How to buy Lyft shares | $49.16

Lyft, Inc (LYFT) is a leading software-application business based in the US. It opened the day at $51.27 after a previous close of $50.07. During the day the price has varied from a low of $48.71 to a high of $51.67. The latest price was $49.16 (25 minute delay). Lyft is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 4,675 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.

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How has coronavirus impacted Lyft's share price?

Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Lyft's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was $62.14, which is 28.07% up on its pre-crash value of $44.7 and 326.74% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as $14.5617.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Lyft shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $471.42 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $1,295.62.

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Is it a good time to buy Lyft stock?

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How to short and sell Lyft shares

1. Create a CFD or spread betting account.
2. Search for the stock code. E.g. "LYFT.US"
3. Choose your position size.
4. Select "sell" rather than "buy".
5. Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.

There are currently 25.4 million Lyft shares held short by investors – that's known as the "short interest". This figure is 1.4% up from 25.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Lyft shares can be evaluated.

Short interest ratio (SIR)

Lyft's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Lyft shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Lyft shares traded daily (recently around 5.5 million). Lyft's SIR currently stands at 4.63. In other words for every 100,000 Lyft shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4630 shares are currently held short.

However Lyft's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Lyft shares, or, against the total number of tradable Lyft shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Lyft's short interest could be expressed as 0.08% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Lyft shares in existence, roughly 80 shares are currently held short) or 0.0959% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Lyft shares, roughly 96 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Lyft.

Find out more about how you can short Lyft stock.

Lyft share dividends

We're not expecting Lyft to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Lyft's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.91 up to $68.28. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Lyft's is 2.3106. This would suggest that Lyft's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

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Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Lyft is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 17.165% of Lyft shares are held by insiders and 82.145% by institutions.

• How many people work for Lyft?

  Latest data suggests 4,675 work at Lyft.

• When does the fiscal year end for Lyft?

  Lyft's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Lyft based?

  Lyft's address is: 185 Berry Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94107

• What is Lyft's ISIN number?

  Lyft's international securities identification number is: US55087P1049

• What is Lyft's CUSIP number?

  Lyft's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 55087P104