Understanding the Basics of Uber Technologies Stock

By Ken Smith • Saturday, February 10 15:43 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Uber Technologies over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Data Processing Services stock at a price of $70.91? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Uber Technologies has moved 112.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 21.5%
UBER has an average analyst rating of buy and is -7.97% away from its mean target price of $77.05 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.87
Uber Technologies has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 81.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.08 and its forward P/E ratio is 34.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 12.99 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Uber Technologies is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 35.0 and an average P/B of 7.92
UBER has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 125.5% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $2.79 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services. The Delivery segment allows to search for and discover restaurants to grocery, alcohol, convenience, and other retails; order a meal or other items; and Uber direct, a white-label Delivery-as-a-Service for retailers and restaurants, as well as advertising. The Freight segment manages transportation and logistics network, which connects shippers and carriers in digital marketplace including carriers upfronts, pricing, and shipment booking; and provides on-demand platform to automate logistics end-to-end transactions for small-and medium-sized business to global enterprises. Uber Technologies, Inc. was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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