CAR vs. KNX, R, LSTR, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, HTLD, FRPH, ODFL, and JBHT
Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Heartland Express (HTLD), FRP (FRPH), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Avis Budget Group vs.
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 8 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 6 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.11 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 506 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus target price of $133.75, indicating a potential upside of 49.41%. Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus target price of $59.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.63%. Given Avis Budget Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Knight-Swift Transportation.
Knight-Swift Transportation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Knight-Swift Transportation has a net margin of 1.59% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of -15.45%. Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity of 2.43% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Knight-Swift Transportation beats Avis Budget Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CAR) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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