Avis Budget Group (CAR) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SP or CAR?

94.0% of SP Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SP or CAR more profitable?

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.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SP or CAR?

SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SP or CAR?

Avis Budget Group received 5 more outperform votes than SP Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.39% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SP Plus	Outperform Votes 272 59.39%	Underperform Votes 186 40.61%
Avis Budget Group	Outperform Votes 277 54.10%	Underperform Votes 235 45.90%

Do analysts prefer SP or CAR?

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 53.69%. Given SP Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than SP Plus.

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SP or CAR?

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
SP Plus	$1.81B	0.59	$31.10M	$1.52	35.52
Avis Budget Group	$12.01B	0.32	$1.63B	$31.68	3.42

Does the media prefer SP or CAR?

In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 1 more articles in the media than SP Plus. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 1 mentions for SP Plus. SP Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SP Plus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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)	Positive

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats SP Plus on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.