Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, CAR or R?

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAR or R more profitable?

Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 13.59% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 3.45%. Ryder System's return on equity of 19.68% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avis Budget Group	13.59%	-696.69%	5.28%
Ryder System	3.45%	19.68%	3.98%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CAR or R?

Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, 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
Avis Budget Group	$12.66B	0.29	$1.63B	$42.61	2.38
Ryder System	$11.78B	0.45	$406M	$8.73	13.63

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CAR or R?

96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CAR or R?

Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus target price of $172.86, indicating a potential upside of 68.51%. Ryder System has a consensus target price of $123.71, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avis Budget Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Ryder System	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAR or R?

Ryder System received 231 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.83% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.22% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avis Budget Group	Outperform Votes 276 54.22%	Underperform Votes 233 45.78%
Ryder System	Outperform Votes 507 64.83%	Underperform Votes 275 35.17%

Does the media favor CAR or R?

In the previous week, Ryder System had 13 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ryder System and 13 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avis Budget Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryder System	3 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.