Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) vs Vestis Corporation (VSTS)

Avis Budget Group, Inc. and Vestis Corporation are both Rental & Leasing Services companies. Avis Budget Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.3B against $1.9B — 2.3× the size. Vestis Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.39% against −0.60%. Vestis Corporation has the higher net margin (−0.20% vs −6.98%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.97% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Avis Budget Group, Inc. leads on 12 and Vestis Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric CAR VSTS Rental & Leasing Services median
P/E n/m n/m 20.11
P/S 0.36 0.69 1.11
P/B n/m 2.12 2.44
Price to free cash flow 1.73 12.93 11.04
EV/EBITDA 5.92 12.71 8.70
EV/Sales 2.54 1.13 2.87
Earnings yield (18.84%) (0.36%) 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 57.77% 7.73% 0.63%

Profitability

Metric CAR VSTS Rental & Leasing Services median
Gross margin 48.11% 26.30% 48.46%
Operating margin 7.10% 3.64% 8.37%
Net margin (6.98%) (0.20%) 1.97%
Free cash flow margin 21.06% 5.33% 2.91%
Return on equity 29.16% (0.60%) 12.31%
Return on assets (2.54%) (0.18%) 0.88%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 2.97% 2.86%

Growth

Metric CAR VSTS Rental & Leasing Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.60%) (0.39%) 4.47%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 50.71% (293.75%) 1.04%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.62% 1.31% 11.45%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CAR VSTS Rental & Leasing Services median
Debt to equity (0.12) 1.42 1.28
Current ratio 0.70 2.17 1.01
Net debt to EBITDA 5.37 6.12 4.19

Dividend

Metric CAR VSTS Rental & Leasing Services median
Dividend yield — 0.00% 1.38%
Payout ratio — — 0.24

Size

Metric CAR VSTS Rental & Leasing Services median
Market cap 4.25b 1.87b 3.37b

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