Free Trial

Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

Avis Budget Group logo
$155.53 -1.50 (-0.96%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$158.98 +3.45 (+2.22%)
As of 05:39 AM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

CAR vs. CCRN, ICFI, APTV, BAH, BGSF, EFX, G, IPG, IT, and SPGI

Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), ICF International (ICFI), Aptiv (APTV), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), BGSF (BGSF), Equifax (EFX), Genpact (G), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Gartner (IT), and S&P Global (SPGI).

Avis Budget Group vs. Its Competitors

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $17.93, indicating a potential upside of 42.87%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus price target of $143.80, indicating a potential downside of 7.54%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Avis Budget Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Avis Budget Group
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

Cross Country Healthcare has a net margin of -0.70% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of -19.06%. Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity of 1.72% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare-0.70% 1.72% 1.24%
Avis Budget Group -19.06%-14.74%-0.88%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare$1.19B0.34-$14.56M-$0.26-48.27
Avis Budget Group$11.79B0.46-$1.82B-$63.26-2.46

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 3 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 4 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 1.23 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avis Budget Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats Cross Country Healthcare on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Avis Budget Group News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CAR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

Subscribe Now
By entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

CAR vs. The Competition

MetricAvis Budget GroupTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.47B$5.69B$7.16B$10.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%940.00%4.60%
P/E Ratio-2.4610.9613.7126.02
Price / Sales0.461.23461.9991.11
Price / Cash1.3111.137.9829.91
Price / Book-2.363.052.206.25
Net Income-$1.82B$184.49M$556.72M$270.76M
7 Day Performance-1.89%3.00%0.91%2.54%
1 Month Performance-0.06%4.19%2.90%5.73%
1 Year Performance103.68%-1.59%11.32%25.85%

Avis Budget Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.4095 of 5 stars
$155.53
-1.0%
$143.80
-7.5%
+103.7%$5.47B$11.79B-2.4624,000Positive News
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.9018 of 5 stars
$14.05
-0.4%
$17.93
+27.6%
-11.4%$461.94M$1.19B-54.048,205Positive News
ICFI
ICF International
4.2188 of 5 stars
$95.50
+0.3%
$128.20
+34.2%
-40.8%$1.76B$2.02B16.619,300Positive News
APTV
Aptiv
4.6815 of 5 stars
$82.25
+2.2%
$82.33
+0.1%
+20.2%$17.91B$19.71B18.82141,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9467 of 5 stars
$101.73
-0.7%
$134.00
+31.7%
-33.4%$12.54B$11.98B12.5035,800Positive News
BGSF
BGSF
3.652 of 5 stars
$6.30
+2.4%
$9.00
+43.0%
+3.3%$70.25M$272.50M-10.85400Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
EFX
Equifax
4.8493 of 5 stars
$252.52
+1.1%
$283.53
+12.3%
-16.4%$31.26B$5.68B49.4214,700Positive News
G
Genpact
4.0624 of 5 stars
$44.26
-1.4%
$52.29
+18.1%
+8.2%$7.71B$4.77B14.70140,000
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.7861 of 5 stars
$27.02
-0.5%
$32.01
+18.5%
-14.4%$9.89B$10.69B22.8953,300Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.9551 of 5 stars
$245.86
0.0%
$369.25
+50.2%
-51.5%$18.62B$6.30B15.1321,044Trending News
SPGI
S&P Global
4.8983 of 5 stars
$546.31
+1.5%
$611.69
+12.0%
+5.0%$166.79B$14.21B42.0242,350Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:CAR) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners