Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ)Industrials | Rental & Leasing Services | Estero, United States | NasdaqGS
7.43 USD
+0.45
(6.447%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 7.47 +0.04 (0.538%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★★★ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:32 p.m. EDT
Despite catastrophic fundamentals with negative earnings, negative book value, and a high debt load, the options market is betting on a massive short-term reversal, pricing in a move to $9.00. The lack of dividends and worsening financial health makes this an incompetent long-term hold, strictly a high-risk speculative play on immediate mean reversion based on the $9.00 call wall. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.142820 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.149006 |
| AutoETS | 0.149007 |
| MSTL | 0.152346 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 6.44 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.050 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.04 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Revenue per Share | 27.432 |
| Market Cap | 2,340,844,032 |
| Forward P/E | 23.45 |
| Beta | 2.06 |
| Profit Margins | -8.78% |
| Website | https://www.hertz.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:32 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct bullish bias driven by callers positioning calls well above the current spot price ($7.43), specifically heavy Open Interest (OI) at the $9.00 strike across multiple expirations. This $9.00 call represents a significant upside target for speculators, indicating a consensus expectation of a 15-20% move higher before near-term expiration. Conversely, put interest is concentrated in deep in-the-money strikes (e.g., $3.00, $5.00), suggesting hedging against a drop to earlier lows rather than a prepared short attack. The $7.00 strike acts as a primary support level for workouts, with slight net buyer imbalance in calls here, reinforcing the short-term resistance target of $9.00.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.05108559 |
| Address1 | 8,501 Williams Road |
| All Time High | 46.0 |
| All Time Low | 2.47 |
| Ask | 7.49 |
| Ask Size | 81 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 16,070,570 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 7,899,746 |
| Average Volume | 7,899,746 |
| Average Volume10Days | 16,070,570 |
| Beta | 2.06 |
| Bid | 7.22 |
| Bid Size | 125 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | -1.472 |
| City | Estero |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 7.43 |
| Current Ratio | 0.572 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 7.755 |
| Day Low | 6.67 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,158,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,158,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | 146,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.01717 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 144.41 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.479 |
| Enterprise Value | 21,083,840,512 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.68937 |
| Eps Forward | 0.31684 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.43 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.9187 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.5112996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.51056165 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -5.108559 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 9.39 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.9600005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.20873274 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 3.775 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.6549997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.9682118 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 3.775 - 9.39 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,625,146,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 126,096,882 |
| Forward Eps | 0.31684 |
| Forward P E | 23.450321 |
| Free Cashflow | 12,000,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 26,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.13876 |
| Gross Profits | 1,180,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01334 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.12258 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 315,053,028 |
| Industry | Rental & Leasing Services |
| Industry Disp | Rental & Leasing Services |
| Industry Key | rental-leasing-services |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-11-09 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. operates as a vehicle rental company. It operates through two segments: Americas RAC and International RAC. The company offers vehicle rental services under the Hertz, Dollar, and Thrifty brands from company-operated, licensee, and franchisee locations in the United States, Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and New Zealand. It also sells vehicles and value-added services. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Estero, Florida. |
| Long Name | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,340,844,032 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_30396158 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -747,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,337,693,467 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 6.89 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,624,999,936 |
| Operating Margins | -0.061139997 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 239 301 7000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.03999996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.5383575 |
| Post Market Price | 7.47 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,350 |
| Previous Close | 6.98 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -10.777957 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -5.047554 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.27526388 |
| Profit Margins | -0.087840006 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.318 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.45 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 6.44699 |
| Regular Market Day High | 7.755 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 6.67 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 6.67 - 7.755 |
| Regular Market Open | 6.89 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.98 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.43 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 20,824,620 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00082 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.006 |
| Revenue Per Share | 27.432 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 315,053,028 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.2051 |
| Shares Short | 64,066,176 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 63,020,905 |
| Short Name | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.4999 |
| Short Ratio | 10.2 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | FL |
| Symbol | HTZ |
| Target High Price | 5.0 |
| Target Low Price | 3.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 4.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 5.0 |
| Total Cash | 566,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.812 |
| Total Debt | 19,328,999,424 |
| Total Revenue | 8,504,000,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.43 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.617 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.8129997 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.32277012 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 20,824,620 |
| Website | https://www.hertz.com |
| Zip | 33,928 |