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Uber shares fall after $10 billion robotaxi expansion plan
Shares of Uber slid 4.8% after management guided third-quarter adjusted earnings to a range of $0.84 to $0.88 per share, short of the $0.89 Wall Street wanted, Hindustan Times reported. Behind the…
Shares of Uber slid 4.8% after management guided third-quarter adjusted earnings to a range of $0.84 to $0.88 per share, short of the $0.89 Wall Street wanted, Hindustan Times reported. Behind the guidance sits a pledge to commit upward of $10 billion over the next several years to robotaxi expansion, spanning equity stakes, vehicle fleets and support for partner firms, Waymo, Zoox, Rivian, Lucid and Wayve among them, as Uber targets a footprint across at least 15 cities by year's end. The company's underlying business still looks solid: second-quarter bookings climbed 24% year over year to $58.02 billion and cash flow hit $2.8 billion, even after a $1.1 billion hit tied to a UK legal change. Investors, the report said, remain wary of just how large the spending commitment has become.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Healthy bookings and free cash flow buy Uber some room to chase the robotaxi opportunity, yet committing upward of ten billion dollars pulls the business away from the lean, capital-light setup that made ride-hailing profitable in the first place. How this bet plays out hinges on how well the various partners perform and whether regulators sign off city by city across all 15 markets targeted, questions nothing here answers. What will actually show whether the guidance miss was a blip or the start of something bigger is Uber's next quarterly print.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
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