Richard Fogler Uber UBER-N TOP PICK May 01, 2025

Is held back by a misconception that ride-sharing and autonomous driving will dislocate Uber. Wrong. Uber already partners with Waymo, so will participate in that. Uber is undervalued.

Has grown cashflows, very encouraging. Taking share from LYFT. Over several years stock's been volatile, but hasn't done that much due to looming robotaxis and autonomous vehicles. If that picks up steam, competitive dynamics change; UBER would move from handling both supply and demand, to being just one of many suppliers chasing demand.

Multiple's come down, showing good fundamentals. Watch the space. Waymo has no experience in the space, whereas Uber's really well positioned. That partnership will work well at first, but it's the future he's concerned about.

Tesla's reputation has taken a hit this year due to Musk's highly polarizing involvement with Trump. This has taken the robotaxi story off the table, allowing Uber to roar. But robotaxis were never a threat to Uber in the first place.

Like Tesla, they need to get to self-driving cars and to be the first there. It's anyone's guess if they do. It's okay to hold a small amount, but not a lot.

Rough ride along with the market. Good component of a portfolio, given all the tariff situations. Part of the issue is that the market incorrectly looks at autonomous driving as having one winner and the rest losers. See his blog at goodreid.com under Insights.

Missed 2 key metrics. Past year has been quite sideways, more of a trading stock. Above 200-day MA, but that 200-day MA has been quite flat. Forward earnings estimates have ratcheted down a bit, but you're still paying ~30x forward PE. That's problematic. 200-week MA seems to be steadily moving higher.

Longer term, will face lots of competition in the space as well as regulatory risk.

They recently announced agreements with two robo taxi companies. Amazon's model is one app for everything, all sellers, and Uber could replicate this system which would be significant. Robo taxis are already running in California, Also in Austen Texas where Waymo's robo taxis have 99% more riders than cars with drivers, but at this this point there are only 100 driverless cars. There are several advantages to driverless cars including the response to calls is immediate.

The rides and Uber Eats are growing rapidly. Advertising boasts 175 million active users of the Uber app, and they can still capture more of the ad potential. Their freight division should be set aside; it's distraction. Also, their self-driving business will be exciting for Uber.

Tariffs have taken a bit of a back seat, so now focus is returning again to robotics and robotaxis. Only 3 are in that race -- UBER, Waymo, and TSLA. He particularly likes Waymo, and then TSLA. 12-month price target is $115.