Hertz (HTZ) Reports Q2: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

Global car rental company Hertz (NASDAQ:HTZ) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what to expect.

Hertz missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 10.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.81 billion, down 12.8% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

Is Hertz a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free.

This quarter, analysts are expecting Hertz’s revenue to decline 8.4% year on year to $2.16 billion, a further deceleration from the 3.4% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.41 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Hertz has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.

Looking at Hertz’s peers in the ground transportation segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Werner’s revenues decreased 1% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 3%, and Saia reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 1.2%. Werner’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Saia was up 4%.

Read our full analysis of Werner’s results here and Saia’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the ground transportation segment, with share prices up 2.1% on average over the last month. Hertz is down 17.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $4.06 (compared to the current share price of $5.83).

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