Lyft’s Loss Grows, but Execs Say the Bleeding Will Stop Soon

Lyft’s Loss Grows, but Execs Say the Bleeding Will Stop Soon

When Lyft filed for an initial public offering in March, its 2018 annual loss—$911 million—no doubt made some prospective investors queasy. Now, its losses have grown. In the ride-hail company’s first quarterly earnings report, it said it lost $1.13 billion in the first quarter of 2019, a 386 percent jump over the same quarter last …