Avis Budget vs U-Haul
CAR and UHAL side by side, both in consumer discretionary. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CAR and UHAL compare
U-Haul is the larger company, worth 2.4 times as much as Avis Budget ($10.7B against $4.4B).
U-Haul keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.7% compared with −7.0% at Avis Budget.
Avis Budget scores higher on the StockData Score (4 against 2 for U-Haul), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CAR | UHAL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.4B | $10.7B |
| Share price | $125.45 | $55.25 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.4% | 5.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −56.2% | −25.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.81 | 0.83 |
| Employees | 25K | 33K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 1.7× |
| P/B | – | 1.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 20.6× |
| FCF yield | – | −10.5% |
| Fair value | $519.54 | $40.05 |
| Margin of safety | 75.9% (better) | −37.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.60% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.6% (better) | 5.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 96.0% |
| Operating margin | – | 7.7% |
| Net margin | −7.0% | 2.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | −18.4% |
| Return on equity | – | 2.2% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 5.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Interest coverage | – | 1.2× |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.45 | 1.33 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.27% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.27% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 118% | 37.3% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | 88.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.5B | −$14.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.8% | – |
Go deeper
- CAR stock overview
- CAR income statement
- CAR valuation and score
- UHAL stock overview
- UHAL income statement
- UHAL valuation and score
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