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$5.83 +0.46 (+8.57%)
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HTZ vs. CAR, TSLA, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, MCW, AFYA, IRS, and EVGO

Should you be buying Hertz Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hertz Global include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Tesla (TSLA), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS), and EVgo (EVGO).

Hertz Global vs. Its Competitors

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

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$8.61B0.21-$2.58B-$8.29-0.70
Avis Budget Group$11.79B0.46-$1.82B-$63.26-2.46

Hertz Global has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of -19.06%. Hertz Global's return on equity of 0.00% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hertz GlobalN/A N/A N/A
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Avis Budget Group has a consensus price target of $143.80, indicating a potential downside of 7.52%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Avis Budget Group
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

Hertz Global has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 20 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 1 mentions for Hertz Global. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Hertz Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hertz Global
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Avis Budget Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats Hertz Global on 10 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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 GlobalRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.81B$3.22B$7.65B$20.92B
Dividend YieldN/A5.60%4.56%3.58%
P/E Ratio-0.7018.6426.1429.13
Price / Sales0.2165.0599.6353.00
Price / CashN/A107.2628.3923.54
Price / BookN/A1.694.095.45
Net Income-$2.58B$240.18M$796.69M$992.10M
7 Day Performance14.09%0.76%0.63%2.61%
1 Month Performance-26.20%-0.36%0.50%1.46%
1 Year Performance77.20%11.20%26.73%10.72%

Hertz Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.83
+8.6%
N/A+86.9%$1.81B$8.61B-0.7025,000
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.3941 of 5 stars
$153.08
-0.4%
$151.50
-1.0%
+83.2%$5.41B$11.79B-2.4224,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TSLA
Tesla
4.3813 of 5 stars
$339.03
+2.8%
$303.31
-10.5%
+61.4%$1.06T$97.69B195.97125,665Trending News
GHC
Graham
4.2574 of 5 stars
$994.88
+2.2%
N/A+45.6%$4.24B$4.79B6.3921,446Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.0518 of 5 stars
$25.62
+2.4%
$24.00
-6.3%
+79.6%$3.69B$1.57B15.0731,800Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.9997 of 5 stars
$16.55
-0.2%
$21.60
+30.5%
+30.1%$2.72B$2.34B-9.7410,700
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.4779 of 5 stars
$30.91
-1.1%
$40.00
+29.4%
+45.9%$2.03B$681.26M13.385,690Positive News
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.9272 of 5 stars
$5.72
-0.2%
$8.09
+41.4%
-8.6%$1.87B$1.03B26.006,350Positive News
AFYA
Afya
4.1492 of 5 stars
$14.74
-0.1%
$17.50
+18.7%
-17.6%$1.38B$612.78M11.179,717Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
IRS
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
2.8306 of 5 stars
$15.95
+1.6%
$13.00
-18.5%
+54.3%$1.19B$658.73M10.111,401
EVGO
EVgo
2.3874 of 5 stars
$3.56
+2.9%
$6.19
+73.8%
+8.0%$1.06B$256.83M-8.68220Analyst Forecast

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