Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) Financial Comparison

Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Holiday Island and Lyft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lyft	-3.94%	-23.77%	-2.46%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Holiday Island and Lyft, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holiday Island	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lyft	1	18	10	1	2.37

Lyft has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.43%. Given Lyft’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than Holiday Island.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Holiday Island and Lyft’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lyft	$4.40 billion	1.23	-$340.32 million	($0.47)	-28.49

Holiday Island has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyft.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Holiday Island shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lyft beats Holiday Island on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Holiday Island

Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. primarily engages in land development activities. It acquires, develops, manages, and sells income producing commercial and residential real estate properties located in Holiday Island, Arkansas. The company was formerly known as VillageEDOCS, Inc. and changed its name to Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. in February 2014. Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Holiday Island, Arkansas.

About Lyft

Lyft, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand ridesharing in the United States and Canada. It operates multimodal transportation networks that offer access to various transportation options through the Lyft platform and mobile-based applications. The company's platform provides a ridesharing marketplace, which connects drivers with riders; Express Drive, a car rental program for drivers; and a network of shared bikes and scooters in various cities to address the needs of riders for short trips. It also offers centralized tools and enterprise transportation solutions, such as concierge transportation solutions for organizations; Lyft Pink subscription plans; Lyft Pass commuter programs; first-mile and last-mile services; and university safe rides programs. The company was formerly known as Zimride, Inc. and changed its name to Lyft, Inc. in April 2013. Lyft, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.