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Hertz Global (HTZ) Competitors

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$5.18 -0.01 (-0.19%)
As of 10/24/2025 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

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

Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus price target of $144.33, indicating a potential downside of 8.07%. Hertz Global has a consensus price target of $4.57, indicating a potential downside of 11.84%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Hertz Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avis Budget Group
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Hertz Global
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Hertz Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hertz Global shares are owned 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 a net margin of -19.06% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -29.58%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.

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

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 15 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 1 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.44 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Avis Budget Group Neutral
Hertz Global Very Positive

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
Avis Budget Group$11.29B0.49-$1.82B-$63.26-2.48
Hertz Global$9.05B0.18-$2.86B-$8.29-0.62

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hertz Global has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats Hertz Global on 11 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$1.61B$5.74B$7.20B$10.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.58%471.61%4.82%
P/E Ratio-0.6211.1715.6430.67
Price / Sales0.180.82518.29174.07
Price / Cash0.5811.037.9061.44
Price / Book10.362.602.336.61
Net Income-$2.86B$183.78M$555.46M$277.10M
7 Day Performance-0.77%-3.68%-0.18%2.56%
1 Month Performance-26.32%-8.36%-1.91%3.77%
1 Year Performance68.18%-12.45%12.06%33.01%

Hertz Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.6672 of 5 stars
$5.18
-0.2%
$4.57
-11.8%
+65.5%$1.61B$9.05B-0.6226,000Positive News
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.2492 of 5 stars
$149.11
-0.9%
$144.33
-3.2%
+87.9%$5.29B$11.79B-2.3624,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
LSTR
Landstar System
4.1617 of 5 stars
$133.40
+2.6%
$142.36
+6.7%
-26.9%$4.51B$4.82B27.971,441Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.7516 of 5 stars
$28.25
+1.5%
$27.57
-2.4%
-25.2%$1.67B$3.03B32.859,287Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
MRTN
Marten Transport
3.4245 of 5 stars
$10.84
+0.3%
$19.00
+75.3%
-37.9%$881.24M$963.71M41.693,776News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
HTLD
Heartland Express
4.4314 of 5 stars
$8.32
+1.3%
$9.50
+14.2%
-28.9%$635.52M$1.05B-18.095,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FRPH
FRP
1.204 of 5 stars
$25.47
+0.8%
N/A-15.6%$482.89M$41.77M90.9610Analyst Forecast
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.2205 of 5 stars
$140.71
+1.9%
$163.86
+16.5%
-29.0%$29.01B$5.81B27.4821,895Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.3906 of 5 stars
$165.49
+0.4%
$165.55
+0.0%
-6.1%$15.96B$12.09B28.6833,646Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
UHAL
U-Haul
0.4047 of 5 stars
$55.67
+0.3%
N/A-21.8%$10.92B$5.91B25.7732,200Trending News
SAIA
Saia
3.4899 of 5 stars
$310.39
+1.2%
$340.28
+9.6%
-30.0%$8.17B$3.21B28.6615,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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