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Hertz Global (HTZ) Competitors

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$5.47 +0.04 (+0.74%)
As of 09/5/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

HTZ vs. CAR, LSTR, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, FRPH, ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, and SAIA

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

Hertz Global vs. Its Competitors

Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Avis Budget Group has a net margin of -19.06% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -29.58%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of -14.74% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hertz Global-29.58% -6,000.00% -4.54%
Avis Budget Group -19.06%-14.74%-0.88%

99.2% of Hertz Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hertz Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hertz Global$9.05B0.19-$2.86B-$8.29-0.66
Avis Budget Group$11.79B0.47-$1.82B-$63.26-2.47

Hertz Global has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 5 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 0 mentions for Hertz Global. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Hertz Global's score of -2.00 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hertz Global Very Negative
Avis Budget Group Positive

Hertz Global presently has a consensus price target of $4.18, indicating a potential downside of 23.67%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus price target of $143.80, indicating a potential downside of 7.99%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Hertz Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hertz Global
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
Avis Budget Group
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats Hertz Global on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HTZ vs. The Competition

MetricHertz GlobalTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.69B$5.60B$7.26B$9.91B
Dividend YieldN/A2.37%949.18%4.52%
P/E Ratio-0.6611.0013.7626.08
Price / Sales0.191.22447.8988.30
Price / Cash0.6110.947.8959.01
Price / Book10.942.992.216.09
Net Income-$2.86B$184.49M$571.12M$266.14M
7 Day Performance-4.54%0.60%0.65%0.44%
1 Month Performance-1.80%3.55%4.03%4.55%
1 Year Performance101.85%1.06%14.49%26.15%

Hertz Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.3755 of 5 stars
$5.47
+0.7%
$4.18
-23.7%
+94.0%$1.69B$9.05B-0.6626,000Negative News
Gap Up
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.4157 of 5 stars
$158.23
-0.2%
$143.80
-9.1%
+119.5%$5.57B$11.79B-2.5024,000News Coverage
LSTR
Landstar System
4.403 of 5 stars
$132.33
+0.4%
$145.17
+9.7%
-26.8%$4.59B$4.82B27.741,441Positive News
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.7738 of 5 stars
$28.85
+0.4%
$30.50
+5.7%
-21.2%$1.73B$3.03B33.559,287Positive News
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.1089 of 5 stars
$11.84
-0.2%
$19.00
+60.5%
-31.4%$965.20M$963.71M45.543,776
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.9509 of 5 stars
$8.59
+0.1%
$9.70
+12.9%
-28.1%$664.94M$1.05B-18.675,700Positive News
FRPH
FRP
1.1288 of 5 stars
$25.70
-0.5%
N/A-11.5%$491.11M$41.77M91.7910
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.1394 of 5 stars
$150.97
+0.8%
$167.62
+11.0%
-19.0%$31.73B$5.81B29.4921,895News Coverage
Positive News
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.9004 of 5 stars
$144.99
+0.7%
$164.90
+13.7%
-15.1%$14.03B$12.09B26.3633,646Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
UHAL
U-Haul
0.4911 of 5 stars
$57.53
+1.5%
N/A-15.8%$11.28B$5.91B26.6432,200
SAIA
Saia
3.4082 of 5 stars
$296.46
+1.4%
$347.16
+17.1%
-21.4%$7.90B$3.21B27.3715,300News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:HTZ) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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