CAR vs. R, HTZ, SP, UHAL, HRI, GATX, CPA, SNDR, STNG, and MATX
Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include Ryder System (R), Hertz Global (HTZ), SP Plus (SP), U-Haul (UHAL), Herc (HRI), GATX (GATX), Copa (CPA), Schneider National (SNDR), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), and Matson (MATX).
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 2.95%. Ryder System's return on equity of 18.38% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 10 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ryder System and 11 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Ryder System's score of 0.30 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ryder System received 231 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus target price of $164.57, suggesting a potential upside of 39.10%. Ryder System has a consensus target price of $126.83, suggesting a potential upside of 0.88%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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