Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CAR or SP?

96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SP Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SP Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CAR or SP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avis Budget Group	$12.01B	0.34	$1.63B	$31.68	3.59
SP Plus	$1.81B	0.59	$31.10M	$1.52	35.52

Is CAR or SP more profitable?

Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to SP Plus' net margin of 1.68%. SP Plus' return on equity of 21.93% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avis Budget Group	10.05%	-480.48%	3.72%
SP Plus	1.68%	21.93%	4.78%

Do analysts prefer CAR or SP?

Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus target price of $164.57, suggesting a potential upside of 44.70%. SP Plus has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than SP Plus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avis Budget Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
SP Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAR or SP?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avis Budget Group	Outperform Votes 277 54.10%	Underperform Votes 235 45.90%
SP Plus	Outperform Votes 272 59.52%	Underperform Votes 185 40.48%

Which has more risk and volatility, CAR or SP?

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CAR or SP?

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. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat SP Plus' score of 0.31 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avis Budget Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SP Plus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats SP Plus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.