Sify Technologies (NASDAQ:SIFY) versus Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) Financial Review

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

Risk and Volatility

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Lyft currently has a consensus price target of $19.62, suggesting a potential upside of 52.54%. Given Lyft’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than Sify Technologies.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lyft and Sify Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lyft	$6.32 billion	0.81	$2.84 billion	$6.82	1.89
Sify Technologies	$471.80 million	1.98	-$9.17 million	N/A	N/A

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 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.

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.