CAR vs. NOV, FUTU, CLH, FCN, WEX, CFLT, CNXC, MORN, STN, and YMM
Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include NOV (NOV), Futu (FUTU), Clean Harbors (CLH), FTI Consulting (FCN), WEX (WEX), Confluent (CFLT), Concentrix (CNXC), Morningstar (MORN), Stantec (STN), and Full Truck Alliance (YMM). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Avis Budget Group vs.
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 2 more articles in the media than NOV. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 5 mentions for NOV. NOV's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.05 indicating that NOV is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus target price of $227.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.87%. NOV has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential upside of 40.47%. Given NOV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NOV is more favorable than Avis Budget Group.
98.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of NOV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NOV received 779 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than NOV. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NOV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 23.05% compared to NOV's net margin of 2.14%. NOV's return on equity of 3.09% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Summary
Avis Budget Group and NOV tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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