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Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

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$80.98 +0.04 (+0.05%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

96.3% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 3 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 8 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avis Budget Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Knight-Swift Transportation
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus target price of $133.75, suggesting a potential upside of 65.16%. Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.72%. Given Avis Budget Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Knight-Swift Transportation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avis Budget Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Knight-Swift Transportation
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

Knight-Swift Transportation received 501 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.89% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Avis Budget GroupOutperform Votes
281
53.12%
Underperform Votes
248
46.88%
Knight-Swift TransportationOutperform Votes
782
66.89%
Underperform Votes
387
33.11%

Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avis Budget Group$11.78B0.24$1.63B$10.957.40
Knight-Swift Transportation$7.48B1.12$217.15M$0.23225.87

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 3.34% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 0.50%. Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity of 1.81% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avis Budget Group3.34% -101.41% 1.19%
Knight-Swift Transportation 0.50%1.81%1.01%

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats Knight-Swift Transportation on 10 of the 19 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$2.85B$3.24B$303.23B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.07%4.45%4.22%
P/E Ratio7.4010.5017.8117.19
Price / Sales0.240.7655.77116.80
Price / Cash0.703.5313.0337.86
Price / Book-8.551.592.114.78
Net Income$1.63B$447.26M$577.06M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-12.16%-19.01%-2.50%-1.24%
1 Month Performance-20.33%-17.59%-3.31%3.06%
1 Year Performance-56.17%-7.14%-0.73%16.50%

Avis Budget Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.7439 of 5 stars
$80.98
+0.0%
$133.75
+65.2%
-54.6%$2.85B$11.78B7.4024,500
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
3.661 of 5 stars
$55.05
-0.7%
$56.81
+3.2%
-9.8%$8.91B$7.14B241.0134,800Analyst Forecast
R
Ryder System
3.8578 of 5 stars
$164.76
-0.5%
$147.43
-10.5%
+35.4%$6.97B$11.78B15.5047,500
LSTR
Landstar System
4.2377 of 5 stars
$184.87
-0.2%
$174.25
-5.7%
-10.9%$6.53B$4.81B31.781,468Positive News
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.5107 of 5 stars
$38.35
-1.2%
$36.57
-4.6%
-14.3%$2.37B$3.10B53.199,929Positive News
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.3454 of 5 stars
$16.74
-1.9%
$20.00
+19.5%
-23.1%$1.36B$1.13B40.644,213Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
1.7748 of 5 stars
$3.81
-9.7%
$4.81
+26.3%
-65.7%$1.17B$9.19B-0.4727,000Options Volume
HTLD
Heartland Express
2.4742 of 5 stars
$11.70
-0.7%
$11.75
+0.4%
-17.3%$918.42M$1.08B-40.626,320Positive News
FRPH
FRP
1.2075 of 5 stars
$31.72
+1.1%
N/A-3.8%$603.63M$41.51M78.4815Positive News
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.3313 of 5 stars
$197.79
-1.4%
$204.00
+3.1%
-9.8%$42.23B$5.87B34.7122,902
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.6912 of 5 stars
$178.47
-0.7%
$190.11
+6.5%
-13.8%$18.00B$12.24B32.698,756Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CAR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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