Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ) reported $2.03 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 0.6%. EPS of -$0.63 for the same period compares to -$1.18 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.07% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.01 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.53, the EPS surprise was -18.11%.
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: 28,857.00 Days compared to the 29,051.90 Days average estimate based on three analysts.
- Americas RAC - Total RPD: $56.11 versus $55.84 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Americas RAC - Average vehicles: 415,264 compared to the 410,152 average estimate based on three analysts.
- International RAC - Total RPD: $53.89 versus $56.02 estimated by three analysts on average.
- International RAC - Depreciation Per Unit Per Month: $263.00 compared to the $257.32 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Americas RAC - Depreciation Per Unit Per Month: $346.00 versus $291.02 estimated by three analysts on average.
- International RAC- Average vehicles: 101,603 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 104,871.
- International RAC - Transaction days: 6,948.00 Days compared to the 6,822.01 Days average estimate based on three analysts.
- International RAC - Total RPU Per Month: $1,248.00 compared to the $1,322.79 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Americas RAC - Total RPU Per Month: $1,356.00 compared to the $1,342.12 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Geographic Revenue- International RAC: $407 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $382.05 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.7%.
- Geographic Revenue- Americas RAC: $1.62 billion versus $1.62 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.9% change.
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Shares of Hertz Global have returned -14.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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