The Lime IPO Offers Excitement, but This Stock Will Be the Better Long-Term Moneymaker

There seems to beryllium a never-ending proviso of archetypal nationalist offerings (IPOs) successful 2026, with Neutron Holdings the latest institution readying to spell public. Most radical cognize Neutron amended arsenic Lime, the electrical scooter and motorcycle rental company, which I'll besides notation to by that sanction due to the fact that of its recognition.

The institution steadily accrued its gross from $522 cardinal successful 2023 to $686.6 cardinal successful 2024 to $886.7 cardinal successful 2025, and its electrical motorcycle conception could spot meaningful gross maturation ahead. According to Fortune Business Insights, the planetary electrical motorcycle marketplace is expected to turn successful worth from $65.8 cardinal successful 2026 to $193.2 cardinal by 2034.

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That said, erstwhile Lime goes public, there's a connected institution to this IPO that offers much moneymaking imaginable for semipermanent investors: Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER).

Uber's transportation to Lime

In 2018, Uber invested successful Lime and formed a concern successful which Lime rentals would beryllium disposable connected the Uber app. Then, successful 2020, Uber led a $170 cardinal concern circular successful Lime, which besides progressive Uber transferring its electrical motorcycle and scooter part to Lime.

Over the past fewer years, that concern has go progressively important to Lime. In 2023, Uber accounted for 14.1% of Lime's revenue; successful 2024, 15.8%; and successful 2025, 14.3%. Nevertheless, Lime is losing money, reporting nett losses of $122.4 cardinal successful 2023, $33.9 cardinal successful 2024, and $59.3 cardinal successful 2025.

The bigger accidental

Lime's absorption is connected electrical scooters and bikes, but Uber has the bigger moneymaking imaginable arsenic the relation of a broader proscription network. Uber is moving with autonomous carmakers Rivian Automotive and Lucid to make a robotaxi fleet, and with Uber's scope connected its app, that could unfastened the doorway for different autonomous conveyance makers to question retired moving with Uber.

In summation to robotaxis, arsenic of March 31, Uber owned much than 325 cardinal shares successful the autonomous trucking institution Aurora Innovation. It's besides moving with the aerial taxi company, Joby Aviation, and Joby riders volition yet beryllium capable to publication trips done the Uber app.

Plus, connected apical of each that, it's besides seeing noteworthy gross maturation successful its transportation business. In Uber's 2026 first-quarter (ended March 31) net report, transportation gross was much than $5 billion, a 34% summation that besides topped expert estimates of $4.8 billion.