HTZ vs. CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, FRPH, ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, and KNX
Should you be buying Hertz Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hertz Global include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), FRP (FRPH), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), and Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Hertz Global vs.
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hertz Global has a beta of 2.44, indicating that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus price target of $133.75, indicating a potential upside of 42.83%. Hertz Global has a consensus price target of $4.36, indicating a potential upside of 3.01%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Hertz Global.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hertz Global. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avis Budget Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Hertz Global shares are held by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hertz Global 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.
Hertz Global received 247 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.18% of users gave Hertz Global an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 4 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 1 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.78 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 3.34% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -29.71%. Hertz Global's return on equity of -68.27% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Hertz Global on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTZ) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
