Lyft Inc. revenue increased 73% year over year during what its CEO called a “great” third quarter as ride-hailing continued to recover, the company said Tuesday.
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also said it achieved record revenue per rider, and that it posted its second consecutive quarter of adjusted Ebitda profitability of $67.3 million.
“Driver supply materially improved in Q3, up nearly 45% versus last year, reflecting strong new driver trends,” Logan Green, co-founder and chief executive of Lyft, said in a news release.
Lyft shares rose about 4% after hours, after falling 2.3% in the regular session to close at $45.32.
The company said it had 18.9 million active riders, short of analysts’ expectation of 19.6 million.
The San Francisco-based company reported a net loss of $71.5 million, or 21 cents a share, compared with a loss of $459.5 million, or $1.46 a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted for stock-based compensation and payroll-tax costs, net income was $17.8 million. Revenue rose to $864.4 million from $499.7 million in the year-ago quarter.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast a loss of 2 cents a share on revenue of $862.4 million.
Lyft stock is down more than 5.5% so far this year, but has risen 89% in the past 52 weeks. By comparison, the S&P 500 Index
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is up about 22% year to date and about 39% in the past year.
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