NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 19:11 ET — After-hours
- Uber shares closed up 0.3% and were little changed after hours as the broader market slipped.
- The stock is down about 12% from early December levels, keeping focus on regulation and margins.
- Investors are watching Tuesday’s U.S. data and Fed minutes ahead of Uber’s next results window in early February.
Uber Technologies Inc (UBER) shares closed up 0.3% at $81.50 on Monday and dipped 0.1% to $81.44 in after-hours trading.
The stock has been volatile in December and is down about 12% since its Dec. 8 close of $92.57, keeping sentiment fragile into year-end.
That matters now because Uber is heading into its next earnings update with investors split on whether the recent pullback reflects company-specific risks or a broader derating of consumer platform stocks. The next set of numbers will be a check on demand and margins at a time when macro data can still swing rate expectations.
Uber’s steadiness came as U.S. equities eased. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF fell 0.4% and the Invesco QQQ Trust slipped 0.5%, while the iShares U.S. Transportation ETF lost 0.4%.
Among peers, Lyft fell 2.6% and DoorDash dropped 1.2%.
Some investors pointed to a steadier consumer backdrop. “From ride-share to online travel to e-commerce, most companies are experiencing robust consumer demand trends,” Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney wrote in a client note, Investors.com reported. Investors.com
Uber has also faced headline risk around Uber One, its paid membership program. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Dec. 15 it and 21 states and Washington, D.C., filed an amended complaint accusing Uber of deceptive billing and cancellation practices.
Autonomous vehicles remain another swing factor in how investors value the company. Uber and Lyft said on Dec. 22 they were teaming up with Baidu to trial driverless taxi services in the UK next year, underscoring Uber’s strategy of partnering with robotaxi operators rather than owning fleets.
In its Nov. 4 quarterly update, Uber said trips rose 22% year on year and gross bookings — the total dollar value of transactions on its platform before payouts — grew 21%. It forecast fourth-quarter gross bookings of $52.25 billion to $53.75 billion and adjusted EBITDA — earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — of $2.41 billion to $2.51 billion.
Uber has not confirmed a date for its next earnings report, but several market calendars list it for Feb. 4. Investors will watch for bookings momentum, margin trends and cash generation after the late-year slide.
Before Tuesday’s session, traders will also parse U.S. housing and factory data and the Fed’s December meeting minutes, due at 2 p.m. ET. The schedule includes the Case-Shiller home price index and Chicago PMI in the morning.
On the chart, the stock has been choppy in the high-$70s to low-$80s in the second half of December, with a month-to-date low of $78.31 on Dec. 19. Holding that zone has helped steady the shares; a push back above the mid-$80s would be an early sign that selling pressure is easing.
