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17.7%

YoY change

+4.42pp

Trough year (2016)

-144.5%

Peak year (2025)

17.7%

FCF Margin history chart for Lyft (LYFT) from 2016 to 2025

Latest: 17.7%

FCF Margin change chart for Lyft (LYFT) from 2016 to 2025

Latest: +4.42pp

FCF Margin history table for Lyft (LYFT) from 2016 to 2025

  • 202517.7%+4.42pp
  • 202413.2%+18.88pp
  • 2023-5.6%+2.97pp
  • 2022-8.6%-2.96pp
  • 2021-5.6%+56.63pp
  • 2020-62.3%-54.42pp
  • 2019-7.8%+8.45pp
  • 2018-16.3%+21.96pp
  • 2017-38.3%+106.21pp
  • 2016-144.5%

FCF Margin values are taken from Lyft's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Lyft (LYFT)

According to Lyft's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 17.7%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

In 2025, Lyft (LYFT) free cash flow margin totalled 17.66% – expanded 4.4 percentage points year-over-year.

2025 marks the peak free cash flow margin at 17.66%, with the historical low of -144.48% recorded in 2016.

Lyft FCF Margin by Year

Lyft FCF Margin 2025: 17.7%

Lyft posted free cash flow margin of 17.66% in 2025, expanded 4.4 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Lyft FCF Margin 2024: 13.2%

In 2024, Lyft reported free cash flow margin of 13.24%, expanded 18.9 percentage points from 2023.

Lyft FCF Margin 2023: -5.6%

Lyft free cash flow margin in 2023 was -5.63%, expanded 3.0 percentage points from 2022.

Lyft FCF Margin 2022: -8.6%

2022's free cash flow margin for Lyft came in at -8.60%, contracted 3.0 percentage points from 2021.

Lyft FCF Margin 2021: -5.6%

Lyft free cash flow margin in 2021 was -5.64%.

See more financial history for Lyft (LYFT).

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