CAR vs. R, HTZ, SP, UHAL, SNDR, MATX, STNG, OMAB, ARCB, and JOBY
Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include Ryder System (R), Hertz Global (HTZ), SP Plus (SP), U-Haul (UHAL), Schneider National (SNDR), Matson (MATX), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), ArcBest (ARCB), and Joby Aviation (JOBY).
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus price target of $164.57, indicating a potential upside of 73.69%. Ryder System has a consensus price target of $126.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.62%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ryder System received 231 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.21% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 13.59% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 2.95%. Ryder System's return on equity of 18.38% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 4 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ryder System and 15 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Avis Budget Group's score of -0.41 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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