HTZ vs. SP, CAR, R, LPG, CDLR, SFL, DHT, GBX, DAC, and CMRE
Should you be buying Hertz Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hertz Global include SP Plus (SP), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Ryder System (R), Dorian LPG (LPG), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Danaos (DAC), and Costamare (CMRE).
SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) and Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Hertz Global has higher revenue and earnings than SP Plus. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.0% of SP Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Hertz Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hertz Global shares are owned by 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.
Hertz Global has a net margin of 2.49% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of 1.68%. Hertz Global's return on equity of 21.93% beat SP Plus' return on equity.
In the previous week, SP Plus had 10 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for SP Plus and 7 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat SP Plus' score of 0.41 indicating that SP Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hertz Global received 256 more outperform votes than SP Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Hertz Global an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote.
SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hertz Global has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SP Plus presently has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Hertz Global has a consensus target price of $10.56, suggesting a potential upside of 91.22%. Given SP Plus' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hertz Global is more favorable than SP Plus.
Summary
SP Plus beats Hertz Global on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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