Company Analysis

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc (HTZ)

Nasdaq: HTZ · Services-Auto Rental & Leasing (No Drivers) · Estero, FL · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade3.8
◀ Past 3.1● Present 4.0▶ Future 3.9

The grade of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.8/10
◀ Past3.125% of the headline
● Present4.045% of the headline
▶ Future3.930% 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?

3.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

6 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-06-16.

weight 45% of this tense · 18th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's filings since 2017 show 6 warning events of 4 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, 2 times, the latest 2021-06-16); a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2020-05-26); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2020-10-30); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-03-07) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $8.5 billion in fiscal 2025, down 0.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 46% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.4%bottom 4% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 38% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak46.2%bottom 12% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 7.2% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's diluted share count shrank about 7.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 5% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 12% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% 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?

4.0/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 102%: owes 102¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 102 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 39% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 42% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 14 in its family; net margin -8.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $8.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 18% by size; a net margin of -8.8% ranks in the bottom 39%; revenue growth of -0.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$8.50Btop 18% of its family
  • net margin-8.8%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.7%bottom 32% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 24% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is West, W Gilbert (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-04-02, 2.6 years (top 42% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.8 years (bottom 6%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 6%; 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 charge15 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.8 yearsbottom 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.6 yearstop 42% 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?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 21% of 14 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $565 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 2.5% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.1% of revenue (top 11%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets2.5%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.1%top 11% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 38% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.7% a year over the last three filed years against -0.4% over all 10, slowing (top 35% of its family); the newest year grew -6% (bottom 12%) (its annual reports). Hertz Global Holdings, Inc reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Americas Rental Car at $6.8 billion, International Car Rental at $1.7 billion. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 79% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.3 points a yeartop 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.0%bottom 12% 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
1.9/10

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

bottom 19% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $8.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 7.9% below the $9.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 12% of its family); net income of $747 million against a prior three-year average of $62 million (bottom 4%); a net margin of -8.8% against -0.4% before (bottom 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-7.9%bottom 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 4% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-8.3 pointsbottom 42% 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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