$UBER · Uber Technologies
Latest call · 2026-05-05
The call
Head-to-head · Claude vs the Street vs reality
| Claude | Street | Actual | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | $0.78 | $0.71 | — |
| Revenue | $13.45B | $13.27B | — |
| Direction (1d) | 🟢 UP |
🟢 UP
36B · 5H · 0S
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🟢 UP |
| 1d move | +2.0% | — | +8.5% |
| 3d move | +3.5% | — | — |
Thesis
Pre-print de-risked (-5% past 10d, RSI 47) into a print where management's own Q1 GB guide ($52-53.5B) leaves headroom for a high-end beat on Mobility + Delivery resilience. Waymo unit-economics disclosure on the call is the discrete upside amplifier — Austin/Atlanta robotaxi data is now 12+ months mature.
What would flip it
Q2 GB guide midpoint lands soft on AV cannibalization fear — flips the setup to flat.
The market's narrative
Pre-print de-risked (-5% past 10 days, RSI 47, sub-50EMA $80.31) into a print where management's own Q1 guide ($52-53.5B GB, $2.37-2.47B EBITDA) leaves room for high-end beats; the Waymo unit-economics question is the call's dominant Q&A vector.
Where the Street may be wrong
- Q1 GB likely lands at $53.5-54.0B (above guide top-end) on Mobility resilience + Delivery cohort acceleration — the ceiling-of-guide beat is the clean operational-metric trigger.
- Waymo-on-Uber take-rate / contribution margin disclosure on the call would re-rate the AV-partnership-as-accretive thesis — Khosrowshahi has historically dropped concrete unit-econ numbers when the data is ready.
Peer read: MA 4/29 (+4.6% on $4B buyback + cross-border vol +13%) — UBER is the equivalent operational-execution name with active $3.5B buyback remaining + cross-platform user growth.
Reasoning
- Pre-print de-risk -5% over 10 days with RSI 47 = positioning pressure relieved, beat-and-raise unlocks +2-3% (CDNS pre-print de-risk rule applied).
- Mobility GB guidance midpoint (~$52.75B) was conservative on prior consumer-spend-soft narrative; April spend trackers suggest GB lands at $53.5-54B = high-end-of-guide beat.
- Adj EBITDA likely $2.50B+ vs $2.42B midpoint guide on Mobility take-rate stability + Delivery contribution margin step-up.
- Waymo-on-Uber unit-economics disclosure ON THE CALL would be the discrete amplifier — Austin/Atlanta robotaxi data is now 12+ months mature.
- $1.49 EPS Claude est vs Street $1.49 — wait, that's wrong. EPS Claude $0.78 vs Street $0.71 = 10% beat magnitude on profitability flow-through.
Risks to the call
- Q2 GB guide midpoint lands soft (<$54B) on AV cannibalization fear — flips +2% to flat.
- Waymo unit-economics commentary turns dilutive (suggests AV rides cannibalize Mobility take-rate) — bear case extension.