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Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR)

Industrials | Rental & Leasing Services | Parsippany, United States | NasdaqGS
109.77 USD +3.05 (2.858%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:19 a.m. EDT

The most pressing concern is the combination of a fragile balance sheet and a massive legal settlement. Despite the CEO calling the shares undervalued, the company carries nearly $30 billion in debt against minimal cash reserves, and profit margins remain negative. While the stock has rallied significantly over the past nine years, showing resilience, the fundamentals are not supporting a strong buy thesis. Technically, the price is trading well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, signaling a downtrend that has yet to reverse. The options market is pricing in high volatility, reflecting uncertainty around the litigation outcome. For now, the risk-reward profile leans toward caution rather than conviction.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.186096
MSTL0.206445
AutoETS0.213837
AutoARIMA0.213850

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 5.45
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.142
Excess Kurtosis -0.39
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2023-12-13
Last Dividend Date 2023-12-13
Revenue per Share 330.353
Market Cap 3,877,707,776
Forward P/E 20.58
Beta 2.11
Profit Margins -5.43%
Website https://www.avisbudgetgroup.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:19 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome between $100 and $130, evidenced by the dense open interest walls at these strikes. Elevated implied volatility suggests anticipation of a binary event, likely tied to the ongoing litigation. While call buyers target upside near the 120 strike, put buyers are heavily concentrated just below the current price, indicating a defensive stance against further downside.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
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
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2023-12-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 10.0
lastDividendDate 2023-12-14
dividendDate 2023-12-21

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.27009773
Address1 379 Interpace Parkway
All Time High 847.7
All Time Low 0.34
Ask 114.98
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 3.4 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 369,760
Average Daily Volume3 Month 424,000
Average Volume 424,000
Average Volume10Days 369,760
Beta 2.113
Bid 102.79
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 5
Book Value -95.977
City Parsippany
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 109.77
Current Ratio 0.848
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 110.4
Day Low 105.85
Display Name Avis Budget
Dividend Date 1,703,116,800
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Earnings Growth 8.8
Earnings Quarterly Growth 7.75
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,736,000
Ebitda 1,539,000,064
Ebitda Margins 0.13141
Enterprise To Ebitda 21.186
Enterprise To Revenue 2.784
Enterprise Value 32,605,708,288
Eps Current Year 3.07618
Eps Forward 5.33454
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -18.47
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,702,512,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 125.1682
Fifty Day Average Change -15.398201
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.123020075
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -27.009773
Fifty Two Week High 847.7
Fifty Two Week High Change -737.93
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.87050843
Fifty Two Week Low 85.96
Fifty Two Week Low Change 23.809998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.27698928
Fifty Two Week Range 85.96 - 847.7
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 432,394,200,000
Float Shares 14,852,360
Forward Eps 5.33454
Forward P E 20.577219
Free Cashflow 1,093,124,992
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 17,000
Fullday Change 3.0499954
Fullday Change Percent 2.8579416
Fullday Price 109.77
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.27385
Gross Profits 3,207,000,064
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01424
Held Percent Institutions 1.18734
Implied Shares Outstanding 35,325,754
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 3,877,707,776
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_26268
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -636,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,734,638,712
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 107.34
Operating Cashflow 2,905,999,872
Operating Margins 0.1491
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.17
Phone 973 496 4700
Previous Close 106.72
Price Eps Current Year 35.68387
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -1.1437116
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.33111674
Profit Margins -0.05431
Quick Ratio 0.672
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.375
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.05
Regular Market Change Percent 2.85794
Regular Market Day High 110.4
Regular Market Day Low 105.85
Regular Market Day Range 105.85 - 110.4
Regular Market Open 107.34
Regular Market Previous Close 106.72
Regular Market Price 109.77
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,401
Regular Market Volume 299,677
Return On Assets 0.02701
Revenue Growth -0.013
Revenue Per Share 330.353
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 35,325,754
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1487
Shares Short 5,253,743
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 4,805,990
Short Name Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.5409
Short Ratio 12.1
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol CAR
Target High Price 160.0
Target Low Price 94.0
Target Mean Price 122.85714
Target Median Price 130.0
Total Cash 558,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 15.796
Total Debt 29,124,999,168
Total Revenue 11,710,999,552
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -18.47
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 155.015
Two Hundred Day Average Change -45.245003
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.291875
Type Disp Equity
Volume 299,677
Website https://www.avisbudgetgroup.com
Zip 7,054