Uber Technologies (UBER) is expanding its Uber Eats grocery offering through new partnerships with regional retailers such as Busch’s Fresh Food Market, Hays, Lowe’s Market and Piggly Wiggly across the U.S.

Despite the new grocery and retail partnerships, Uber Technologies’ share price has had a weaker patch, with the 30 day share price return down 7.17% and the year to date share price return down 14.63%. Over longer periods, total shareholder returns of 51.64% over three years and 65.32% over five years indicate earlier momentum that has recently cooled.

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Uber Technologies now sits at a lower share price after a sharp pullback, while its business keeps adding new delivery partners. Does that recent slide leave more upside than downside on today’s valuation, or not?

Most Popular Narrative: 15% Undervalued

The most followed narrative on Uber Technologies values the stock at $83.18 per share, compared with the recent close at $70.74, which implies a meaningful valuation gap that investors are watching closely.

Uber’s recent moves in Türkiye are hard to ignore. In the past year, $UBER has committed over $1B across Trendyol Go and Getir delivery assets, paying approximately 0.34 to 0.41 times gross bookings for businesses operating at around 4% global EBITDA margins. That is meaningful capital deployed into what they clearly view as a long-term growth market. A few takeaways for ride-hailing investors:

Türkiye is now a priority market. Uber would not be allocating this level of capital otherwise.

After 11 years of limited organic traction, Uber is choosing inorganic growth.

These deals are focused on delivery, Uber’s secondary segment. Why this matters for Marti Technologies (NYSE American: MRT), the local competitor and the one that is the only at scale ride-hailing operator in the country: Ride-hailing is structurally a higher-margin business (approximately 8% global EBITDA for Uber versus approximately 4% for delivery). If Uber sees this much value in Türkiye’s delivery market, it reinforces the long-term opportunity in the larger and more economically attractive ride-hailing segment, where Marti is the only scaled, locally built operator. Uber validating Türkiye is a validation of market depth and demand. For investors watching emerging mobility markets, this is an important signal.

This narrative leans heavily on Uber Technologies using sizeable capital, higher assumed profitability and a future earnings multiple to back that $83.18 fair value. Want to see which revenue and margin paths would need to hold for that price to make sense, and how much of the story is tied to expansion plays like Türkiye.

Result: Fair Value of $83.18 (UNDERVALUED)

However, Uber Technologies still faces risks if Türkiye integrations disappoint, or if competitive and regulatory pressures in key regions weigh on those long term margin assumptions.

Next Steps

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