CAR vs. SP, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, LSTR, R, WERN, HTZ, MRTN, and HTLD
Should you be buying Avis Budget Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avis Budget Group include SP Plus (SP), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Marten Transport (MRTN), and Heartland Express (HTLD).
SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, SP Plus had 6 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SP Plus and 4 mentions for Avis Budget Group. SP Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.0% of SP Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by 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.
SP Plus currently has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus target price of $164.57, indicating a potential upside of 44.70%. Given SP Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than SP Plus.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of 1.68%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of 21.93% beat SP Plus' return on equity.
Avis Budget Group received 5 more outperform votes than SP Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.52% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than SP Plus. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats SP Plus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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