Lyft sees ride-あられ／賞賛するing price war 緩和, sending Uber and Lyft 株 up
By Alexandria 下落する and Vibhuti Sharma
Aug 7 (Reuters) - Lyft Inc on Wednesday said a price war with 競争相手 Uber was 緩和, 上げるing 株 of both companies and 許すing Lyft to raise its 見通し for the year and 予測（する） a faster path to profitability.
Lyft said 増加するd 歳入 per rider would 解除する both third-４半期/4分の1 sales and 十分な-year 歳入 above 塀で囲む Street 見積（る）s. That sent Lyft 株 up 5% and 株 of Uber 科学（工学）技術s Inc up 3.8% in after-hour 貿易（する）.
"We believe these price 調整s are an 産業 傾向," 長，指導者 財政上の Officer Brian Roberts said on a call with 分析家s. He said 2018 was likely the 頂点（に達する） of losses for Lyft, an 改良 from the company's previous 的 of 報告（する）／憶測ing its biggest loss this year.
Lyft 株 一時的に turned 消極的な after it 発表するd 計画（する）s to bring 今後 its lock-up period - the time after a public 申し込む／申し出ing in which large 株主s are 禁じるd from selling 株 - to Aug. 19 from Sept. 24.
Lyft 概算の that about 257.6 million 株 could become 適格の for sale when the 貿易（する）ing 制限s ended.
A loss of $2.23 per 株 in the ４半期/4分の1 was worse than the $1.74 per-株 loss 推定する／予想するd, on 普通の／平均（する）, by 分析家s, によれば IBES data from Refinitiv.
Still, Lyft's raising its 見通し for 歳入 and adjusted losses for the 十分な year were "welcome 調印するs," said Wedbush 分析家 Ygal Arounian.
Lyft's 72% jump in 歳入 was 燃料d by more active riders, who spent about a ４半期/4分の1 more than they had a year ago.
Roberts said that pricing for rides had become "more 合理的な／理性的な" in the ４半期/4分の1, meaning that Lyft spends いっそう少なく on 昇進／宣伝s to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 競争相手 Uber. He also said that the company was 焦点（を合わせる）d on profitable growth, rather than growth at all costs.
株 of Lyft are 負かす／撃墜する 25% since their market debut on March 29, erasing about $5 billion from its market capitalization, as 投資家s continue to question whether the ride-あられ／賞賛するing 産業 can be profitable.
Lyft and larger 競争相手 Uber, both loss-making, have 歴史的に relied on 激しい subsidization to attract riders. While the companies last ４半期/4分の1 報告（する）／憶測d 調印するs that price 競争 was 緩和, both are also spending to 拡大する services into areas 含むing self-運動ing 科学（工学）技術 for Lyft and food 配達／演説／出産 for Uber.
On 普通の／平均（する）, Lyft received $39.77 in 歳入 from each of its nearly 22 million active riders in its second ４半期/4分の1 as a public company, a 22% rise in 歳入 per rider and 41% 増加する in riders over the same period in 2018.
大統領 Officer Logan Green said in a 声明 that 2019 losses would be "better than 以前 推定する／予想するd."
Lyft has said its ride-あられ／賞賛するing services would be profitable in the 未来, without giving any timeline, while also 警告 regulators that as a company it might continue 地位，任命するing losses as it 投資するs ひどく in self-運動ing cars, renting scooters and other 投機・賭けるs.
The company 予測（する） third-４半期/4分の1 歳入 of $900 million to $915 million, above the 普通の／平均（する） 分析家 見積（る） of $840.9 million.
Lyft also raised its 予測（する） for 十分な-year 歳入 to between $3.47 billion and $3.5 billion, up from its 事前の 範囲 of $3.28 billion and $3.3 billion.
Its 歳入 in the second ４半期/4分の1 rose 72% to $867.3 million, above the 普通の／平均（する） 分析家 見積（る） of $809.3 million, によれば IBES data from Refinitiv.
But its 逮捕する loss 広げるd to $644.2 million from $178.9 million a year earlier as costs more than 二塁打d to $1.54 billion from a year earlier.
On a per 株 basis, it 狭くするd to $2.23 per 株 from $8.48 per 株, a year earlier, as the number of 優れた 株 rose.
Lyft, which （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Uber to go public first, operates in over 300 cities in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and Canada. Uber says it had over 30 million riders in 2018. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Vibhuti Sharma in Bengaluru and Alexandria 下落する in San Francisco; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Lisa Shumaker)
