CAR

Avis Budget Group Inc

108.16

Oct 29 • 3:59 PM ET +6.42 (6.31%)

108.16

Aftermarket • 4:15 PM ET 0.00 (0.00%)

Industrials Rental & Leasing Services USA Mid NASD

Peers: HTZ UHAL R HRI URI LYFT OPLN UBER EXPE CVNA

| Held by: IJH VTI VB VBR VXF MDY SPMD SCHA FNDX IWR

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Index	-
Market Cap	3.82B
Enterprise Value	32.55B
Income	-636.00M
Sales	11.71B
Book/sh	-96.80
Cash/sh	15.88
Dividend Est.	-
Dividend TTM	-
Dividend Ex-Date	Dec 14, 2023
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -
Payout	-
Employees	25000
IPO	Sep 14, 1983

P/E	-
Forward P/E	18.45
PEG	0.72
P/S	0.33
P/B	-
P/C	6.81
P/FCF	-
EV/EBITDA	6.19
EV/Sales	2.78
Quick Ratio	0.81
Current Ratio	0.81
Debt/Eq	-
LT Debt/Eq	-
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	-18.15
EPS next Y	5.86
EPS next Q	8.11
EPS this Y	-23.31%
EPS next Y	90.55%
EPS next 5Y	25.72%
EPS past 3/5Y	- -21.09%
Sales past 3/5Y	-0.96% 16.62%
EPS Y/Y TTM	71.43%
Sales Y/Y TTM	0.45%
EPS Q/Q	767.61%
Sales Q/Q	-1.35%
Earnings	Nov 03 AMC
EPS/Sales Surpr.	9.50% -3.21%

Insider Own	1.59%
Insider Trans	-3.05%
Inst Own	117.89%
Inst Trans	-10.37%
ROA	-1.97%
ROE	-
ROIC	-2.53%
Gross Margin	25.61%
Oper. Margin	11.22%
Profit Margin	-5.43%
SMA20	2.51%
SMA50	-8.13%
SMA200	-29.64%
Trades

Shs Outstand	35.00M
Shs Float	34.76M
Short Float	13.20%
Short Ratio	11.29
Short Interest	4.59M
52W High	847.70 -87.24%
52W Low	85.96 25.83%
Volatility	3.40% 4.54%
ATR (14)	4.86
RSI (14)	50.13
Beta	1.95
Rel Volume	0.70
Avg Volume	406.20K
Volume	282,921

Perf Week	6.51%
Perf Month	1.40%
Perf Quarter	-21.30%
Perf Half Y	-40.13%
Perf YTD	-15.71%
Perf Year	-22.22%
Perf 3Y	-29.27%
Perf 5Y	-34.31%
Perf 10Y	251.36%
Recom	3.50
Target Price	122.86
Prev Close	101.74
Price	108.16
Change %	6.31%

Consensus

Sell

Avg. Price Target

$122.86

Implied Upside

+13.6%

Analysts9incl. previous ratings

Rating Distribution1 Buy · 4 Hold · 4 Sell

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change	Implied Upside
May 01, 2026	Downgrade	JJefferies	Buy → Hold	$160	+47.9%
Apr 23, 2026	Downgrade	JJP Morgan	Neutral → Underweight	$165	+52.6%
Apr 20, 2026	Downgrade	BBarclays	Equal Weight → Underweight	$150	+38.7%
Apr 06, 2026	Downgrade	DDeutsche Bank	Buy → Hold	$128	+18.3%
Aug 20, 2025	Downgrade	BBofA Securities	Buy → Underperform	$113	+4.5%
Aug 01, 2025	Downgrade	GGoldman	Neutral → Sell	$105	-2.9%
Jul 31, 2025	Downgrade	JJP Morgan	Overweight → Neutral	$155	+43.3%
Nov 18, 2024	Downgrade	NNorthcoast	Buy → Neutral
Sep 19, 2024	Initiated	BBarclays	Equal Weight	$105	-2.9%
Apr 04, 2024	Upgrade	GGoldman	Sell → Neutral	$118 → $130	+20.2%
Mar 25, 2024	Upgrade	NNorthcoast	Neutral → Buy	$155	+43.3%
Mar 19, 2024	Initiated	BBofA Securities	Buy	$170	+57.2%
Jan 25, 2024	Upgrade	DDeutsche Bank	Hold → Buy	$234 → $248	+129.3%
Jul 20, 2023	Downgrade	DDeutsche Bank	Buy → Hold	$263	+143.2%
Jun 20, 2023	Upgrade	MMorgan Stanley	Equal-Weight → Overweight	$182 → $230	+112.6%
May 31, 2023	Upgrade	DDeutsche Bank	Hold → Buy	$239 → $263	+143.2%
May 05, 2023	Upgrade	MMorgan Stanley	Underweight → Equal-Weight	$175 → $185	+71.0%
Dec 06, 2022	Initiated	SSusquehanna	Neutral	$225	+108.0%
Oct 25, 2022	Resumed	JJefferies	Buy	$309 → $270	+149.6%
Oct 24, 2022	Upgrade	JJP Morgan	Neutral → Overweight	$230 → $231	+113.6%

Oct-26-26 07:18PM	Avis Budget Faces Peak-Season Test As Shrinking Fleet Meets Fading Travel Demand (Earnings Whispers)
Oct-14-26 04:18PM	Does The Fall In Avis Budget Stock Change Anything? (Trefis)
Oct-13-26 08:09PM	Can This Number Push Avis Budget Stock Higher? (Trefis)
Oct-09-26 04:15PM	Avis Budget Group to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Results on November 03, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
Oct-08-26 10:02PM	How Risky Is Avis Budget Stock? (Trefis)
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Sep-14-26 02:40PM	Kaplan Fox Urges Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) Investors Seeking Recovery to Contact the Firm Before September 29, 2026 (Newsfile)
Aug-27-26 10:46AM	Is Avis Budget Stock A Rare Bargain Or A Value Trap After Its 80% Drop? (Trefis)
Aug-24-26 08:10AM	Kaplan Fox Encourages Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) Investors with Losses to Contact the Firm Before September 29, 2026 (Newsfile)
Aug-17-26 11:30AM	Kaplan Fox Urges Investors of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) with Significant Losses to Seek a Leadership Role Before September 29, 2026 (Newsfile)
Aug-13-26 02:22PM	Hertz Shares Fall After Ackmans Pershing Sells Stake in Firm (Bloomberg)
Aug-12-26 02:45PM	Kaplan Fox Encourages Investors of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) Who Suffered Losses to Contact the Firm Before September 29, 2026 (Newsfile)
Aug-11-26 08:29AM	Airbnb has added thousands of new hotel listings. Will that ruin its charm? (MarketWatch)
Aug-03-26 05:49PM	Is LYFT Broken, Or Just Violently Marked Down? (Trefis)
Jul-29-26 05:03PM	Avis Budget Group Inc (CAR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Utilization and Strategic ... (GuruFocus.com) -6.90%
09:39AM	Verra Mobility Shares Jump on New Long-Term Agreement With Avis Budget (InvestorsHub)
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07:45AM	Avis Stock Is Tumbling. Inside the Shift in Rental Trends That Drove a Massive Earnings Miss. (Barrons.com)
07:42AM	Ford shares accelerate higher, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
Jul-28-26 05:03PM	Avis Budget: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
04:59PM	Avis Budget Stock Skids on Earnings Report (Barrons.com)
04:09PM	Avis Budget Group Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results (GlobeNewswire)
Jul-21-26 08:30AM	Joint Statement from Avis Budget Group and Pentwater Capital Management (GlobeNewswire)
Jul-13-26 05:32PM	Avis Budget Group to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Results on July 28, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
Jul-09-26 09:13AM	$5.8 Billion in BuybacksBut What Did Avis Stock Actually Buy? (Trefis)
Jul-07-26 12:18PM	Hertz gets a helping hand from an unlikely source: short sellers (Financial Times)
Jul-06-26 03:35PM	Hertz Bears Boost Short Bets to Record After Shares Plummet 60% (Bloomberg)
Jun-23-26 03:02PM	Avis Secures $650 Million Settlement, Shares Rise 6.5% After Hours (GuruFocus.com)
08:37AM	Avis Wins $650 Million From Hedge Fund That Bet Big on Its Stock (The Wall Street Journal)
05:31AM	SpaceX share slide continues, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
04:56AM	Why Is CAR Stock Jumping 2% Premarket Today? (Stocktwits)
03:23AM	Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq set to slide as tech sell-off deepens after SpaceX slide (MarketWatch)
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Jun-22-26 05:19PM	Short squeeze payback: Avis Budget gains 8% on massive $650M Pentwater settlement (Investing.com)
Jun-08-26 10:08AM	Cerebras initiated, Crocs upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
Jun-01-26 06:49PM	Verra Mobility CEO Quits Amid Contract Turmoil. Search for Successor Is On. (Barrons.com)
May-29-26 01:51PM	Verra Plunges 71% After Losing Major Avis Contract (GuruFocus.com)
May-28-26 05:33PM	Verra Mobility's Toll Business Is In Focus. Why Analysts Are Downgrading the Stock. (Barrons.com) +5.92%
May-27-26 05:37PM	Wall Street turns cautious on Verra Mobility after Avis blow (Investing.com)
05:21PM	Avis Budget Group Announces Pricing of $300 Million of Senior Notes (GlobeNewswire)
07:30AM	Avis Budget Group Announces Intention to Offer $300 Million of Senior Notes (GlobeNewswire)
May-26-26 05:08PM	Verra Mobility Stock Plunges 40% After Avis Budget Ends Its Contract (Barrons.com)
May-20-26 04:48PM	Avis Budget's Pricing Recovery Signals Improving Industry Discipline (Quartz)
May-05-26 02:46PM	Forget The Avis (CAR) Q1 EPS Miss, Watch The 15-Year Fleet Record (Trefis)
May-04-26 04:40PM	Why the transport sector is seeing a sea of red (Yahoo Finance Video) -9.30%
Apr-30-26 12:57PM	Is Hertz a meme stock again? Shares soar 20% on Uber partnership. (MarketWatch)
Apr-29-26 05:49PM	A Wild Short Squeeze on Avis's Stock Takes Another Surprising Turn (The Wall Street Journal)
09:58AM	Volatile Avis stock plunges on wider-than-expected loss (Yahoo Finance)
07:39AM	Avis Stock Tumbles After Earnings. The Short Squeeze Is Over. (Barrons.com)
07:20AM	Avis Budget: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
07:00AM	Avis Budget Group Reports First Quarter 2026 Results (GlobeNewswire)
05:56AM	Here's how much options traders think mega-cap tech stocks may be moved by earnings this week (MarketWatch)
05:03AM	Big-tech earnings bonanza after closing bell (MarketWatch)
04:22AM	Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq set to rise ahead of host of tech earnings; Fed interest-rate decision due (MarketWatch)
Apr-28-26 05:52PM	This is the most critical question facing U.S. investors right now - and it has nothing to do with Iran (MarketWatch)
Apr-24-26 04:18PM	The Jig Is Up: 70% Crash Marks Quick End to Avis Short Squeeze (Bloomberg) -10.97% -8.30%
02:28PM	Why Trade Desk Stock Could Be the Next Big Short Squeeze (Barrons.com)
08:14AM	Why Trade Desk Could Be the Next Stock Facing a Short Squeeze (Barrons.com)
Apr-23-26 02:51PM	Avis stock crash continues, Siemens Energy lifts outlook (Yahoo Finance Video) -48.38%
01:53PM	Avis Stock Plunges 57% In Two Days After 600% Surge (GuruFocus.com)
01:45PM	Avis Budget stock plunges 62% as short squeeze reverses (Quartz)
12:35PM	Avis stock extends crash, falling 48% after epic short squeeze (Yahoo Finance)
12:35PM	Avis stock extends crash after epic short squeeze (Yahoo Finance)
12:35PM	Avis stock extends 2-day crash after epic short squeeze (Yahoo Finance)
12:13PM	Avis StockDrops 70% in Two Days. The Short Squeeze Is Colliding With a New Reality. (Barrons.com)
11:13AM	Avis Stock Falls Again; Investors See Possible Equity Offering (Barrons.com)
10:08AM	Avis Budget slides as short squeeze unwinds and JPMorgan cuts rating (InvestorsHub)
09:49AM	Avis's Big Short Squeeze Starts to Unwind (The Wall Street Journal)
09:44AM	Texas Instruments upgraded, Avis downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
08:32AM	Avis Budget crashes 40% as short squeeze unwinds (Investing.com)
05:02AM	IBM stock slides after earnings, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
Apr-22-26 05:14PM	Avis's stock has its worst day in 28 years, and what that means for its parabolic rally (MarketWatch) -37.82%
04:10PM	Avis Budget Group to Announce First Quarter 2026 Results on April 29, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
03:37PM	Avis Options Activity Surges Amid Gain in Stock; Puts Popular as Bearish Bets (Barrons.com)
02:22PM	How Avis's short squeeze is hijacking the Dow transports scoreboard: Chart of the Day (Yahoo Finance)
01:10PM	Meme Stock Is Up 600% But Shows These Signs It Could Be Peaking (Investor's Business Daily)
12:12PM	The Unusual Short Squeeze Behind Avis's Wild Rally (The Wall Street Journal)
11:00AM	Epic Avis Short Squeeze Continues; Relief May Not Come Until After Earnings (Barrons.com)
06:38AM	Adobe jumps on jumbo buyback, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
06:16AM	These Stocks Are Today's Movers: Tesla, United Airlines, Capital One, DJT, Adobe, and More (Barrons.com)
03:44AM	Stock Market Today: Dow set for 300-point gain, S&P 500 and Nasdaq to rise after Trump said he would extend cease-fire with Iran; Tesla results on tap (MarketWatch)
Apr-21-26 04:34PM	How Avis Stock Made the Dow Jones Transportation Average One of the Year's Biggest Gainers (Barrons.com) +17.27%
01:46PM	The Old News That Got the Market Excited About Lucid Stock (Barrons.com)
12:45PM	The Dow Jones Transportation Average is on a historic tear. Here are 6 charts you need to see. (MarketWatch)
11:25AM	Avis Short Squeeze: Why a Stock Offering and Regulatory Scrutiny Could Be Next (Barrons.com)
10:50AM	Lucid Stock Is Jumping. The Move Makes No Sense. (Barrons.com)
10:45AM	Avis Budget Jumps 19% As 374.4% YTD Surge Extends Rally (GuruFocus.com)
10:10AM	This Rental Car Stock is Pulling a GameStop (Schaeffer's Research)
09:43AM	Avis stock surges again, bringing monthly gains north of 600% as short squeeze risk remains high (Yahoo Finance)
09:23AM	Trucking stocks have been surging, signaling underlying economic strength (Yahoo Finance)
08:12AM	Avis Budget stock surges on short squeeze dynamics (Investing.com)
05:49AM	These Stocks Are Today's Movers: Apple, Amazon, Alaska Air, Avis, UnitedHealth, and More (Barrons.com)
05:29AM	Alaska Air shares dip on fuel cost warning, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
Apr-20-26 05:16PM	Avis Stock Up Another 18% Amid Short Squeeze; Two Investors Control Over 100% of Shares (Barrons.com) +23.27%
09:33AM	Qorvo downgraded, Ulta Beauty upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
Apr-18-26 09:47AM	Avis's 4x Short Squeeze Is a Gift. Can Management Cash It In? (Trefis)
Apr-17-26 10:56AM	Avis and 2 More Stocks That Are the Big Winners in the Nasdaq Hot Run (Barrons.com) +10.00%
Apr-15-26 02:59PM	Aviss 200% Surge Lures New Shorts Eyeing Trip Back to Reality (Bloomberg)
Apr-14-26 12:00PM	Avis Stock Soared 264% in a Month. What Could Be Driving the Shares Higher. (Barrons.com) +10.93%
Apr-10-26 10:15AM	Why Avis Budget Stock Is Up 3x In A Month? (Trefis)
Apr-08-26 03:18PM	Short Sellers Squeezed Hard as Avis Shares Rocket 150% (Bloomberg)
Apr-06-26 01:44PM	How a 'short squeeze' could still move Avis's stock much higher (MarketWatch) +11.65%

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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Simhambhatla Ravi	EVP, CDIO - see remarks	Aug 07 '26	Sale	138.79	4,702	652,575	18,810	Aug 11 04:11 PM
Ravindra Simhambhatla	Officer	Aug 07 '26	Proposed Sale	138.74	4,702	652,332		Aug 07 04:34 PM
Simhambhatla Ravi	EVP, CDIO - see remarks	Jul 26 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	17,791	0	31,667	Jul 28 04:07 PM
Cunha Daniel Crestian	EVP and CFO	Jul 23 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	969	0	969	Jul 27 04:08 PM
Simhambhatla Ravi	EVP, CDIO - see remarks	Apr 30 '26	Sale	184.09	3,469	638,608	13,876	Apr 30 08:18 PM
Linnen Edward P	EVP, Chief HR Officer	Apr 30 '26	Sale	182.32	9,483	1,728,900	37,932	Apr 30 08:16 PM
Edward Linnen	Officer	Apr 30 '26	Proposed Sale	182.31	9,483	1,728,886		Apr 30 04:59 PM
Ravindra Simhambhatla	Officer	Apr 30 '26	Proposed Sale	184.04	3,469	638,421		Apr 30 04:55 PM
Pentwater Capital Management L	10% Owner	Apr 23 '26	Sale	264.60	843,201	223,110,985	3,485,000	Apr 28 05:08 PM
Pentwater Capital Management L	10% Owner	Apr 23 '26	Sale	275.54	1,848,899	509,447,475	4,328,201	Apr 28 05:06 PM
Pentwater Capital Management L	10% Owner	Apr 22 '26	Sale	438.74	3,347	1,468,463	6,177,100	Apr 28 05:06 PM
Pentwater Capital Management L	10% Owner	Apr 22 '26	Sale	619.35	1,643,653	1,018,003,147	6,180,447	Apr 28 05:04 PM
Pahwa Jagdeep	Executive Chairman	Mar 17 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	13,303	0	13,303	Mar 19 05:06 PM
DeGenova Cathleen	Chief Accounting Officer	Mar 13 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	273	0	7,760	Mar 17 05:48 PM
Sera Jean M	SVP, GC, CCO & Corp. Sec.	Mar 13 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	749	0	37,832	Mar 17 05:46 PM
DeGenova Cathleen	Chief Accounting Officer	Mar 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	705	0	7,814	Mar 16 04:57 PM
Sera Jean M	SVP, GC, CCO & Corp. Sec.	Mar 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,351	0	37,710	Mar 16 04:55 PM
Simhambhatla Ravi	EVP, CDIO - see remarks	Mar 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	2,394	0	17,186	Mar 16 04:53 PM
Choi Brian J	Chief Executive Officer	Mar 12 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	9,977	0	121,155	Mar 16 04:51 PM
DeGenova Cathleen	Chief Accounting Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	148	0	7,181	Mar 11 05:22 PM
Sera Jean M	SVP, GC, CCO & Corp. Sec.	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	421	0	36,555	Mar 11 05:19 PM
Linnen Edward P	EVP, Chief HR Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	547	0	45,744	Mar 11 05:18 PM
Simhambhatla Ravi	EVP, CDIO - see remarks	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	758	0	15,031	Mar 11 05:17 PM
Choi Brian J	Chief Executive Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,515	0	111,694	Mar 11 05:13 PM
Pentwater Capital Management L	10% Owner	Feb 20 '26	Buy	94.26	425,000	40,060,075	3,987,100	Feb 24 09:40 PM
KROMINGA LYNN	Director	Feb 20 '26	Sale	91.54	1,950	178,503	0	Feb 24 05:42 PM
Lynn Krominga	Director	Feb 20 '26	Proposed Sale	91.53	1,950	178,493		Feb 20 04:54 PM
Sera Jean M	SVP, GC, CCO & Corp. Sec.	Dec 30 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	5,144	0	38,519	Jan 02 04:05 PM
Linnen Edward P	EVP, Chief HR Officer	Dec 30 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	6,430	0	47,345	Jan 02 04:03 PM
Choi Brian J	Chief Executive Officer	Dec 30 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	9,645	0	114,677	Jan 02 04:01 PM

Avis Budget Group, Inc. engages in the provision of vehicle sharing and rental services. It operates through the Americas and International segments. The Americas segment includes vehicle rental and car sharing operations in North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The International segment is involved in vehicle rental and car sharing operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Executive ChairmanMr. Jagdeep Singh Pahwa

Chief Executive OfficerMr. Brian J. Choi

Executive VP & CFOMr. Daniel Crestian Cunha

Chief Human Resource Officer & Executive VPMr. Edward P. Linnen

VP & Chief Accounting OfficerMs. Tina Goldenberg

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