Stocks · Industrials · Rental & Leasing Services
Avis Budget Group, Inc. CAR
$111.22 +4.81% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.93B
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 84% below its highest close of the past year.
- Net debt is 7.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 25%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 30%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 45%
- Gross marginTop 41%
- Operating marginTop 18%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Interest coverBottom 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 39%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 28%
- 6-month returnBottom 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 17%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.7% | 0.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 31.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 17.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -72.1% | -97.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.4% | 0.7% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 23.4% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Operating margin | 17.2% | 10.4% | ↑ | Top 18% |
| Net margin | -5.4% | -19.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -97.3% | -72.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | — | Top 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.0% | — | Bottom 25% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 7.76×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.28%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.28%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $129.17
- Target vs current price
- +16.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 15%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | -52.2% | +1.6% | -15.2% | -10.3% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -17.4% | -0.5% | -12.0% | -9.3% | -12.4% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -2151.7% | +1.0% | -23.0% | -16.6% | +21.9% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | +24.7% | -1.2% | -13.3% | -16.3% | -20.3% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | -95.0% | -1.0% | -22.1% | -25.7% | -25.7% |
| May 7, 2025 | -141.2% | +3.3% | +9.3% | +15.4% | +68.6% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +54.0% | -0.8% | +6.7% | -29.5% | +11.1% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -18.7% | -3.4% | +12.2% | +26.6% | +6.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.98 | $2.05 | -52.2% | $3.00B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -$8.01 | -$6.82 | -17.4% | $2.53B |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -$6.53 | -$0.29 | -2151.7% | $2.66B |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $10.11 | $8.11 | +24.7% | $3.52B |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.10 | $2.02 | -95.0% | $3.04B |
| May 7, 2025 | -$14.35 | -$5.95 | -141.2% | $2.43B |
| Feb 11, 2025 | -$0.23 | -$0.50 | +54.0% | $2.66B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $6.65 | $8.18 | -18.7% | $3.48B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 31.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.8× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 2.77× | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -290.16% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Earnings yield | -16.29% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.6× – 29.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -11.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -28.7%
- RSI (14)
- 38.7
- Relative volume
- 1.13×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -84.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -85.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | -85.5% | 108 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Mar 13, 2025 | -84.5% | 842 days | 271 days (Apr 13, 2026) |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -29.7% | 8 days | 51 days (Jan 20, 2021) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -27.1% | 25 days | 33 days (Sep 2, 2021) |
| Apr 30, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -15.6% | 8 days | 18 days (Jun 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.93B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$18.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $11.71B
- 52-week range
- $85.96 – $847.70
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.31B | $11.99B | $12.01B | $11.79B | $11.65B |
| Gross profit | $3.39B | $4.77B | $3.93B | $3.00B | $2.85B |
| Operating income | $2.09B | $3.28B | $2.35B | $1.50B | $1.28B |
| Net income | $1.28B | $2.76B | $1.63B | -$1.82B | -$889.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $19.44 | $57.11 | $42.06 | -$51.23 | -$25.26 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.48B | $2.71B | $2.43B | $3.04B | $3.52B | $2.66B | $2.53B | $3.00B |
| Net income | $237.0M | -$1.96B | -$505.0M | $4.0M | $359.0M | -$747.0M | -$283.0M | $35.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.64 | -$55.66 | -$14.35 | $0.11 | $10.11 | -$21.22 | -$8.02 | $1.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.49B | $4.71B | $3.83B | $3.52B | $3.30B |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.08B | -$4.13B | -$15.46B | -$10.06B | -$15.27B |
| Free cash flow | -$2.59B | $576.0M | -$11.63B | -$6.54B | -$11.98B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | -$355.0M | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.46B | -$3.33B | -$951.0M | -$70.0M | -$7.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $558.0M
- Total assets
- $32.33B
- Total liabilities
- $35.55B
- Total debt
- $29.13B
- Net debt
- $28.57B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$3.39B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2023 | $10.00 | Dec 21, 2023 |
| Feb 23, 2006 | $0.11 | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Nov 17, 2005 | $0.11 | Dec 13, 2005 |
| Aug 18, 2005 | $0.11 | Sep 13, 2005 |
| May 19, 2005 | $0.09 | Jun 14, 2005 |
| Feb 24, 2005 | $0.09 | Mar 15, 2005 |
| Feb 1, 2005 | $1.08 | — |
| Nov 18, 2004 | $0.09 | Dec 14, 2004 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,702,350
- Days to cover
- 14.08
- Change vs previous report
- -2.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 5, 2006
- 1-for-10
- Aug 1, 2006
- 25-for-4
- Oct 22, 1996
- 3-for-2
- Jul 3, 1995
- 3-for-2
- May 3, 1993
- 3-for-2