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Avis Budget Group, Inc.

CAR NASDAQ
Industrials · Rental & Leasing Services
Parsippany, NJ 07054, United States avisbudgetgroup.com Updated Aug 14, 8:27am
Price
$136.99
Market Cap
$4.8B
Employees
17,000
Beta
1.90
Avg Volume
498,771
CEO
Mr. Joseph A. Ferraro

Avis Budget Group, Inc. is a global provider of mobility and transportation solutions headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. The company operates a portfolio of well-known brands, including Avis, Budget, and Zipcar, serving a broad range of customer needs from short-term car rental to on-demand car sharing and commercial truck rental. Through these brands, Avis Budget Group focuses on both premium and value-oriented segments, addressing corporate travel, leisure travel, and small-business transportation requirements. Its services cover airport and off-airport locations and are distributed across the Americas and an International segment that spans Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australasia, supported by a mix of company-operated locations and licensees. Today, Avis Budget Group plays a significant role in the vehicle rental and car sharing industries, providing flexible access to vehicles as an alternative to ownership and supporting travel, logistics, and urban mobility in approximately 180 countries worldwide.

Runs with full report
Earnings Schedule
Checked daily · calendar updated Aug 14
No upcoming print on the calendar yet — companies typically confirm a few weeks ahead. Last print was Jul 23, 2026.
EPS surprise history — vs analyst consensus · 4 prints of vendor history
+2.8%
Apr '26
+2.9%
May '26
+72.7%
Jun '26
+6.0%
Jul '26
Print date EPS est. EPS actual Revenue est. Revenue actual
Jul 23, 2026 $3.32 $3.52 +6.0%
Jun 11, 2026 $-0.33 $-0.09 +72.7%
May 12, 2026 $0.68 $0.70 +2.9%
Apr 29, 2026 $-7.05 $-6.85 +2.8%

Green = beat the estimate, red = missed. An earnings print is the fastest way a thesis changes — our designations should be re-read after each one.

Recent SEC Filings
Filed Form Document
Aug 11, 2026 4 View
Aug 7, 2026 144 View
Jul 29, 2026 10-Q View
Jul 28, 2026 8-K View
Jul 28, 2026 4 View
Jul 27, 2026 4 View
Jul 1, 2026 8-K View
Jun 23, 2026 3 View
Jun 22, 2026 8-K View
Jun 12, 2026 8-K View
Jun 1, 2026 8-K View
May 29, 2026 8-K View

Filings link to the SEC’s EDGAR system. Annual/quarterly reports (10-K, 10-Q, 20-F) carry the full story; 8-K/6-K current reports are the fastest signal that something material happened.

Price Overview
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 8:27am (just now)
Current data · timestamped when a report runs
$136.99
Change · Aug 14
-2.59 (-1.86%)
Day Range
$136.55 – $140.60
52-Week Range
$85.96 – $847.70
50-Day MA
$162.08
200-Day MA
$157.59
Volume
256,492.00
Share Structure
Outstanding 35,258,652.00
Float 12,851,509.00
Free Float 36.4%
Moderate free float — 36.4% of shares trade freely, ~63.6% held by insiders/institutions
Reasonable but insiders still hold a significant stake. This can be positive (skin in the game) but may limit liquidity during sell-offs.
Price History (1 Year)
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 8:27am (just now)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 8:27am (just now)
Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
Period Revenue Net Income Net Margin YoY/QoQ
Key Metrics
TD Twelve Data statement HEX SEC filing
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
HEX
Stock Price / EPS (Diluted)
-5.43
Stock Price: $136.99
EPS (Diluted): -25.25
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
HEX
Stock Price / Book Value Per Share
Stock Price: $136.99
Total Equity: -$3.04B
Shares: 35,200,000
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
HEX
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
Market Cap: $4.84B
Total Debt: $6.07B
Cash: $519.00M
EBITDA: N/A
EBITDA not available
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
HEX
Market Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$10.4B
Market Cap: $4.84B
Total Debt: $6.07B
Cash: $519.00M
P/S Ratio (Price per dollar of revenue)
HEX
Stock Price / Revenue Per Share
0.41
Stock Price: $136.99
Revenue: $11.65B
Shares: 35,200,000
EV/Sales (Total value vs revenue — works when P/E can't)
CALC
0.89
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
HEX
Gross Profit / Revenue
Gross Profit: N/A
Revenue: $11.65B
Missing from API: Gross Profit
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
HEX
Operating Income / Revenue
Operating Income: N/A
Revenue: $11.65B
Missing from API: Operating Income
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
HEX
Net Income / Revenue
-7.6%
Net Income: -$889.00M
Revenue: $11.65B
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
HEX
Net Income / Total Equity
Net Income: -$889.00M
Total Equity: -$3.04B
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
HEX
NOPAT / Invested Capital
Operating Income: N/A
Tax Rate: -7.1%
Equity: -$3.04B
Total Debt: $6.07B
Cash: $519.00M
Missing from API: Operating Income
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
HEX
Current Assets / Current Liabilities
0.72
Current Assets: $2.09B
Current Liabilities: $2.89B
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
HEX
Total Debt / Total Equity
Short-Term Debt: $24.00M
Long-Term Debt: $6.05B
Total Debt: $6.07B
Total Equity: -$3.04B
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
HEX
Revenue / Shares Outstanding
$331.02
Revenue: $11.65B
Shares: 35,200,000
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
HEX
(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
Total Equity: -$3.04B
Shares: 35,200,000
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
HEX
(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$93.64
Operating CF: $3.30B
CapEx: $0.00
Shares: 35,200,000
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
TD
Last Annual Dividend / Stock Price
Last Dividend: $0.00
Stock Price: $136.99
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
HEX
Dividends Paid / Net Income
0.0%
Dividends Paid: $0.00
Net Income: -$889.00M
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 8:27am (just now)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue $9.3B $12.0B $12.0B $11.8B $11.7B
Cost of Revenue
Gross Profit
Operating Expenses $7.6B $8.4B $10.1B $14.4B $12.6B
Operating Income
Net Income $1.3B $2.8B $1.6B -$1.8B -$889.0M
EBITDA
EPS $39.60 $58.41 $42.57 $-51.23 $-25.25
EPS (Diluted) $38.88 $57.16 $42.08 $-51.23 $-25.25
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 8:27am (just now)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Cash & Equivalents $534.0M $570.0M $555.0M $534.0M $519.0M
Total Current Assets $1.8B $1.9B $2.1B $2.0B $2.1B
Total Assets $22.6B $25.9B $32.6B $29.0B $31.3B
Current Liabilities $2.4B $2.6B $2.7B $2.7B $2.9B
Long-Term Debt $4.0B $4.6B $4.8B $5.4B $6.0B
Total Liabilities $22.8B $26.6B $32.9B $31.4B $34.3B
Total Equity -$209.0M -$700.0M -$343.0M -$2.3B -$3.0B
Retained Earnings -$185.0M $2.6B $3.9B $2.0B $1.1B
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 8:27am (just now)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating Cash Flow $3.5B $4.7B $3.8B $3.5B $3.3B
Capital Expenditure
Free Cash Flow
Acquisitions (net) -$46.0M
Net Debt Issued / (Repaid) $118.0M $630.0M $469.0M
Dividends Paid $0 $0 -$355.0M $0 $0
Stock Buybacks -$1.5B -$3.3B -$951.0M -$70.0M -$7.0M
Net Change in Cash -$139.0M $16.0M $2.0M -$47.0M $21.0M
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 8:27am (just now)
Metric 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue Growth +28.8% +0.1% -1.8% -1.2%
Gross Profit Growth
Operating Income Growth
Net Income Growth +115.1% -41.0% -211.6% +51.2%
EBITDA Growth
Dividend History (Last 20)
Last updated: Aug 10, 2026 11:32pm (3d ago)
Date Dividend Declaration Record Payment
2023-12-14 $10.00
2006-02-23 $0.28
2005-11-17 $0.28
2005-08-18 $0.28
2005-05-19 $0.23
2005-02-24 $0.23
2005-02-01 $2.75
2004-11-18 $0.23
2004-08-12 $0.23
2004-05-20 $0.18
2004-02-19 $0.18
Insider Trading (Recent)
Type codes PPurchase SSale AAward / grant MOption exercise FIn-kind (tax) CConversion GGift DReturn to issuer
All SEC Form 4 codes
Open market
P Purchase
Open-market or private purchase of shares.
S Sale
Open-market or private sale of shares.
Compensation (Rule 16b-3)
A Award / grant
Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
D Return to issuer
Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
F In-kind (tax)
Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
I Discretionary
Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
M Option exercise
Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
Derivatives
C Conversion
Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
E Short expiration
Expiration of a short derivative position.
H Long expiration
Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
O OTM exercise
Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
X ITM exercise
Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
Other exempt
G Gift
Bona fide gift of securities.
L Small acquisition
Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
W Inheritance
Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
Z Voting trust
Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
Other
J Other
Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
K Equity swap
Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
U Tender / buyout
Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.

Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.

Date Insider Type Shares Price Value
2026-07-26 Simhambhatla Ravi M-OptionExercise 17,791.00 $0.00 $0
2026-07-26 Simhambhatla Ravi F-InKind 8,155.00 $159.48 $1.3M
2026-07-26 Simhambhatla Ravi M-OptionExercise 16,878.00 $0.00 $0
2026-07-26 Simhambhatla Ravi M-OptionExercise 913.00 $0.00 $0
2026-07-23 Cunha Daniel Crestian M-OptionExercise 969.00 $0.00 $0
2026-07-23 Cunha Daniel Crestian F-InKind 304.00 $159.04 $48,348
Industry Benchmarks
Compares CAR against LLM-researched typical ranges for its industry. One research call per industry, cached indefinitely — every stock in the same industry reuses the same baseline.
Deep Analysis

Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.

0 Company Classification — What type of company is this?
1 Industry Landscape — Where is the industry headed?
2 Company Momentum — Where is this company trending?
3 Forward Projection — 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a DCF Valuation — Present value of future cash flows
4b Earnings Power Value — Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c Anchored PE — Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d Reverse DCF — What growth is the market pricing in?
4e Revenue-Based DCF — For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f Anchored P/S — Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g Scenario Analysis — Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h Dividend Discount Model — For dividend/income stocks only
4i Book Value Analysis — For deep value / turnaround stocks only
4j Insider Activity — Are insiders buying or selling?
4f Cash Flow Quality — How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g Debt Maturity Risk — Can it handle its debt?
4h Macro Environment — Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i Sector Intelligence — How does this company compare within its sector?
4j Revenue Confidence — How reliable is the growth projection?
4k Sensitivity Analysis — How fragile is the fair value estimate?
4l Sector Demand Cycle — Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5 AI Investigation — Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b Thesis Evaluation — What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6 Valuation Synthesis — Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Narrative Economics
The story the market is telling about this stock — the intangible X-factor (founder mythology, cult dynamics, TAM-of-imagination) that moves price beyond what cash flows alone explain. After Shiller, Narrative Economics.
No narrative profile yet for CAR — it's generated by the pipeline (market-narrative step).
Claude Reading
Claude Opus reviews the pipeline's raw data + every prior verdict, then writes an independent take.
No AI findings yet for CAR — they're generated by the pipeline (ai-findings step) when a report is run on this ticker.
GPT Reading
GPT reads the identical raw briefing blind — one of the Big-3 independent readings — and commits to its own verdict.
No GPT reading yet for CAR — it's generated by the pipeline (gpt-critique step) after the other Big-3 seats, when a report is run on this ticker.
Grok Reading
Grok (xAI) reads the identical raw briefing blind — one of the Big-3 independent readings — and commits to its own verdict.
No Grok reading yet for CAR — it's generated by the pipeline (grok-critique step) alongside the other Big-3 seats, when a report is run on this ticker.
Advanced Analysis Forensic deep-dive · four lenses
A separate, manually-run forensic pipeline (dilution, earnings quality, liquidity → two scored lenses → the play). Hasn't been run for this ticker yet.
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