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Uber says Q4 net revenue was $2.22B, up 61% YoY, total value of fares was $11B, UberEats is ~10% of its business, and it lost $4.5B on $7.5B sales in 2017

Uber Technologies Inc. had a painful 2017, but the business managed to grow.  —  Adjusted net revenue last quarter increased 61 percent …

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  • @shiraovide Shira Ovide on x
    A company that doesn't make anything, and doesn't own anything, has negative free cash flow of roughly $2 billion a year. http://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @theinformation The Information on x
    CHART: Uber's losses before one-time costs, interest, taxes, and depreciation as a percentage of gross revenue—a metric that has improved rapidly. http://www.theinformation.com/ ... http://twitter.com/...
  • @theinformation The Information on x
    Exclusive: Uber reduced its fourth-quarter loss by 26% to $1.1 billion, compared with the third quarter, reports @amir http://www.theinformation.com/ ... http://twitter.com/...
  • @mdudas Mike Dudas on x
    Uber is out of the woods and is going to be an absolutely massive company. $100B minimum at the end of 2020. One of the best consumer experiences I've ever experienced relative to the previous product. http://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @amir Amir Efrati on x
    Uber ride hailing business, including Pool, has been contribution margin profitable for two straight quarters. That's a huge deal according to former Uber employees. (Contrib margin is an internal metric used to judge business performance, excluding fixed costs)
  • @amir Amir Efrati on x
    Adjusted ebitda loss was -$475M in Q4 2017 compared to -$607M in Q3 and -$882M in Q4 2016.
  • @amir Amir Efrati on x
    Uber Eats is already 10% of Uber gross revenue. Growing like a weed. Still unprofitable on a contribution margin basis but Uber continues to be bullish on it.