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Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

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$96.50 +5.75 (+6.34%)
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CAR vs. KNX, R, LSTR, WERN, HTZ, MRTN, HTLD, FRPH, ODFL, and JBHT

Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), FRP (FRPH), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.

Avis Budget Group vs.

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

Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Knight-Swift Transportation$7.41B1.18$117.63M$0.7374.27
Avis Budget Group$12.01B0.28$1.63B$10.958.81

88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company 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 4 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 12 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Knight-Swift Transportation
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 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)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 3.34% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 1.59%. Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity of 2.43% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Knight-Swift Transportation1.59% 2.43% 1.36%
Avis Budget Group 3.34%-101.41%1.19%

Knight-Swift Transportation received 506 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Knight-Swift TransportationOutperform Votes
787
66.98%
Underperform Votes
388
33.02%
Avis Budget GroupOutperform Votes
281
53.12%
Underperform Votes
248
46.88%

Knight-Swift Transportation presently has a consensus target price of $59.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.52%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus target price of $133.75, suggesting a potential upside of 38.60%. Given Avis Budget Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Knight-Swift Transportation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Knight-Swift Transportation
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
Avis Budget Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Knight-Swift Transportation beats Avis Budget Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CAR vs. The Competition

MetricAvis Budget GroupAutomotive rental & leasing, without drivers IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.39B$3.57B$306.82B$9.20B
Dividend YieldN/A2.07%4.25%3.99%
P/E Ratio8.8111.8616.1819.50
Price / Sales0.280.7761.2171.28
Price / Cash0.643.3512.7238.90
Price / Book-10.191.502.125.07
Net Income$1.63B$447.26M$583.39M$222.54M
7 Day Performance7.57%1.75%0.44%2.29%
1 Month Performance7.01%-0.82%0.12%1.63%
1 Year Performance-14.03%-14.96%5.69%16.61%

Avis Budget Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.5465 of 5 stars
$96.50
+6.3%
$133.75
+38.6%
-19.2%$3.39B$12.01B8.8124,500Earnings Report
News Coverage
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
3.5285 of 5 stars
$54.33
+0.3%
$59.38
+9.3%
-4.6%$8.79B$7.41B74.4134,800Dividend Increase
R
Ryder System
3.3905 of 5 stars
$157.04
-0.6%
$147.43
-6.1%
+55.0%$6.65B$11.78B14.7147,500Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
LSTR
Landstar System
3.1419 of 5 stars
$159.79
+0.2%
$170.40
+6.6%
-16.7%$5.65B$4.82B28.981,468Analyst Revision
WERN
Werner Enterprises
2.2809 of 5 stars
$34.72
+0.8%
$37.29
+7.4%
-12.9%$2.15B$3.03B63.279,929Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.9686 of 5 stars
$4.47
+4.0%
$4.36
-2.5%
-47.6%$1.37B$9.37B-0.5027,000Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Negative News
MRTN
Marten Transport
3.9661 of 5 stars
$14.83
-0.2%
$19.33
+30.4%
-20.0%$1.21B$963.71M43.604,213
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.6511 of 5 stars
$11.33
-0.4%
$11.75
+3.7%
-8.7%$891.37M$1.05B-30.696,320Short Interest ↓
FRPH
FRP
1.8488 of 5 stars
$31.07
-0.2%
N/A+3.1%$593.93M$41.35M78.0310Short Interest ↓
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.454 of 5 stars
$201.13
+2.0%
$203.33
+1.1%
-2.5%$42.97B$5.81B36.7322,902Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.3668 of 5 stars
$166.52
+0.2%
$191.11
+14.8%
-19.7%$16.79B$12.09B29.958,756Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CAR) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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