HTZ vs. CAR, TSLA, EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, MCW, and AFYA
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), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), and Afya (AFYA).
Hertz Global vs. Its Competitors
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Hertz Global (NYSE:HTZ) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hertz Global has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hertz Global has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of -18.96%. Hertz Global's return on equity of 0.00% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus target price of $127.60, indicating a potential downside of 33.33%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Hertz Global.
In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 8 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 1 mentions for Hertz Global. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Hertz Global's score of 0.22 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
96.4% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Hertz Global on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HTZ) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
