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Hertz Global (HTZ) Competitors

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$7.44 -0.21 (-2.75%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

HTZ vs. SAIA, KNX, R, CAR, LSTR, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, FRPH, and ODFL

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

Hertz Global vs. Its Competitors

Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) and Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hertz Global$8.78B0.26-$2.86B-$10.16-0.73
Saia$3.21B2.77$362.07M$11.9927.82

Hertz Global currently has a consensus price target of $4.78, indicating a potential downside of 35.71%. Saia has a consensus price target of $339.79, indicating a potential upside of 1.85%. Given Saia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Saia is more favorable than Hertz Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hertz Global
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Saia
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

In the previous week, Saia had 24 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Saia and 1 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Saia's score of 0.60 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hertz Global Positive
Saia Positive

Saia has a net margin of 9.91% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -35.52%. Saia's return on equity of 14.21% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hertz Global-35.52% -214.39% -5.89%
Saia 9.91%14.21%10.22%

99.2% of Hertz Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hertz Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hertz Global has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saia has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Saia beats Hertz Global on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HTZ vs. The Competition

MetricHertz GlobalTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.37B$5.86B$7.37B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%699.42%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.7310.9113.2720.05
Price / Sales0.260.90549.8090.07
Price / Cash0.8610.857.9858.56
Price / Book14.883.032.205.87
Net Income-$2.86B$189.74M$571.39M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-1.20%2.79%1.80%3.74%
1 Month Performance-1.59%1.12%5.29%11.75%
1 Year Performance82.80%-6.53%-1.37%18.03%

Hertz Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.8268 of 5 stars
$7.44
-2.7%
$4.78
-35.7%
+92.2%$2.37B$8.78B-0.7326,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SAIA
Saia
1.8783 of 5 stars
$287.80
-0.1%
$338.26
+17.5%
-31.8%$7.67B$3.21B24.0315,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.33 of 5 stars
$44.51
-0.3%
$53.06
+19.2%
-13.9%$7.24B$7.41B36.6135,300News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
R
Ryder System
3.9564 of 5 stars
$168.80
-0.7%
$179.43
+6.3%
+38.3%$7.02B$12.64B13.7650,700Trending News
Earnings Report
CAR
Avis Budget Group
2.5568 of 5 stars
$190.08
-1.2%
$127.60
-32.9%
+103.6%$6.77B$11.79B-3.0224,000News Coverage
LSTR
Landstar System
4.232 of 5 stars
$135.80
-0.3%
$151.31
+11.4%
-24.9%$4.76B$4.82B26.981,441Upcoming Earnings
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.0286 of 5 stars
$27.83
+0.4%
$30.40
+9.2%
-24.5%$1.71B$3.03B99.049,287Upcoming Earnings
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.4438 of 5 stars
$12.85
+0.8%
$19.00
+47.9%
-28.6%$1.04B$963.71M49.043,776
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.721 of 5 stars
$8.46
+1.6%
$9.75
+15.2%
-37.1%$654.35M$1.05B0.005,700News Coverage
Earnings Report
FRPH
FRP
1.113 of 5 stars
$27.39
+1.7%
N/A-9.7%$514.21M$41.77M74.8310
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.4896 of 5 stars
$163.25
+0.7%
$174.45
+6.9%
-18.8%$34.25B$5.81B30.4121,895Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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