Lyft (LYFT) Competitors

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is LYFT or RDDT more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Reddit's net margin of -37.25%. Lyft's return on equity of 8.03% beat Reddit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%
Reddit	-37.25%	-24.71%	-22.52%

Which has more risk & volatility, LYFT or RDDT?

Lyft has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reddit has a beta of 2.9, indicating that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LYFT or RDDT?

Lyft presently has a consensus target price of $16.56, indicating a potential downside of 1.75%. Reddit has a consensus target price of $140.35, indicating a potential upside of 12.92%. Given Reddit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Reddit is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	25 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32
Reddit	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LYFT or RDDT?

Lyft received 234 more outperform votes than Reddit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.18% of users gave Reddit an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lyft	Outperform Votes 322 50.63%	Underperform Votes 314 49.37%
Reddit	Outperform Votes 88 67.18%	Underperform Votes 43 32.82%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LYFT or RDDT?

83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LYFT or RDDT?

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than Reddit. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reddit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lyft	$5.96B	1.18	$22.78M	$0.15	112.40
Reddit	$1.45B	15.51	-$484.28M	$0.59	210.66

Does the media favor LYFT or RDDT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 35 more articles in the media than Reddit. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for Lyft and 48 mentions for Reddit. Reddit's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Lyft's score of 0.56 indicating that Reddit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lyft	32 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reddit	30 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lyft beats Reddit on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.