A Discounted Cash Flow model estimates what a business is worth by projecting the cash it can generate in the future and discounting those cash flows back to today in dollar terms.
For Uber Technologies, the latest twelve months Free Cash Flow is about $8.7 billion. Analysts, together with Simply Wall St extrapolations, see this rising steadily over the coming decade. By 2035, projected annual Free Cash Flow is estimated at roughly $23.4 billion, reflecting strong expected scaling of the platform and improving profitability. These projections are modeled using a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach, where earlier years grow faster before growth tapers in the longer term.
When all those future dollar cash flows are discounted back to today, the DCF model suggests an intrinsic value of about $167.39 per share. Compared with the current share price around $90.99, this implies the stock is roughly 45.6% undervalued on this basis.
Result: UNDERVALUED
Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Uber Technologies is undervalued by 45.6%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio, or discover 908 more undervalued stocks based on cash flows.
For a profitable company like Uber, the price to earnings, or PE, ratio is a useful shorthand for how much investors are willing to pay today for each dollar of current earnings. It naturally ties together expectations for future growth and the risks investors see in those earnings continuing.
In general, faster growing, more resilient businesses tend to justify a higher, fair PE ratio, while slower or riskier names command a lower one. Uber currently trades on a PE of about 11.36x, which is well below the Transportation industry average of roughly 30.77x and far under the broader peer group average near 70.10x. That big gap suggests the market is still pricing Uber more cautiously than many of its listed peers.
Simply Wall St’s Fair Ratio framework estimates what multiple a stock should trade on given its earnings growth, profitability, industry, size and risk profile. For Uber, that Fair PE Ratio is around 14.32x, meaning the shares look undervalued relative to what those fundamentals would normally justify. Because this approach is tailored to Uber’s own characteristics rather than a blunt peer comparison, it offers a more nuanced view, and on that basis, the stock appears to have further upside.
Result: UNDERVALUED
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Earlier we mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation, so let us introduce you to Narratives, a simple way to connect the story you believe about a company with a concrete financial forecast and a Fair Value that you can compare to today’s Price. On Simply Wall St’s Community page, Narratives let millions of investors explain the assumptions behind their numbers, from revenue growth and profit margins to the multiple they think Uber deserves, then turn that outlook into an explicit Fair Value that updates automatically as new news, earnings or guidance comes in. For Uber, one Narrative might focus on more conservative growth and margins, leading to a Fair Value near $75 per share and a preference to buy only if the price falls. In contrast, a more optimistic Narrative might lean into autonomous driving, platform engagement and higher long term profitability, supporting a Fair Value around $111 and a view that the current price still offers upside.
For Uber Technologies, however, we will make it really easy for you with previews of two leading Uber Technologies Narratives:
Fair value: $111.06 per share
Implied undervaluation versus $90.99: 18.1%
Forecast revenue growth: 14.59% per year
Fair value: $75.00 per share
Implied overvaluation versus $90.99: 21.3%
Forecast revenue growth: 4.2% per year
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