SAN FRANCISCO — Lyft on Wednesday emphasized a new mantra — profitability — over and over again.

In its latest earnings results, the ride-hailing service’s chief executive, Logan Green, said that the company had made progress “on our path to profitability.” He added that Lyft would be profitable, if it excluded a bunch of costs, by late 2021. Other Lyft executives, such as its chief financial officer, also highlighted how operating profitability was in its sights.

The focus on profit came as Lyft reported a 63 percent jump in revenue to $955.6 million for the third quarter from a year earlier, while its net loss nearly doubled to $463.5 million. The loss was driven by stock-based compensation costs and payroll tax expenses, the company said. Excluding those, Lyft’s operating loss was $121.6 million for the quarter, which was not as steep as Wall Street estimates.

Lyft’s stock rose nearly 1.5 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday.

“We crushed revenue expectations,” Brian Roberts, Lyft’s chief financial officer, said in an interview. “We have put out a firm date to achieve profitability. I think that is unique.”

Lyft had said earlier this year that it would lose record amounts of money as it focused on growth. But it changed its tune more recently as the sentiment toward prominent technology start-ups has soured.