Avis Budget Group (CAR) & Its Rivals Financial Contrast

Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) is one of 45 publicly-traded companies in the “TRANS – SERVICES” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Avis Budget Group to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Avis Budget Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avis Budget Group	0	4	2	0	2.33
Avis Budget Group Competitors	365	1337	1514	90	2.40

Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus target price of $127.60, suggesting a potential downside of 34.93%. As a group, “TRANS – SERVICES” companies have a potential upside of 3.44%. Given Avis Budget Group’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Avis Budget Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avis Budget Group	$11.79 billion	-$1.82 billion	-3.12
Avis Budget Group Competitors	$6.81 billion	$184.70 million	13.84

Avis Budget Group has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Avis Budget Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avis Budget Group	-18.96%	-14.74%	-0.84%
Avis Budget Group Competitors	2.85%	-6.69%	2.80%

Volatility & Risk

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group’s rivals have a beta of 0.94, indicating that their average stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are held by institutional investors. 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are held 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.

Summary

Avis Budget Group rivals beat Avis Budget Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Avis Budget Group

Avis Budget Group, Inc. engages in the provision of vehicle sharing and rental services. It operates through the following segments: Americas, International, and Corporate and Other. The Americas segment includes the vehicle rental and car sharing operations in North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The International segment is involved in the vehicle rental and car sharing operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.