 15.61
Current: 15.61

During the past 9 years, Lyft's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 15.61%. The lowest was -273.00%. And the median was -86.77%.

LYFT's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
62.73% of 2404 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 8.465 vs LYFT: 15.61

Lyft Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lyft's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lyft Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Lyft Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -86.77 -83.71 -273.00 -247.42 6.54

Lyft Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -62.49 8.90 -15.98 59.93 2.01

Competitive Comparison of Lyft's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Lyft's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lyft's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Lyft's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lyft's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.


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Lyft Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Lyft's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2024 )  (A: Dec. 2023 )(A: Dec. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2024 )  (A: Dec. 2023 )(A: Dec. 2024 )
=22.784/( (224.212+472.864 )/ 2 )
=22.784/348.538
=6.54 %

Lyft's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2025 )  (Q: Dec. 2024 )(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2025 )  (Q: Dec. 2024 )(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=10.268/( (472.864+547.297)/ 2 )
=10.268/510.0805
=2.01 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Lyft  (NAS:LYFT) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Lyft Business Description

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Address
185 Berry Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Lyft is the second-largest ride-sharing service provider in the US and Canada, connecting riders and drivers over the Lyft app. Incorporated in 2013 and public since 2019, Lyft offers a variety of rides via private vehicles, including traditional private rides, shared rides, and luxury ones. Besides ride-share, Lyft has entered the bike- and scooter-share market to bring multimodal transportation options to users.
Executives
John David Risher director C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
John Patrick Zimmer director, officer: President C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Logan Green director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O EBAY INC., 2025 HAMILTON AVE., SAN JOSE CA 95125
Lisa Blackwood-kapral officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Kristin Sverchek officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Erin Brewer officer: Chief Financial Officer MCKESSON CORPORATION, ONE POST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Mary Agnes Wilderotter director 115 ALPINE TERRACE, OAKLAND CA 94618
Prashant Aggarwal director C/O ARLO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 350 EAST PLUMERIA DR, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Dave Stephenson director C/O AIRBNB, INC., 888 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Janey Whiteside director C/O LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION, 595 MARKET ST., #200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Elaine Paul officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Ashwin Raj officer: Head of Rideshare C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
David Lawee director C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Brian Keith Roberts officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 5000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Ariel M. Cohen director C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107