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TIVP061: LYFT INC. (LYFT): THE KEY TO WINNING THE AV WARS?
W/ SHAWN O’MALLEY & DANIEL MAHNCKE
TIVP061: LYFT INC. (LYFT): THE KEY TO WINNING THE AV WARS? W/ SHAWN O’MALLEY & DANIEL MAHNCKE
01 March 2026
Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke break down the ride-sharing giant Lyft Inc. (ticker: LYFT) and discuss whether the company can regain ground against Uber, or whether it’s always destined to be #2. While Lyft has clawed back some market share, finally attained profitability, and is now growing internationally, Shawn finds Lyft most interesting as a potential acquisition target for a company like DoorDash, Amazon, or Alphabet.
In this episode, you’ll learn how Lyft has managed to survive at a fraction of Uber’s scale, why Lyft disappointed shareholders after its 2019 IPO, how Lyft’s new CEO (an Amazon alum) is turning things around, what corporate governance change happened recently to enable a takeover, and whether Lyft’s stock is attractively priced at current levels, plus so much more!
Investment Decision: Passed on the company.
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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- How Zimbabwe became the inspiration for Lyft
- How Lyft’s co-founders used viral marketing to gain traction
- Why scrappiness is in Lyft’s DNA
- How the company has actually managed to regain market share versus Uber
- What Lyft did to achieve operating profitability for the first time this year
- Why Lyft made sure to IPO before Uber
- Why Lyft could be such an interesting acquisition target
- How to think about modeling LYFT’s intrinsic value
- Whether Shawn and Daniel add LYFT to their Intrinsic Value Portfolio
- And much, much more!
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