FRP (FRPH) Competitors

FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH) and Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor FRPH or HTZ?

In the previous week, FRP had 2 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FRP and 2 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat FRP's score of 0.15 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FRP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hertz Global	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FRPH or HTZ?

Hertz Global received 255 more outperform votes than FRP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.79% of users gave FRP an outperform vote while only 60.97% of users gave Hertz Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FRP	Outperform Votes 273 63.79%	Underperform Votes 155 36.21%
Hertz Global	Outperform Votes 528 60.97%	Underperform Votes 338 39.03%

Do analysts rate FRPH or HTZ?

Hertz Global has a consensus price target of $4.53, indicating a potential downside of 29.46%. Given Hertz Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hertz Global is more favorable than FRP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FRP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hertz Global	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FRPH or HTZ?

45.4% of FRP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Hertz Global shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of FRP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hertz Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FRPH or HTZ?

FRP has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hertz Global has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FRPH or HTZ more profitable?

FRP has a net margin of 16.20% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -35.52%. FRP's return on equity of 1.47% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FRP	16.20%	1.47%	0.94%
Hertz Global	-35.52%	-214.39%	-5.89%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FRPH or HTZ?

FRP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hertz Global. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FRP, 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
FRP	$41.77M	12.55	$6.39M	$0.36	76.28
Hertz Global	$8.78B	0.23	-$2.86B	-$10.16	-0.63

Summary

FRP beats Hertz Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.