Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) does about 13.74M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 6505426 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 7.20B USD. Its current market price is $17.17, marking a decrease of -1.09% compared to the previous close of $17.36. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $20.82 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $8.93. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $76 and a low of $10.
Lyft Inc (LYFT) has a 20-day trading average at $16.95 and the current price is -17.53% off the 52-week high compared with 92.38% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $14.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $14.79. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 3.55%, which increases to 4.34% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 57.93 to suggest the stock is neutral.
24 analysts observing the Lyft Inc (LYFT) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $10 and $76. The consensus objective for the share price is $19.10, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 10.1% over the period. The median price target is 14.15% away from the current levels at $20.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 24 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 11 analysts have rated it as a buy and 13 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Hold and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its price target at $13.
The current price level is 1.32%, 16.84%, and 16.08% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the LYFT price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Lyft Inc (LYFT) stock is up 2.26% over the week and 32.38% over the past month. Its price is 14.54% year-to-date and 46.38% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $20. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 10.1 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $10, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $76.
Outstanding shares total 406.28M with insiders holding 8.97% of the shares and institutional holders owning 79.61% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -4.68% and return on equity of -11.61%. The forward price to earnings ratio is 16.71. The beta has a value of 2.09. Price to book ratio is 10.86 and price to sales ratio is 1.32.
