Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) vs. Sify Technologies (NASDAQ:SIFY) Financial Survey

Sify Technologies (NASDAQ:SIFY) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

Sify Technologies has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.6% of Sify Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.0% of Sify Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sify Technologies and Lyft, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sify Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Lyft	2	22	9	0	2.21

Lyft has a consensus target price of $19.62, indicating a potential upside of 47.49%. Given Lyft’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lyft is more favorable than Sify Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Sify Technologies and Lyft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sify Technologies	-3.70%	-15.90%	-3.79%
Lyft	45.03%	-3.79%	-0.79%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sify Technologies and Lyft”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sify Technologies	$471.80 million	1.96	-$9.17 million	N/A	N/A
Lyft	$6.32 billion	0.84	$2.84 billion	$6.82	1.95

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than Sify Technologies.

Summary

Lyft beats Sify Technologies on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sify Technologies

Sify Technologies Limited offers ICT solutions and services in India and internationally. It operates through Network Centric Services, Data Center Services, and Digital Services segments. The company offers internet, internet protocol, multi-protocol label switching, virtual private network, SDWAN, managed Wi-Fi, internet of things, wholesale and retail voice, dedicated internet access, and proactive monitoring and management of the network and devices. It provides co-location services; and managed hosting services, such as storage, back-up management, performance monitoring, infrastructure monitoring and management, network availability, server load balancing, managed shared firewall, web server log reporting, and remote and smart hands services. In addition, it offers managed network services; EDGE services; cloud and managed services, including infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, virtual private data center, computing services, IT platform, backup and recovery solution, and content delivery network; remote and onsite infrastructure managed services; and managed security services. Further, the company provides technology integration services; application integration services, which includes talent management, supply chain management, web portal solutions content services, portal development and maintenance, eLearning, digital signature, SAP, Microsoft, Oracle services. The company was formerly known as Sify Limited and changed its name to Sify Technologies Limited in October 2007. Sify Technologies Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Chennai, India. Sify Technologies Limited is a subsidiary of Ramanand Core Investment Company Private Limited.

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.