Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer SP or CAR?

In the previous week, SP Plus had 8 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for SP Plus and 5 mentions for Avis Budget Group. SP Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.32 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
SP Plus	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Avis Budget Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SP or CAR?

SP Plus presently has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus price target of $163.14, indicating a potential upside of 55.76%. Given SP Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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, 58.75% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 53.68% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SP Plus	Outperform Votes 272 58.75%	Underperform Votes 191 41.25%
Avis Budget Group	Outperform Votes 277 53.68%	Underperform Votes 239 46.32%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$12.01B	0.31	$1.63B	$31.68	3.31

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, SP or CAR?

SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.21, suggesting that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SP or CAR?

94.0% of SP Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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