TTM
-2.5%
YoY change
−0.93pp
Trough year (2016)
-201.7%
Peak year (2024)
-2.1%
Latest annual
-3.0%
Operating Margin history chart for Lyft (LYFT) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: -3.0%
Operating Margin change chart for Lyft (LYFT) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: −0.93pp
Operating Margin history table for Lyft (LYFT) from 2016 to 2025
| 2025 | -3.0% | -0.93pp | ||
| 2024 | -2.1% | +8.75pp | ||
| 2023 | -10.8% | +24.83pp | ||
| 2022 | -35.6% | -0.24pp | ||
| 2021 | -35.4% | +41.09pp | ||
| 2020 | -76.5% | -1.74pp | ||
| 2019 | -74.7% | -29.40pp | ||
| 2018 | -45.3% | +21.49pp | ||
| 2017 | -66.8% | +134.92pp | ||
| 2016 | -201.7% | — |
- 2025-3.0%-0.93pp
- 2024-2.1%+8.75pp
- 2023-10.8%+24.83pp
- 2022-35.6%-0.24pp
- 2021-35.4%+41.09pp
- 2020-76.5%-1.74pp
- 2019-74.7%-29.40pp
- 2018-45.3%+21.49pp
- 2017-66.8%+134.92pp
- 2016-201.7%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Lyft (LYFT)
According to Lyft's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is -2.5%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
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) operating margin totalled -2.98% – contracted 0.9 percentage points year-over-year.
2024 marks the peak operating margin at -2.06%, with the historical low of -201.75% recorded in 2016.
Lyft Operating Margin by Year
Lyft Operating Margin 2025: -3.0%
Lyft posted operating margin of -2.98% in 2025, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2024.
Lyft Operating Margin 2024: -2.1%
In 2024, Lyft reported operating margin of -2.06%, expanded 8.7 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Lyft Operating Margin 2023: -10.8%
Lyft operating margin in 2023 was -10.80%, expanded 24.8 percentage points from 2022.
Lyft Operating Margin 2022: -35.6%
2022's operating margin for Lyft came in at -35.63%, contracted 0.2 percentage points from 2021.
Lyft Operating Margin 2021: -35.4%
Lyft operating margin in 2021 was -35.38%.
See more financial history for Lyft (LYFT).
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