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$153.17 -2.32 (-1.49%)
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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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

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 a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 30.02%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus target price of $143.80, suggesting a potential downside of 6.12%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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 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$1.34B0.34-$14.56M-$0.26-53.04
Avis Budget Group$11.79B0.46-$1.82B-$63.26-2.42

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 26 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 1 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Cross Country Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare
0 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Cross Country Healthcare beats Avis Budget Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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CAR vs. The Competition

MetricAvis Budget GroupTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.47B$5.70B$7.28B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.35%949.29%4.10%
P/E RatioN/A10.9514.5125.84
Price / Sales0.461.10462.53187.82
Price / Cash1.3111.238.0628.79
Price / Book-2.322.882.195.99
Net Income-$1.82B$184.49M$571.12M$265.29M
7 Day Performance-3.52%0.54%0.66%2.53%
1 Month Performance-25.93%-3.13%-0.18%0.92%
1 Year Performance74.22%-6.28%4.40%18.70%

Avis Budget Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.5923 of 5 stars
$153.17
-1.5%
$143.80
-6.1%
+76.9%$5.47B$11.79B0.0024,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.4456 of 5 stars
$13.56
+1.4%
$17.93
+32.2%
-7.8%$444.23M$1.34B-52.158,205News Coverage
ICFI
ICF International
4.5211 of 5 stars
$98.20
-0.2%
$128.20
+30.5%
-38.6%$1.81B$2.02B17.089,300
APTV
Aptiv
4.4655 of 5 stars
$75.70
+2.0%
$81.81
+8.1%
+8.4%$16.48B$19.79B17.32141,000Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.8789 of 5 stars
$109.17
-0.1%
$134.00
+22.7%
-29.1%$13.45B$11.98B13.4135,800News Coverage
Positive News
BGSF
BGSF
4.2791 of 5 stars
$5.70
-1.4%
$9.00
+57.9%
-29.5%$63.60M$272.50M-9.83400
EFX
Equifax
4.8256 of 5 stars
$246.18
-0.6%
$285.00
+15.8%
-15.6%$30.48B$5.68B48.1814,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
G
Genpact
3.8261 of 5 stars
$44.09
+1.0%
$51.29
+16.3%
+15.9%$7.68B$4.77B14.65140,000Positive News
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.4835 of 5 stars
$26.07
-0.1%
$32.39
+24.3%
-15.4%$9.55B$10.35B22.0953,300Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.9812 of 5 stars
$239.15
+0.2%
$369.25
+54.4%
-48.1%$18.41B$6.42B14.7221,044Positive News
High Trading Volume
SPGI
S&P Global
4.8098 of 5 stars
$550.80
-1.0%
$611.69
+11.1%
+11.1%$168.16B$14.21B42.3742,350Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CAR) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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