Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ) reported $2.48 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 3.8%. EPS of $0.12 for the same period compares to -$0.68 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.43 billion, representing a surprise of +1.85%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +700%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.02.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Hertz Global performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Americas RAC - Transaction days: 31,923.00 Days versus 31,766.70 Days estimated by three analysts on average.
- Americas RAC - Total RPD: $59.67 compared to the $60.37 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Americas RAC - Average vehicles: 425,004 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 437,213.
- International RAC - Total RPD: $57.81 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $58.13.
- International RAC - Depreciation Per Unit Per Month: $254.00 compared to the $271.93 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Americas RAC - Depreciation Per Unit Per Month: $278.00 compared to the $275.37 average estimate based on three analysts.
- International RAC- Average vehicles: 120,391 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 113,924.
- International RAC - Transaction days: 8,961.00 Days compared to the 8,719.73 Days average estimate based on three analysts.
- International RAC - Total RPU Per Month: $1,454.00 versus $1,433.47 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Americas RAC - Total RPU Per Month: $1,552.00 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1,512.88.
- Geographic Revenue- International RAC: $568 million compared to the $506.56 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.5% year over year.
- Geographic Revenue- Americas RAC: $1.91 billion compared to the $1.92 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -7.4% year over year.
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Shares of Hertz Global have returned -11.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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