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UBERNYSE·Software - Application

Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER

Market cap $142.0BP/E 15.0× trailingGross margin 42.3%Reports Tue 3 Nov, before the open
$69.74
+0.33 (+0.47%)live 09:40 ET
52-wk $65.41 – $101.30
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Orin's take
0.65conviction · moderate
Refreshed 21 Aug · take v7. A new filing or a print queues the next refresh.

Uber's FY2025 results show a company hitting its stride — revenue of $52.0B (+18.3% YoY), operating income of $5.57B (doubling FY2024's $2.80B), and $9.76B in free cash flow at an 18.8% FCF margin — yet the stock trades at just 16.9x trailing earnings versus a 33.1x peer median, a roughly 49% discount. Since the prior hold at $68.18, conditions have improved materially: the stock has reclaimed its 50-day MA ($72.55) to close at $78.04 with a bullish MACD histogram (+0.48) and healthy RSI (60.6), smart money scores turned positive to 0.185 as of Q2 2026 from -0.114 in Q4 2025, and the AV platform strategy is expanding with Baidu's Apollo Go live in Dubai and the first European autonomous rides launching in Zagreb.

With Q2 earnings beating expectations per recent coverage and the AV partnership moat widening, the risk/reward now favors accumulation.

What could go wrong

  • Net income growth stalling. FY2025 net income of $10.05B grew only 2% YoY versus FY2024's $9.86B, despite operating income doubling — suggesting below-the-line items or tax effects are masking operating leverage, and EPS growth of just 3.7% may not support multiple expansion.
  • Insider net selling. Over the trailing 24 months, insiders net acquired 1.23M shares but on a value basis net sold $17.67M, with 457 dispositions versus 263 acquisitions — a persistent sell bias among management.
  • 200-day MA resistance. The stock at $78.04 is essentially at its 200-day MA of $77.29; failure to hold above this level could signal the recovery from $68 is exhausted and a retest of lows is possible.
  • AV monetization timeline. Autonomous partnerships in Dubai and Zagreb are early-stage launches with limited revenue contribution; if AV rollout stalls or partner economics disappoint, the strategic premium embedded in the thesis deflates.

What would change my mind

Sustained breakout above 200-day MA. UBER closes above $80 on above-average volume for 3+ consecutive sessions, confirming the move above the 200-day MA ($77.29)bullish
Q3 2026 margin compression. Q3 2026 operating margin falls below 10% (vs FY2025's 10.7%), signaling the operating leverage story is reversingbearish
Smart money score deterioration. Q3 2026 13F smart money score drops back below 0.0 and fund count declines below 65, reversing the improving institutional trendbearish
AV partnership expansion. Uber announces additional AV partner integrations or city launches beyond Dubai and Zagreb, reinforcing the platform-of-choice narrativebullish

Where this comes from: FMP FY2025 annual; derived_metrics revenue_growth_yoy 0.1828 · FMP FY2025 and FY2024 annual; derived_metrics operating_margin 0.107 · FMP FY2025 annual; derived_metrics fcf_margin 0.1877 · peer_relative pe 16.86, peer_median_pe 33.15, pe_vs_median_pct -49.15. Orin's read on UBER; not advice.

Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-23 · actual filings

Sept 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26

50-day average 200-day average · volume below

Largest holders · 13F Q2 2026

Money flow
FilerPositionOf fund
Vanguard Capital Management$9.6B0.2% of fund
Capital Research Global Investors$9.4B1.3% of fund
State Street$6.5B0.2% of fund
Morgan Stanley$5.3B0.3% of fund
Geode Capital Management$3.3B0.2% of fund
Vanguard Portfolio Management$2.5B0.1% of fund

164 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows

Insiders, last 24 months: 796 Form 4 filings, net −$5.6M. Of the 50 on hand, none was an open-market trade— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.

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Where it trades

vs its own 5y · Technology
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/E15.0×53.3×
EV/EBITDA18.9×
P/S2.56×3.28×
P/B5.2×6.3×

Its P/E sits 60th percentile of its own last 5 years (+0.38σ from its own mean).

What the price assumes

3.3%

free-cash-flow growth every year for 10 years, discounted at 10%, is what today’s price implies — starting from $9.8B of trailing free cash flow. It is an assumption the market is making, not a forecast Orin is making.

What Wall Street published

63 firms · 2026-09-23
Consensus target

$105

$74$150 · +50% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 52 buy or overweight
  • 11 hold
  • 0 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 32.4× of 8 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
UBERUber Technologies, Inc.$141B15.0×18.9×42.3%17.3%36%
AMATApplied Materials, Inc.$377B40.6×33.1×49.4%30.1%40%
ANETArista Networks, Inc.$256B63.4×49.7×63.0%38.4%31%
APPAppLovin Corporation$106B24.1×19.3×88.5%64.6%193%
CRMSalesforce, Inc.$195B21.6×14.4×77.3%22.0%20%
INTUIntuit Inc.$78B17.4×11.4×80.9%21.3%23%
LRCXLam Research Corporation$384B53.1×44.0×50.5%31.3%67%
NOWServiceNow, Inc.$146B87.4×43.4×74.8%11.3%14%
QCOMQUALCOMM Incorporated$207B22.5×16.2×54.2%21.0%37%

The median is of the 8 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 53.7% below it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year
FY18 70.5×FY25 17.0×

What its sector has traded at

Technology
FY14 9.0×FY26 48.0×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Discounted cash flow

not recomputed since
ModelFair valueAgainstComputed
Standard DCF$145$69.55 · +108%2026-06-10
Levered DCF$130$69.55 · +87%2026-06-10

The vendor’s intrinsic-value models. Treat them as a low-growth anchor — for a fast grower the market routinely pays well above a DCF. These were computed against the price in the “against” column, not today’s.

Every estimate on one scale

price $69.74
52-week range$65 – $101
Analyst targets$74 – $150
Standard DCF$145 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $69.55
Levered DCF$130 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $69.55
At own 5y-median P/E (13×)$59
At 5y P/E range (-160–66×)$-741 – $308
At sector P/E (53×)$247

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.