Lyft (LYFT) Short-term Investments (2018 - 2026)
Lyft's Short-term Investments was $656.57 million in Q2 2026, down 25.2% from $878.32 million a year earlier and down 4.3% from the prior quarter.
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Lyft (LYFT) Short-term Investments (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Short-term Investments at Lyft came in at $705.17 million, down 42.4% from FY2024.
- Short-term Investments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -18.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Short-term Investments was $1.23 billion in FY2024 (+8.8%), $1.13 billion in FY2023 (-25.7%), $1.52 billion in FY2022 (-15.6%) and $1.8 billion in FY2021 (-7.0%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Short-term Investments in data going back to Q4 2018.
- Compared with a year earlier, Short-term Investments has declined for five straight quarters, with an average decline of 19.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Short-term Investments over five years was Q2 2024 (growth of 12.9%); the worst was Q4 2025 (a decline of 42.4%).
- Per Business Quant data, LYFT's Short-term Investments in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $686.07 million (Q1 2026), $705.17 million (Q4 2025) and $686.62 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,180.92 Bn | 3,938.44 Bn | 73.85 Bn |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,847.76 Bn | 1,550.28 Bn | 49.47 Bn |
| 3 | Netflix | 289.73 Bn | 249.92 Bn | 6.52 Bn |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 249.81 Bn | 67.68 Bn | 15.11 Bn |
| 5 | Shopify | 192.08 Bn | 169.26 Bn | 1.71 Bn |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 139.76 Bn | 111.74 Bn | 6.38 Bn |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 122.41 Bn | 55.46 Bn | - |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 110.94 Bn | -140.99 Bn | 9.45 Bn |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 100.32 Bn | 57.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn |
| 10 | Lyft | 5.68 Bn | -1.66 Bn | 917.12 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 656.57 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 686.07 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 705.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 686.62 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 878.32 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.17 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.23 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.20 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.16 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.13 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.08 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.06 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.25 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.52 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.64 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.57 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.02 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.80 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.65 Bn |
API Access
Lyft Short-term Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=LYFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "ticker": "LYFT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=LYFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();