Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR)Industrials | Rental & Leasing Services | Parsippany, United States | NasdaqGS
159.78 USD
+3.93
(2.522%)
⇧
(July 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 159.50 -0.28 (-0.280%) ⇩ (July 14, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:18 a.m. EDT
The most critical signal here is the disconnect between the stock's recent price recovery and its fundamentally distressed balance sheet. While the nine-year cumulative return is strong, the company is currently trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, signaling short-term weakness. The fundamentals are concerning: negative book value, negative trailing earnings, and a current ratio below 1.0 suggest liquidity pressure. The options market reflects this tension, with heavy put positioning acting as a floor while speculative call buying targets higher levels. Until the balance sheet stabilizes and earnings turn consistently positive, the risk of a value trap outweighs the potential for a short-term squeeze, making this a speculative hold rather than a core investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.094237 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.126649 |
| AutoTheta | 0.428224 |
| MSTL | 2.878337 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 30% |
| H-stat | 0.43 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.165 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.35 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2023-12-13 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2023-12-13 |
| Revenue per Share | 333.627 |
| Market Cap | 5,644,226,048 |
| Forward P/E | 19.16 |
| Beta | 1.90 |
| Profit Margins | -5.68% |
| Website | https://www.avisbudgetgroup.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:18 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility is elevated across all expirations, ranging from 49% to 77%, indicating heightened uncertainty. Open interest is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money positions, with significant put walls established at lower strikes (100-130) to hedge downside risk, while call open interest clusters at higher strikes (200+) suggesting speculative upside bets. Unusual volume spikes appear in both calls and puts near the money, reflecting a polarized sentiment where traders are simultaneously betting on a bounce and protecting against further declines.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-14 | 10.000000 | 5.192917 |
| 2006-02-23 | 0.176000 | 0.702875 |
| 2005-11-17 | 0.176000 | 0.612813 |
| 2005-08-18 | 0.176000 | 0.541605 |
| 2005-05-19 | 0.144000 | 0.424328 |
| 2005-02-24 | 0.144000 | 0.411899 |
| 2005-02-01 | 1.720000 | 4.716981 |
| 2004-11-18 | 0.144000 | 0.403407 |
| 2004-08-12 | 0.144000 | 0.423928 |
| 2004-05-20 | 0.112000 | 0.312221 |
| 2004-02-19 | 0.112000 | 0.313199 |
| 1989-06-07 | 1.053498 | 40.000001 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.19072592 |
| Address1 | 379 Interpace Parkway |
| All Time High | 847.7 |
| All Time Low | 0.34 |
| Ask | 166.8 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.4 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 645,690 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,204,422 |
| Average Volume | 2,204,422 |
| Average Volume10Days | 645,690 |
| Beta | 1.898 |
| Bid | 150.0 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | -96.742 |
| City | Parsippany |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 159.78 |
| Current Ratio | 0.775 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 160.71 |
| Day Low | 151.735 |
| Display Name | Avis Budget |
| Dividend Date | 1,703,116,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,328,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,328,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,268,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,268,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,268,800 |
| Ebitda | 1,524,999,936 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.12977 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 21.588 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.801 |
| Enterprise Value | 32,921,227,264 |
| Eps Current Year | 4.71855 |
| Eps Forward | 8.33716 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -19.41 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,702,512,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 166.7866 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -7.006607 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.04200941 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -19.072592 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 847.7 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -687.92004 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.81151354 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 85.96 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 73.82 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.8587715 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 85.96 - 847.7 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 432,394,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 14,634,788 |
| Forward Eps | 8.33716 |
| Forward P E | 19.164799 |
| Free Cashflow | 168,000,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 17,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.27313998 |
| Gross Profits | 3,209,999,872 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01408 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.29728 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 35,324,986 |
| Industry | Rental & Leasing Services |
| Industry Disp | Rental & Leasing Services |
| Industry Key | rental-leasing-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,702,512,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 10.0 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,157,414,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:10 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | Avis Budget Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,644,226,048 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_26268 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -667,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,503,632,818 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 155.5 |
| Operating Cashflow | 3,111,000,064 |
| Operating Margins | 0.01818 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.17 |
| Phone | 973 496 4700 |
| Post Market Change | -0.27999878 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.17524019 |
| Post Market Price | 159.5 |
| Post Market Time | 1,784,073,382 |
| Previous Close | 155.85 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 33.862095 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -1.6516094 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.48027793 |
| Profit Margins | -0.056760002 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.604 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.375 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 3.9299927 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.5216508 |
| Regular Market Day High | 160.71 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 151.735 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 151.735 - 160.71 |
| Regular Market Open | 155.5 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 155.85 |
| Regular Market Price | 159.78 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,784,059,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 333,236 |
| Return On Assets | 0.029000001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.041 |
| Revenue Per Share | 333.627 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 35,324,986 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1481 |
| Shares Short | 5,231,372 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,676,609 |
| Short Name | Avis Budget Group, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.5387 |
| Short Ratio | 6.69 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | CAR |
| Target High Price | 170.0 |
| Target Low Price | 85.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 134.14285 |
| Target Median Price | 140.0 |
| Total Cash | 528,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 14.947 |
| Total Debt | 27,672,000,512 |
| Total Revenue | 11,751,999,488 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -19.41 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 157.94705 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.8329468 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.011604818 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 333,236 |
| Website | https://www.avisbudgetgroup.com |
| Zip | 7,054 |