On September 9, Lyft, Inc. fell 5.01% in regular trading, trading at approximately $15.47 per share, with turnover of $12.26 million. The decline was driven by a combination of a senior management departure and a below-consensus analyst initiation.

Lyft announced that current CFO Erin Brewer plans to retire, with Michael Brous set to assume the chief financial officer role effective September 28. Brewer will remain with the company during the transition. Alongside the leadership change, the company reaffirmed its Q3 guidance for gross bookings and adjusted EBITDA, attempting to reassure investors of operational continuity.

Separately, Scotiabank initiated coverage on Lyft with a Sector Perform rating and a $17 price target, notably below the analyst consensus mean target of $20.05, signaling a cautious stance on the stock's near-term upside. The conservative initiation compounded the negative sentiment from the CFO transition.

Lyft also announced a partnership with Alphabet's Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing service in Nashville via the Lyft app, but the strategic expansion failed to offset management-related uncertainty in the session. Within the Passenger Ground Transportation sector, weakness was broad-based, with Uber down 1.29%, Grab Holdings down 4.37%, and Hertz down 0.92%.

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