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).
Ryder System (NYSE:R) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Ryder System presently has a consensus price target of $126.83, indicating a potential upside of 0.88%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus price target of $164.57, indicating a potential upside of 39.10%. Given Ryder System's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 8 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ryder System and 10 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of 2.95%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of 18.38% beat Ryder System's return on equity.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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