Uber led a $170 million investment round in micro-mobility firm Lime just hours after announcing it was laying off 3,700 employees.
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Investors may be missing the forest from the trees. Lyft’s layoffs were selective, affecting sales and marketing divisions. The company reportedly plans on hiring 1,000-plus employees this year.
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Mega-unicorn Uber reported earnings, or rather losses, on Thursday that demonstrate why hype doesn’t always work in a company’s favor. Let’s hit the headline numbers and explain what they mean for Uber’s stock. Solid Growth Across the Board Just like its rival, Lyft, Uber saw a significant increase in gross bookings. That metric was up […]
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Lyft Chief Financial Officer Brian Roberts claims that losses the company suffered in 2018 were very likely the “peak” with better times around the corner. On a call with investors, Roberts said that an increase in revenue per rider was behind Q2 earni…
Lyft delivered second-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Losses were still gigantic although a bit less than expected. The rest of the news was mostly bad but with a few bright points. Let’s parse the most important numbers to see what Lyft is telling us and where the stock may go from here. Good News Lyft delivered […]
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Survey and research powerhouse J.D. Power released the results of its Power Mobility Confidence Index, and the news was terrible for self-driving and electric vehicles. That, in turn, means bad news for Tesla, Uber, Lyft and other electric car manufact…
Lyft’s Chief Operating Officer, Jon McNeill, is leaving the company after only 18 months on the job. Lyft stock slid 2.27% on the news. 3 Possible Reasons Why the COO Flew the Coop For senior management to depart a position as necessary as operations a…
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Uber’s decision to value itself at $100 billion rocked Lyft stock on Wednesday, causing the embattled rideshare company’s shares to plunge as far as 10%. Contrary to the prevailing narrative, however, a strong Uber IPO would be wildly bulli…
Uber is poised to sell $10 billion in shares in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) of the year, according to Reuters. After Lyft’s catastrophic debut on the stock market, Uber will learn from its rival’s mistakes. Uber’s IPO will be more cautiou…
Following Lyft and TradeWeb, the next big IPO of the year is rapidly approaching. Make way for Pinterest, which could face similar headwinds to Lyft and has already begun to prep for this by slashing its IPO target by billions of dollars. Unfortunately…