Stock Wars: Lyft vs. Uber

An Uber logo is seen on a sign outside the company's headquarters location in San Francisco, on May 8, 2019.Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Benzinga’s weekly Stock Wars matches up two leaders in a major industry sector with the goal of determining which company is the better investment.

This week, the duel is between a pair of ride-hailing services: Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc..

The Case for Lyft

This company began in 2012 as an app for Zimride, a long-distance carpooling service founded in 2007 by computer programmers Logan Green and John Zimmer, who sold Zimride to Enterprise Holdings in 2013 to focus on growing Lyft.