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UBER

Uber Technologies Price

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UBER
$74,70
-$0,88(-%1,16)

*Data last updated: 2026-04-24 00:37 (UTC+8)

As of 2026-04-24 00:37, Uber Technologies (UBER) is priced at $74,70, with a total market cap of $155,55B, a P/E ratio of 16,94, and a dividend yield of %0,00. Today, the stock price fluctuated between $73,76 and $77,17. The current price is %1,27 above the day's low and %3,20 below the day's high, with a trading volume of 13,69M. Over the past 52 weeks, UBER has traded between $68,47 to $101,99, and the current price is -%26,75 away from the 52-week high.

UBER Key Stats

Yesterday's Close$77,26
Market Cap$155,55B
Volume13,69M
P/E Ratio16,94
Dividend Yield (TTM)%0,00
Diluted EPS (TTM)4,84
Net Income (FY)$10,05B
Revenue (FY)$52,01B
Earnings Date2026-05-06
EPS Estimate0,71
Revenue Estimate$13,28B
Shares Outstanding2,01B
Beta (1Y)1.206

About UBER

Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It connects consumers with independent providers of ride services for ridesharing services; and connects riders and other consumers with restaurants, grocers, and other stores with delivery service providers for meal preparation, grocery, and other delivery services. The company operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment provides products that connect consumers with mobility drivers who provide rides in a range of vehicles, such as cars, auto rickshaws, motorbikes, minibuses, or taxis. It also offers financial partnerships, transit, and vehicle solutions offerings. The Delivery segment allows consumers to search for and discover local restaurants, order a meal, and either pick-up at the restaurant or have the meal delivered; and offers grocery, alcohol, and convenience store delivery, as well as select other goods. The Freight segment connects carriers with shippers on the company's platform and enable carriers upfront, transparent pricing, and the ability to book a shipment, as well as transportation management and other logistics services offerings. The company was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. Uber Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
SectorTechnology
IndustrySoftware - Application
CEODara Khosrowshahi
HeadquartersSan Francisco,CA,US
Official Websitehttps://www.uber.com
Employees (FY)34,00K
Average Revenue (1Y)$1,52M
Net Income per Employee$295,67K

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2026-04-16 09:21

Brazilian Fintech Ebanx Expands into Southeast Asia, Opens Singapore Headquarters

Gate News message, April 16 — Brazilian cross-border payments firm Ebanx, which serves companies such as Uber and Shein by offering local payment methods in emerging markets, is expanding into Thailand, Indonesia, and Turkey. The company opened an Asia headquarters in Singapore last month and plans to enter Malaysia and Vietnam next quarter. In 2025, 65% of Ebanx's gross profit came from outside Brazil, compared to 32% in 2021, with 20% from markets beyond Latin America. Asia-Pacific merchants accounted for 39% of total processed volume in 2024. The expansion will be funded with cash on hand, according to Chief Executive Joao Del Valle. CPO Eduardo de Abreu will lead regional operations. In February 2025, Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS) granted Ebanx in-principle approval for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license, supporting the company's regional push.

2026-04-16 09:03

Saudi PIF Invests $550M in Lucid as Uber Commits $200M More to Robotaxi Partnership

Gate News message, April 16 — Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is investing $550 million in electric vehicle maker Lucid through its subsidiary Ayar Third Investment Company, purchasing convertible preferred stock. Uber simultaneously committed an additional $200 million, bringing its total investment in Lucid to $500 million, and pledged to purchase at least 35,000 Lucid vehicles exclusively for its future global robotaxi service. The three-way partnership divides responsibilities: Lucid manufactures vehicles, autonomous driving technology company Nuro supplies self-driving systems, and Uber operates the ride-hailing network. The companies aim for a commercial robotaxi launch in the San Francisco Bay Area in the second half of 2026, starting with the Lucid Gravity SUV. This modular approach contrasts with vertically integrated competitors like Tesla. Lucid's stock rose 10.39% in pre-market trading following the announcement. Market reaction suggests investors view fleet supply as a more viable scaling path than competing in the consumer luxury EV market.

2026-04-15 04:42

Saudi PIF Injects Additional $550M into Lucid as Uber Commits to 35,000-Vehicle Purchase

Gate News message, April 15 — Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has made an additional $550 million investment in U.S.-based electric vehicle maker Lucid Group through its affiliate Ayar Third Investment Company. The funding aims to strengthen Lucid's capital position and boost production. Separately, Uber has committed to purchasing at least 35,000 Lucid vehicles for its future global robotaxi service. PIF has been Lucid's majority owner since April 2019, with total investments now reaching $8 billion for a 58.4% stake. The sovereign wealth fund previously injected $2.5 billion in 2024. Uber has also added $200 million to its investment, bringing its total stake in Lucid to $500 million following a $300 million injection in September 2025. Lucid plans to begin full-scale vehicle manufacturing in Saudi Arabia this year, transitioning from assembly-only operations at its facility near Jeddah. The company expects to reach full production capacity of 150,000 vehicles annually by 2029. Lucid's market capitalization has fallen from a peak of nearly $63 billion after its 2021 IPO to approximately $3 billion currently.

2026-03-17 04:33

Uber Early Investor Gurley: AI Bubble Reset Coming, Depressed SaaS Stocks Are Opportunities

Gate News reports that on March 17, Benchmark General Partner and early Uber investor Bill Gurley stated that the AI wave is real, but the rapid wealth accumulation has attracted more profit-seekers, which he says is "the cause of the bubble." He predicts an upcoming "reset." Gurley cited economist Carlota Perez's theory, saying "bubbles only appear when the wave truly exists," and advised investors to set target prices for depressed SaaS stocks now, to "buy heavily" when the reset occurs. The AI impact has already severely hit the software sector: Salesforce and ServiceNow have each fallen about 25% this year, and the ETF tracking the software sector (ticker IGV) has declined about 20% year-to-date. Regarding the massive capital consumption by AI companies, Gurley referenced his own experience with Uber, where they burned $2 billion annually, which made him "highly anxious." Today, leading model companies are burning far more money than back then. "God bless them," Gurley said of Anthropic and OpenAI, "their business models are too frightening." Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft are expected to spend a combined approximately $700 billion on AI this year.

2026-01-07 08:04

Former Uber and Lyft executives launch Bitcoin-linked savings token BUCK

ChainCatcher News, former Uber and Lyft executive Travis VanderZanden announces the launch of a Bitcoin-linked savings token BUCK, which aims to provide users with an approximate 7% target annualized return.

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Silicon Valley's most famous angel investor, Naval, has just launched a new fund. Unlike the more than 400 companies he personally invested in before (Uber, Twitter, Notion are among them), this time, you can also invest. No need to be a millionaire, no connections required, no qualification as a "accredited investor" under U.S. securities law. Starting with $500, you can buy shares in OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and SpaceX simultaneously. The fund is called USVC (United States Venture Capital), built by AngelList, with Naval himself serving as the chair of the investment committee. After launching last night, AngelList’s announcement tweet received 2.75 million views, and Naval’s long tweet got 2.25 million views. They set a very bold tagline for this fund: "The People's Donation Fund of America." ![](https://img-cdn.gateio.im/social/moments-6e16db78bf-e6e6b52d28-8b7abd-badf29) Sounds like a thorough financial equality initiative. 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The current disclosed holdings on USVC’s website include OpenAI, Anthropic, and mostly xAI: USVC’s shares are not listed on any national securities exchange. So, how does USVC allow investors to cash out? The answer is quarterly repurchase offers. The fund has the right to initiate a buyback once every quarter, with a limit of 5% of net asset value. But this is at the discretion of the board, not a contractual obligation. It’s a middle ground—worse than ETFs but better than traditional VC. For investors, if you need cash urgently, USVC shares can’t be liquidated easily. The most noteworthy aspect of USVC is its fee structure. At the top of the homepage, USVC prominently states: “1% management fee, no performance fee.” It also compares this to the typical 2% management fee of traditional VC funds. This is USVC’s marketing pitch. But scroll to the bottom of the same page, and the fee breakdown tells a different story. USVC discloses total expenses as: “Other fund expenses 2.61%” — what’s that? It’s the first path: investing in other emerging fund managers, who charge USVC a 2% management fee and 20% performance share. These fees are borne by USVC as an LP and ultimately passed on to individual investors. Therefore, the net fee rate for USVC should be around 2.50%. But that’s not the final figure. The website also notes that AngelList has agreed to waive some fees and cover certain operational costs, at least until October 29, 2026. Once the waiver period ends, the fee rate jumps to 3.61%. Assuming USVC’s underlying portfolio yields an annualized gross return of 12%—roughly the median of top-tier VC funds over the past decade—during the waiver period, investors’ net return would be about 9.5%. After the waiver ends, with a 3.61% fee, net returns drop to approximately 8.4%. Over ten years, $10k would grow to $24,800 with the lower fee, or $22,400 with the higher fee. The difference is $2,400, about 24% of the initial principal. This isn’t a fake story. All numbers are transparently disclosed on USVC’s official compliance page. But for a fund claiming to promote “financial democratization,” this gap is worth highlighting. Behind the Narrative: Is This Truly “Investment for All”? A well-known Silicon Valley analyst, Aakash Gupta, dug into the SEC filings USVC disclosed. He found that as of December 31, 2025, USVC’s total assets were only about $8.3 million. Of that, roughly 56% ($4.65 million) was parked in a government money market fund yielding 3.66%. These figures starkly contrast with the lineup of seven star companies on the homepage. You might think your $500 would proportionally go into these companies—OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, SpaceX. But in reality, the entire fund’s SEC-registered size is less than $10 million, with over half in short-term government bonds. There are reasonable explanations: the fund is newly established, deploying cash takes time, and Ankur later mentioned in a tweet that “there are promising new projects in the pipeline.” Some community critics argue that USVC is just Naval’s new “liquidity exit art,” not truly democratizing access but rather serving as a distribution mechanism for already inflated positions. Over the past decade, private valuations have soared: OpenAI’s valuation jumped from $86 billion to $500 billion in three years; xAI’s valuation rose from $24 billion to over $2 trillion in 18 months. Public markets have also shown signs of overvaluation—Figma’s IPO saw shares fall below private valuation by 50% within two weeks; Klarna’s private valuation of $46 billion dropped to $6.7 billion at IPO. In this context, packaging and selling these positions to retail investors seems more like “distribution.” The 5% quarterly buyback limit sounds friendly in normal markets. But if a major market correction occurs in 2027, private company valuations could fall, secondary trading could dry up, and the board’s rational choice might be to skip buybacks that quarter rather than sell underlying assets at low prices. Silicon Valley developer and investor Kenn Ejima commented directly, viewing USVC as a fund with a limited opportunity window, the length of which depends on how long Naval remains Chair of the Investment Committee. The word “democratization” has appeared several times in financial history over the past century. A common question is: “Is democratization about opportunity or risk?” But this time, the real question might be: “Are you buying a fund, or just Naval’s attention over the past few years?”
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