CAR vs. R, HTZ, SP, UHAL, HRI, GATX, CPA, SNDR, STNG, and MATX
Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include Ryder System (R), Hertz Global (HTZ), SP Plus (SP), U-Haul (UHAL), Herc (HRI), GATX (GATX), Copa (CPA), Schneider National (SNDR), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), and Matson (MATX).
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus price target of $164.57, suggesting a potential upside of 35.09%. Ryder System has a consensus price target of $126.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.48%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
Ryder System received 231 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 12 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ryder System and 9 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Ryder System's score of 0.35 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 2.95%. Ryder System's return on equity of 18.38% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, 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, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System 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.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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