What Recent Market Trends Mean for Lyft Inc’s (LYFT) Stock

In the past week, LYFT stock has gone down by -11.40%, with a monthly decline of -28.49% and a quarterly plunge of -43.88%. The volatility ratio for the week is 7.97%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.33% for Lyft Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -18.72% for LYFT stock, with a simple moving average of -32.80% for the last 200 days.

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Moreover, the 36-month beta value for LYFT is 2.06. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

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The public float for LYFT is 344.49M and currently, short sellers hold a 13.69% of that float. On August 09, 2024, LYFT’s average trading volume was 14.86M shares.

LYFT) stock’s latest price update

Lyft Inc (NASDAQ: LYFT) has seen a decline in its stock price by -3.92 in relation to its previous close of 10.07. However, the company has experienced a -11.40% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. benzinga.com reported 2024-08-08 that As Lyft Inc. LYFT navigates through 2024, recent earnings reports and revised guidance have prompted a diverse range of opinions from analysts. The company, which has faced both operational challenges and strategic shifts, is being assessed with varying degrees of optimism and caution by market experts.

Analysts’ Opinion of LYFT

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LYFT stocks, with Melius repeating the rating for LYFT by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for LYFT in the upcoming period, according to Melius is $15 based on the research report published on July 22, 2024 of the current year 2024.

Loop Capital gave a rating of “Buy” to LYFT, setting the target price at $20 in the report published on June 07th of the current year.

LYFT Trading at -27.53% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought LYFT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -53.53% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 5.33%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.97%, as shares sank -26.28% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -39.29% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, LYFT fell by -11.49%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -3.25% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $11.73. In addition, Lyft Inc saw -35.46% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LYFT starting from Sverchek Kristin, who sale 3,000 shares at the price of $13.81 back on Jul 01 ’24. After this action, Sverchek Kristin now owns 47,778 shares of Lyft Inc, valued at $41,443 using the latest closing price.

Sverchek Kristin, the PRESIDENT of Lyft Inc, sale 3,500 shares at $14.01 during a trade that took place back on Jun 28 ’24, which means that Sverchek Kristin is holding 50,778 shares at $49,026 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for LYFT

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • -0.04 for the present operating margin
  • 0.36 for the gross margin

The net margin for Lyft Inc stands at -0.01. The total capital return value is set at -0.14. Equity return is now at value -13.46, with -1.38 for asset returns.

Based on Lyft Inc (LYFT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.64 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.47. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.75. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 729.91.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is -295.79 million with net debt to EBITDA at -20.49. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.84. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.74.

Conclusion

To wrap up, the performance of Lyft Inc (LYFT) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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