Uber is the ridesharing company whose stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol UBER.
The company began as UberCab in San Francisco in 2009, founded by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick. Its early service connected passengers with drivers through a smartphone application, offering an alternative to traditional taxi dispatch. The name was later shortened to Uber as the business expanded.
Uber went public on 10 May 2019. Its shares were listed on the NYSE under the symbol UBER, making the ticker a direct abbreviation of the company’s name. The company’s operations now extend beyond rides, including food delivery through Uber Eats and freight-related services, although ridesharing remains its best-known business.
The distractors are separate companies: Lyft is another major U.S. ridesharing firm, while DiDi is based in China and Grab is headquartered in Singapore. A ticker identifies a publicly traded company’s shares; it is not the same thing as a brand’s app name or a local operating subsidiary.