Hertz Global (HTZ) Competitors

Hertz Global (NYSE:HTZ) and TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts rate HTZ or TAL?

TAL Education Group has a consensus price target of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 21.28%. Given TAL Education Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TAL Education 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
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, HTZ or TAL?

Hertz Global has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HTZ or TAL?

99.2% of Hertz Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hertz Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HTZ or TAL?

TAL Education Group received 526 more outperform votes than Hertz Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Hertz Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hertz Global	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 9 100.00%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 526 61.52%	Underperform Votes 329 38.48%

Is HTZ or TAL more profitable?

TAL Education Group has a net margin of 5.77% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of 0.00%. TAL Education Group's return on equity of 3.22% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hertz Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
TAL Education Group	5.77%	3.22%	2.23%

Does the media prefer HTZ or TAL?

In the previous week, Hertz Global had 2 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hertz Global and 0 mentions for TAL Education Group. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hertz Global	Positive
TAL Education Group	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, HTZ or TAL?

TAL Education Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hertz Global. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAL Education Group, 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
Hertz Global	$8.78B	0.22	-$3.14B	-$10.16	-0.61
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.91	-$3.57M	$0.14	77.30

Summary

TAL Education Group beats Hertz Global on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.