Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer SP or CAR?

SP Plus presently has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus target price of $164.57, suggesting a potential upside of 46.39%. Given SP Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than SP Plus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SP Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Avis Budget Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SP or CAR?

Avis Budget Group received 5 more outperform votes than SP Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.65% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SP Plus	Outperform Votes 272 59.65%	Underperform Votes 184 40.35%
Avis Budget Group	Outperform Votes 277 54.10%	Underperform Votes 235 45.90%

Does the media prefer SP or CAR?

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 4 more articles in the media than SP Plus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 8 mentions for SP Plus. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat SP Plus' score of 0.05 indicating that SP Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SP Plus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avis Budget Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SP or CAR?

SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SP or CAR more profitable?

Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of 1.68%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of 21.93% beat SP Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SP Plus	1.68%	21.93%	4.78%
Avis Budget Group	10.05%	-480.48%	3.72%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SP or CAR?

94.0% of SP Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SP or CAR?

Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than SP Plus. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SP Plus	$1.81B	0.59	$31.10M	$1.52	35.52
Avis Budget Group	$12.37B	0.32	$1.63B	$31.68	3.52

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats SP Plus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.