5 Best Transportation Stocks To Buy Heading Into 2023

1. Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 142

Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER), an American mobility technology company, is one of the best transportation stocks to buy heading into 2023. For Q4, Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) anticipates gross bookings to grow 23% to 27% year-over-year on a constant currency basis. 

On October 24, Cowen analyst John Blackledge maintained an Outperform rating on Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) but lowered the price target on the shares to $70 from $76. The analyst expects Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER)’s Q3 2022 Gross Bookings at the high end of the guide, driven by the ongoing recovery in Mobility and expansion of core EBITDA margins.

According to Insider Monkey’s Q3 data, Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) was part of 142 hedge fund portfolios, compared to 129 in the prior quarter. Philippe Laffont’s Coatue Management is a prominent stakeholder of the company, with 16.6 million shares worth $440.6 million. 

Artisan Partners made the following comment about Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) in its Q3 2022 investor letter:

“During the quarter, we began new GardenSM campaigns in Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) and Shopify. In July, we initiated our position in Uber, a leader in global ride-hailing and online food delivery. We believe the company is well positioned to benefit from strong secular tailwinds in both of its core businesses. Earlier this year, management outlined a plan at its investor day to achieve $4 billion of free cash flow by 2024, an encouraging commitment given investors have maligned the company for years of being unprofitable. We witnessed solid progress toward achieving this goal in the company’s most recent earnings results, where it beat expectations for the quarter on both fronts and delivered positive FCF for the first time. The company also indicated it isn’t seeing any evidence of slowing demand. We recognize the execution risk associated with Uber achieving its long-term targets, and the path likely won’t be linear, which is why we are keeping our position size modest until we see signs of continued operational momentum in the coming quarters.”

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