5 Hot Growth Stocks To Buy Now

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5. Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER)

Revenue Growth Rate over Last 12 Months: 95.71%
3 months return: 33.01%
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 142

Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER), a ride-sharing and food delivery firm, has great growth prospects for the upcoming year. In 2023, Uber (UBER 5.53%) may have both business areas working at full capacity. Uber has a 71% share of the ride-sharing industry in the United States as of 2022. The company shares have offered 33.54% returns to investors over the past month. Uber reported a 49% increase in revenue to $8.6 billion for the fourth quarter. With the ride-hailing mobility category seeing an even sharper 31% growth rate, gross bookings increased by 19% year over year.

The fundamentals of Uber also appeared stronger. The number of active platform users every month increased by 11% to 131 million. Over 2.1 billion journeys were made in total, up from 1.77 billion in the same time last year. Additionally, the firm now has access to the freight transportation market thanks to the acquisition of Transplace, which gave overall revenues a modest but quickly-rising boost.

After Uber’s Q4 earnings beat expectations, Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan increased his price target for the company to $47 from $45 on February 8 while maintaining a Buy rating for the shares. In addition, fund managers added to their Uber holdings in the third quarter. There were 142 hedge funds in our database that held stakes in Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER)’s at the end of the third quarter, compared to 129 funds in the third quarter. First Pacific Advisors LLC is the company’s most significant stakeholder, with 2.62 million shares worth $64.74 billion.

RiverPark Funds shared its outlook on Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) in its Q3 2022 investor letter. Here’s what the firm said:

“Uber was our top contributor for the quarter on better-than-expected 2Q results, and 3Q EBITDA guidance that was well ahead of Street estimates. The company reported 33% Gross Bookings growth from both the continued recovery of Mobility Gross Bookings, up 55% year over year, and the continuation of Delivery Gross Bookings growth, up 7% year over year. Overall, revenue grew 105% year over year to $8 billion, generating $364 million of adjusted EBITDA, up $873 million year over year. Management guided to 25%-30% gross bookings growth and adjusted EBITDA of $440-$470 million for 3Q. Significantly, FCF was positive at $382 million, up $780 million year over year, and remains on track to be positive for the year allowing the company to self-fund future growth…..(Click to read the full text).”