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Hertz Global (HTZ) Competitors

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$3.89 -0.25 (-6.04%)
As of 04/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

HTZ vs. LSTR, CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, FRPH, ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, and SAIA

Should you be buying Hertz Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hertz Global include Landstar System (LSTR), 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), and Saia (SAIA). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.

Hertz Global vs.

Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Hertz Global presently has a consensus target price of $4.39, indicating a potential upside of 12.74%. Landstar System has a consensus target price of $158.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. Given Landstar System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Landstar System is more favorable than Hertz Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hertz Global
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Landstar System
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93

Hertz Global has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hertz Global received 26 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave Hertz Global an outperform vote while only 50.71% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hertz GlobalOutperform Votes
528
61.11%
Underperform Votes
336
38.89%
Landstar SystemOutperform Votes
502
50.71%
Underperform Votes
488
49.29%

99.2% of Hertz Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Landstar System shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hertz Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Landstar System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Landstar System had 20 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Landstar System and 1 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Landstar System's score of 0.58 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hertz Global Very Positive
Landstar System Positive

Landstar System has a net margin of 4.07% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -31.63%. Landstar System's return on equity of 19.56% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hertz Global-31.63% -100.07% -5.95%
Landstar System 4.07%19.56%11.08%

Landstar System has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hertz Global. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landstar System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hertz Global$9.05B0.13-$2.86B-$9.33-0.42
Landstar System$4.82B1.02$195.95M$5.5225.37

Summary

Landstar System beats Hertz Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HTZ vs. The Competition

MetricHertz GlobalAutomotive rental & leasing, without drivers IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.19B$2.91B$285.32B$7.55B
Dividend YieldN/A2.34%4.32%4.34%
P/E Ratio-0.4210.1912.9017.71
Price / Sales0.130.67199.0093.58
Price / Cash0.503.5011.6934.64
Price / Book7.782.801.753.90
Net Income-$2.86B-$531.03M$544.29M$247.45M
7 Day Performance-1.27%0.78%3.40%2.34%
1 Month Performance1.83%-3.04%-9.58%-8.64%
1 Year Performance-43.21%-26.93%-12.86%-3.88%

Hertz Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.8566 of 5 stars
$3.89
-6.0%
$4.39
+12.7%
-43.2%$1.19B$9.05B-0.4227,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LSTR
Landstar System
3.9933 of 5 stars
$134.45
-1.6%
$159.55
+18.7%
-21.7%$4.75B$4.82B24.361,450Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.9624 of 5 stars
$69.42
+0.3%
$130.71
+88.3%
-39.3%$2.44B$11.62B-1.3424,500Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.6722 of 5 stars
$27.28
-2.2%
$35.73
+31.0%
-22.0%$1.69B$3.03B49.609,929High Trading Volume
MRTN
Marten Transport
3.8563 of 5 stars
$12.89
-2.3%
$19.33
+50.0%
-22.0%$1.05B$963.71M37.914,213Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.3239 of 5 stars
$8.35
-1.9%
$10.33
+23.8%
-22.4%$655.73M$1.05B-22.573,180
FRPH
FRP
0.507 of 5 stars
$27.05
-3.2%
N/A-10.8%$516.30M$41.77M67.6310High Trading Volume
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.0606 of 5 stars
$151.41
-0.4%
$200.45
+32.4%
-31.2%$32.18B$5.81B27.6323,500
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.737 of 5 stars
$132.07
-1.9%
$181.55
+37.5%
-28.4%$13.21B$12.09B23.7537,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
UHAL
U-Haul
0.3208 of 5 stars
$59.97
-3.7%
N/A-4.5%$11.76B$5.69B27.7634,300Gap Down
SAIA
Saia
2.964 of 5 stars
$325.31
+0.9%
$507.50
+56.0%
-42.8%$8.66B$3.21B24.0812,300High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:HTZ) was last updated on 4/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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