Company Analysis

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR)

Nasdaq: CAR · Services-Auto Rental & Leasing (No Drivers) · Parsippany, NJ · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.0
◀ Past 5.4● Present 5.3▶ Future 4.1

The grade of Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past5.425% of the headline
● Present5.345% of the headline
▶ Future4.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-09-28.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2021-09-28) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 41% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.4%bottom 27% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 38% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak41.1%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 10.1% a year. 13% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 84th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 10.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 13% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.3/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 110%: owes 110¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 110 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 32% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 46% of 14 in its family; net margin -8.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 11% by size; a net margin of -8.5% ranks in the bottom 46%; revenue growth of -1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$11.65Btop 11% of its family
  • net margin-8.5%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-1.0%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 36% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Choi, Brian J (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-02, 10 months (bottom 8% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7 years (bottom 44%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 12 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.0 yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11 monthsbottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 32% of 14 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $519 million against debt of $6.0 billion leaves -17.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 28.3% of revenue (top 4%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-17.7%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue28.3%top 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1% a year over the last three filed years against 3.4% over all 10, slowing (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew -1.2% (bottom 35%) (its annual reports). Avis Budget Group, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Americas at $8.9 billion, International at $2.8 billion. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 76% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.3 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-1.2%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 24% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 24th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Avis Budget Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.3% below the $12 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 42% of its family); net income of $995 million against a prior three-year average of $858 million (bottom 19%); a net margin of -8.5% against 7.1% before (bottom 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.3%bottom 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-216%bottom 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-15.6 pointsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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