SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Lyft Inc. (LYFT) on Tuesday reported a loss of $258.6 million in its fourth quarter.

On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had a loss of 75 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 9 cents per share.

The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 9 cents per share.

The ride-hailing company posted revenue of $969.9 million in the period, exceeding Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $942.9 million.

For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $1.01 billion, or $3.02 per share. Revenue was reported as $3.21 billion.

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