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Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

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$96.43 +7.92 (+8.95%)
(As of 11/6/2024 ET)

CAR vs. SP, SAIA, KNX, LSTR, R, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, HTLD, and FRPH

Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include SP Plus (SP), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Heartland Express (HTLD), and FRP (FRPH).

Avis Budget Group vs.

Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than SP Plus. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avis Budget Group$11.78B0.29$1.63B$10.958.81
SP Plus$1.81B0.59$31.10M$1.5235.52

Avis Budget Group received 9 more outperform votes than SP Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 53.32% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Avis Budget GroupOutperform Votes
281
53.32%
Underperform Votes
246
46.68%
SP PlusOutperform Votes
272
57.14%
Underperform Votes
204
42.86%

Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 3.34% compared to SP Plus' net margin of 1.68%. SP Plus' return on equity of 21.93% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avis Budget Group3.34% -89.12% 1.19%
SP Plus 1.68%21.93%4.78%

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 16 more articles in the media than SP Plus. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 8 mentions for SP Plus. SP Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.11 indicating that SP Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avis Budget Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SP Plus
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus target price of $133.13, indicating a potential upside of 38.05%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than SP Plus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avis Budget Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
SP Plus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SP Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SP Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats SP Plus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CAR vs. The Competition

MetricAvis Budget GroupAutomotive rental & leasing, without drivers IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.44B$3.95B$321.05B$8.71B
Dividend YieldN/A2.20%4.45%4.03%
P/E Ratio8.818.5715.2916.57
Price / Sales0.291.5850.33102.12
Price / Cash0.653.3512.1531.69
Price / Book-10.181.652.235.22
Net Income$1.63B$522.41M$567.29M$224.13M
7 Day Performance16.18%10.97%3.12%3.74%
1 Month Performance8.31%-7.16%1.91%6.95%
1 Year Performance-49.78%-15.43%20.32%27.75%

Avis Budget Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.8497 of 5 stars
$96.43
+8.9%
$133.13
+38.1%
-51.9%$3.44B$11.78B8.8124,500Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
SP
SP Plus
N/A$53.99
flat
N/A+6.0%$1.07B$1.81B35.5219,000
SAIA
Saia
2.7437 of 5 stars
$491.48
+0.6%
N/A+48.3%$13.07B$3.17B35.1114,000Positive News
Gap Up
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
3.5961 of 5 stars
$52.78
+1.3%
N/A+13.8%$8.54B$7.14B229.4934,800Positive News
Gap Up
LSTR
Landstar System
3.8454 of 5 stars
$176.28
+0.3%
N/A+12.2%$6.25B$5.30B30.241,468
R
Ryder System
4.0272 of 5 stars
$147.56
+0.9%
N/A+59.9%$6.24B$11.78B13.8047,500Positive News
Gap Up
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.2533 of 5 stars
$37.15
+0.7%
N/A+10.9%$2.30B$3.28B50.899,929Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.325 of 5 stars
$15.75
+1.7%
N/A-2.2%$1.28B$1.00B37.504,213Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
1.4489 of 5 stars
$2.91
+4.7%
N/A-65.7%$891.94M$9.37B-0.8027,000Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
HTLD
Heartland Express
2.3407 of 5 stars
$10.89
+0.7%
N/A-5.5%$854.87M$1.21B-37.556,320Analyst Forecast
Insider Buying
FRPH
FRP
2.053 of 5 stars
$29.18
+0.6%
N/A+14.4%$555.30M$41.31M73.8715Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:CAR) was last updated on 11/7/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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