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Uber Technologies$UBER · filed: grew revenue 18.3% in FY2025 to $52.0BNew shipTrillion Score 475Fall Risk MediumNext year $47.3B–$73.5B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Uber Technologies filed
Grew revenue 18.3% in FY2025 to $52.0 billion, operating margin 10.7% against a 7.9% median for business services, equity 43.8% of assets. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Uber Technologies’s card. New ship: no warning signs. Trillion Score 475, #57 of 87 in its field; Fall Risk Medium (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2025-12-31 between $47.3B and $73.5B, an 80% range sealed on 26 Sept 2026 · receipt #3c217b · graded in public by the revenue in Uber Technologies’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
Uber owns **37%** of Delivery Hero and removed the activist. The only question left is takeout price and timing.
37%
by acquiring shares from an undisclosed major investor
€9.8 billion
Uber deployed at least
€450 million
to cross this threshold
8%
position announced in March 2022
Uber Technologies lifted its stake in Delivery Hero to 37% by acquiring shares from an undisclosed major investor, likely the activist fund that has been circling the Berlin-based platform since Q2 2023. The transaction size was not disclosed, but based on Delivery Hero's current market capitalization of roughly €9.8 billion, Uber deployed at least €450 million to cross this threshold. The activist exits cleanly. Uber stays.
The move follows Uber's initial 8% position announced in March 2022, when it traded its food delivery operations in Germany, Sweden, and several emerging markets to Delivery Hero in exchange for equity. That swap was structured as a non-dilutive stake at a €5.2 billion enterprise value. Uber has since added incrementally through open-market purchases and private block trades. This latest acquisition marks the third time Uber has crossed a reporting threshold in Germany's disclosure regime, and the first time it has done so without issuing a public filing in the United States.
The control implications are narrow but real. At 37%, Uber does not control Delivery Hero's board or day-to-day operations, but it does hold a blocking minority under German corporate law for decisions requiring a 75% supermajority—mergers, asset sales, and capital restructurings. Delivery Hero operates in 70+ countries, with dominant positions in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, markets where Uber Eats either exited or never entered. The platform generated €10.7 billion in gross merchandise value in Q1 2024, roughly 60% of Uber Eats' comparable figure, but at a 22% lower take rate. That gap reflects the margin pressure of last-mile logistics in fragmented, low-density markets.
For allocators, the question is not whether Uber wants full control—it almost certainly does—but whether Delivery Hero's public shareholders will accept a premium that reflects the platform's strategic value rather than its standalone cash flows. Delivery Hero trades at 1.1x forward revenue, a 40% discount to Uber's 1.8x multiple, despite operating in faster-growing geographies. The discount reflects execution risk, regulatory headwinds in South Korea and Taiwan, and a history of unprofitable expansion. Uber's thesis is that it can extract 200-300 basis points of EBITDA margin by consolidating backend logistics, vendor negotiations, and cloud infrastructure. That improvement would justify a takeout price in the €12-14 billion range, or roughly €42-48 per share, a 25-35% premium to the current €34 close.
The timeline for a formal offer depends on two variables: Delivery Hero's ability to reach adjusted EBITDA breakeven in its Middle East and Asia segments by year-end 2025, and whether German antitrust authorities signal tolerance for a sector rollup. The Bundeskartellamt has historically blocked horizontal consolidation in digital platforms, but Uber's positioning as a cross-border acquirer—rather than a domestic competitor—may shift the analysis. If Delivery Hero posts two consecutive quarters of positive free cash flow, expect Uber to move before a competing bid from a SoftBank-backed consortium or a strategic acquirer in the Gulf materializes.
The activist who sold into this block was likely Cevian Capital or Ennismore Fund Management, both of which took positions in Delivery Hero during its 2023 valuation trough and advocated for cost discipline and geographic exits. Their departure removes the pressure for a near-term breakup or portfolio rationalization. Uber now holds the only meaningful outside stake. The exit ramp is closing.
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For the principal
Watch for a formal tender offer in H1 2025 if Delivery Hero posts breakeven EBITDA. Premium likely 25-35%.
For the operator
Track Delivery Hero's Middle East margins and German antitrust filings. Uber's cost-synergy thesis needs 200bp EBITDA lift to justify acquisition.
For the house
Named accounts with Uber exposure: add 3-5% to NAV assuming €13bn takeout by Q2 2025. No new positioning until filing.
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