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Moby summary of Lyft, Inc.'s Q1 2026 earnings call

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) executives used the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call to highlight what CEO David Risher described as “another strong quarter,” pointing to double-digit year-over-year gains in active riders, gross bookings and adjusted EBITDA. Risher said rideshare demand “remained healt

Q1 represented another strong quarter for Lyft, Inc. We again delivered on our financial commitments and again had double-digit growth in active riders, gross bookings, and adjusted EBITDA year over year, further setting ourselves up for a global hybrid AV future. Taken together with our financial results, this continues to validate our thesis that customer obsession drives profitable growth.

Lyft (LYFT) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -29.22% and +1.82%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Earnings season marches on as investors will hear from big companies including McDonald's and CoreWeave. Data on the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.

Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Thursday, May 7, including earnings results from McDonald's (MCD), Shell (SHEL), Airbnb (ABNB), CoreWeave (CRWV), and Coinbase (COIN); comments from several Federal Reserve presidents; and this week's reading on initial jobless claims.

Both Uber and Lyft are expected to report their next set of quarterly results soon. But are analysts' revisions bearish or bullish?