Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $137.89 (as of 2026-09-02), with a market capitalization of $4.87B. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.
Avis Budget Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides car and truck rentals, car sharing, and ancillary products and services to businesses and consumers. It operates the Avis brand, that offers vehicle rental and other mobility solutions to the premium commercial and leisure segments of the travel industry; the Budget Truck brand, a local, and one-way truck and cargo van rental businesses with a fleet of approximately 20,000 vehicles, which are rented through a network of approximately 465 dealer-operated and 385 company-operated locations that serve the consumer and light commercial sectors in the continental United States; and the Zipcar brand, a car sharing network. The company also operates various other car rental brands, such as Budget, Payless, Apex, Maggiore, MoriniRent, FranceCars, Amicoblue, Turiscar, and ACL Hire. In addition, it offers optional insurance products and coverages, such as supplemental liability, personal accident, personal effects protection, emergency sickness protection, and automobile towing protection and cargo insurance products; fuel service options, roadside assistance services, electronic toll collection services, curbside delivery, tablet rentals, access to satellite radio, portable navigation units, and child safety seat rentals; automobile towing equipment and other moving accessories, such as hand trucks, furniture pads, and moving supplies; and Business Intelligence solution, an online portal for corporate travel. Avis Budget Group, Inc. operates in approximately 10,400 locations worldwide. 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 headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Avis Budget Group rents cars, trucks, and cargo vans through the Avis and Budget Truck brands at airport and neighborhood locations, earning revenue from daily and weekly rental fees plus ancillary services. Revenue is heavily weighted to the Americas at 78%, with profitability hinging on fleet utilization and pricing against a fixed cost base of thousands of vehicles.
Every rental day must cover a fixed daily vehicle cost (depreciation, lease payments, insurance), so even a one-point slip in utilization or pricing flows through disproportionately to operating income, which is why the current -13.4% margin reflects a small gap in earned revenue per day.
| Americas | $2.0B |
| International | $0.6B |
Business quality (Weak): Weak. Operating margin of -13.4% and negative ROE indicate the fleet is not yet covering its fixed costs. The business is capital-heavy, cyclical, and currently in a trough where recall disruptions and softening demand outpace indexing gains.
| Price | $137.89 |
| Market Cap | $4.87B |
| Price / Sales | 0.41 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0% |
| DCF Value (model) | $1800.45 |
| DCF Upside vs Price | 1205.7% |
| Revenue (TTM) | $11.65B |
| Net Margin | -7.6% |
| Return on Equity | 19.6% |
| Debt / Equity | -1.78 |
| Current Ratio | 0.74 |
| Revenue Growth (YoY) | 4.1% |
| EPS Growth (YoY) | -44.2% |
| Altman Z-Score | 0.38 (distress) |
| Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary) | 20.1 |
| Industry P/E (Personal Services) | 15.9 |
| Top Institutional Holder | SRS Investment Management, LLC ($2.54B) |
| Institutional Holders Tracked | 10 |
| Congressional Trades (recent) | 1 |
| Sector | Consumer Discretionary |
| Industry | Personal Services |
| CEO | Brian J. Choi |
| Employees | 17,000 |
| Country | US |
| IPO Date | 1983-09-14 |
Data as of 2026-09-02.
Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.