Lyft shares sink 7% on underwhelming fourth-quarter outcomes

Lyft shares shed about 7% after the ride-sharing app reported lackluster fourth-quarter outcomes and provided weak bookings steerage because it lowers costs to maintain up with competitors.

The corporate reported revenues of $1.55 billion, versus the $1.56 billion anticipated by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenues grew 27% from $1.22 billion a 12 months in the past. Bookings, which measures the costs posed to prospects for rides and providers, got here in at $4.28 billion, behind a $4.32 billion FactSet estimate.

“I believe what the long run holds is nice, as a result of it is an enormous market, and we’re doing an important job,” CEO David Risher informed CNBC’s “Squawk Field” on Wednesday. “We bought to determine how you can get the merchants on the bus.”

The corporate did beat expectations on fourth-quarter earnings, reporting an adjusted 29 cents per share in comparison with the LSEG expectation of twenty-two cents per share.

Lyft additionally mentioned it anticipates a slowdown in gross bookings because it grapples with a decrease pricing surroundings. The corporate expects bookings to vary between $4.05 billion and $4.20 billion, versus a $4.24 billion FactSet forecast.

In the course of the earnings name, Chief Monetary Officer Erin Brewer mentioned the corporate lowered costs and used reductions in the long run of the 12 months to maintain up with the market. Ongoing pricing headwinds might result in a low single-digit share level impression on gross bookings, she added.

Brewer additionally mentioned that the tip of its partnership with Delta Air Strains will weigh on rides and gross bookings within the 1% to 2% vary through the second quarter.

Final week, Uber shares additionally declined on blended fourth-quarter outcomes and delicate steerage. The ridesharing competitor additionally signaled that it might take years to construct out and commercialize autonomous autos.

Lyft reported web revenue of $62.8 million for the interval, or 15 cents per share. That is in comparison with a lack of $26.3 million a 12 months in the past, a lack of 7 cents per share.

In the course of the fourth quarter, Lyft additionally recorded 24.7 million energetic riders, forward of the 24.6 million StreetAccount estimate.

Alongside the outcomes, the corporate introduced a $500-million share repurchase plan and mentioned it goals to roll out its Mobileye-powered taxis as quickly as 2026 in Dallas.