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Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

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$99.06 -1.00 (-1.00%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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), U-Haul (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Heartland Express (HTLD).

Avis Budget Group vs.

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

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
SP Plus1.68% 21.93% 4.78%
Avis Budget Group 3.34%-101.41%1.19%

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
SP Plus$1.81B0.59$31.10M$1.5235.52
Avis Budget Group$12.01B0.29$1.63B$10.959.05

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

Avis Budget Group received 9 more outperform votes than SP Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.90% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SP PlusOutperform Votes
272
56.90%
Underperform Votes
206
43.10%
Avis Budget GroupOutperform Votes
281
53.22%
Underperform Votes
247
46.78%

Avis Budget Group has a consensus target price of $133.13, indicating a potential upside of 34.39%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
SP Plus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Avis Budget Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 9 more articles in the media than SP Plus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 3 mentions for SP Plus. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat SP Plus' score of 0.17 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

94.0% of SP Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats SP Plus on 13 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$3.48B$3.77B$331.28B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A2.00%4.48%4.06%
P/E Ratio9.0510.6317.8217.82
Price / Sales0.291.4655.5774.56
Price / Cash0.713.339.0732.53
Price / Book-10.461.592.214.68
Net Income$1.63B$522.41M$570.30M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-7.04%-5.85%-1.57%-1.04%
1 Month Performance24.65%9.00%-1.14%1.04%
1 Year Performance-46.51%-18.21%14.02%26.28%

Avis Budget Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.7999 of 5 stars
$99.06
-1.0%
$133.13
+34.4%
-47.6%$3.52B$12.01B9.0524,500Analyst Downgrade
SP
SP Plus
N/A$53.99
flat
N/A+6.7%$1.07B$1.81B35.5219,000
SAIA
Saia
2.1245 of 5 stars
$530.00
+2.7%
$506.00
-4.5%
+26.3%$13.72B$2.88B37.8614,000
UHAL
U-Haul
0.5671 of 5 stars
$67.56
-1.0%
N/A+22.0%$13.38B$5.63B29.4134,300
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
3.0446 of 5 stars
$56.00
-0.9%
$56.38
+0.7%
+9.7%$9.15B$7.14B243.4934,800
R
Ryder System
3.9364 of 5 stars
$159.92
+0.4%
$140.57
-12.1%
+49.1%$6.74B$11.78B14.9647,500Ex-Dividend
Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.141 of 5 stars
$179.38
-0.6%
$174.25
-2.9%
+3.5%$6.37B$5.30B30.771,468
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.2508 of 5 stars
$38.97
-0.7%
$36.57
-6.2%
+1.1%$2.43B$3.28B53.389,929Dividend Announcement
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.1182 of 5 stars
$16.59
-1.9%
$20.00
+20.6%
-10.2%$1.38B$1.13B39.504,213Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
1.3454 of 5 stars
$3.66
-8.5%
$4.81
+31.5%
-59.1%$1.23B$9.37B0.0027,000
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.0525 of 5 stars
$12.19
-0.6%
$11.75
-3.6%
-6.5%$962.37M$1.21B0.006,320Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CAR) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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