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AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. CAR
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. (CAR) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 6.04% (safety: no dividend). FY2025 revenue was $11.7B at a -7.6% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | JP Morgan | Underweight (main) |
| 2026-06-09 | JP Morgan | Underweight (main) |
| 2026-06-08 | Barclays | Equal-Weight (up) |
| 2026-05-20 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-05-08 | Susquehanna | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-05-05 | Barclays | Underweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. | 4/9 | — | — | -1.2% |
| R | RYDER SYSTEM INC | 7/9 | — | 20.2 | +0.2% |
| HTZ | HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC | 3/9 | — | — | -6% |
| UHAL | U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ | 4/9 | — | 139.6 | +3.6% |
| MRT | Marti Technologies, Inc. | 4/9 | — | — | +110.3% |
| AIHS | Senmiao Technology Ltd | 2/9 | — | — | — |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | 5/9 | 6.79 | 31.1 | +15.1% |
About AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
Avis Budget Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides car and truck rentals, car sharing, and ancillary products and services to businesses and consumers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia, and Australasia. The company operates the Avis brand, which offers vehicle rental and other mobility solutions to the commercial and leisure segments of the travel industry and the Zipcar brand, a car sharing network that offers vehicle rental and other mobility solutions comprising budget car rental and budget truck. It also operates various other car rental brands, such as Payless, Apex, Maggiore, Morini Rent, FranceCars, AmicoBlu, Turiscar, and ACL Hire and McNicoll vehicle Hire. The company was formerly known as Cendant Corporation and changed its name to Avis Budget Group, Inc. in September 2006. Avis Budget Group, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.
FAQ
Is CAR financially healthy?
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does CAR pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. pays a dividend yielding about 6.04% with a None payout ratio, rated “no dividend” for safety.
How profitable is CAR?
In FY2025, AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. had a net margin of -7.6%.
Is CAR overvalued or undervalued?
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. trades at about 3.3× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 3.5×–251.4×, median 10.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for CAR?
The average Wall-Street price target for AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. is $134.14, about 3.9% below the recent price, from 7 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is CAR a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, a dividend yield of 6.04%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.