Lyft stock is getting punished, down more than 35% after weak guidance

  • Shares of Lyft fell Friday, a day after the company reported guidance for its first quarter of 2023 that was short of analyst expectations.
  • Lyft’s CFO pointed to “seasonality and lower prices” to explain the guidance.
  • Rival Uber, by contrast, posted its strongest quarter ever in its earnings report earlier in the week, sending its stock up.

Shares of Lyft
fell more than 35% when markets opened Friday, a day after the company reported guidance for its first quarter of 2023 that fell short of analyst expectations.

The company expects to bring in about $975 million in revenue in Q1, while analysts had been anticipating $1.09 billion, according to StreetAccount.

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