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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hertz Global has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus price target of $133.75, suggesting a potential upside of 109.67%. Hertz Global has a consensus price target of $4.36, suggesting a potential upside of 15.88%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Hertz Global.
In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 17 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 1 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.31 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hertz Global. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hertz Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Hertz Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hertz Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of -15.45% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -31.63%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of -14.74% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Hertz Global on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTZ) was last updated on 3/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
