Financial Review: Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Jungheinrich (OTCMKTS:JGHAF)

Jungheinrich (OTCMKTS:JGHAF) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 50.5% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Jungheinrich and Avis Budget Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jungheinrich	$5.84 billion	0.27	$312.72 million	N/A	N/A
Avis Budget Group	$11.65 billion	0.42	-$889.00 million	($18.17)	-7.59

Jungheinrich has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Avis Budget Group.

Risk and Volatility

Jungheinrich has a beta of -0.23, suggesting that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Jungheinrich and Avis Budget Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jungheinrich	N/A	N/A	N/A
Avis Budget Group	-5.43%	N/A	-0.37%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Jungheinrich and Avis Budget Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jungheinrich	0	0	0	0	0.00
Avis Budget Group	5	5	0	0	1.50

Avis Budget Group has a consensus target price of $132.75, indicating a potential downside of 3.70%. Given Avis Budget Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Jungheinrich.

Summary

Avis Budget Group beats Jungheinrich on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jungheinrich

Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft, through its subsidiaries, provides products and solutions for the intralogistics sector with a portfolio of material handling equipment, automated systems, and matching services worldwide. It operates in two segments, Intralogistics and Financial Services. The Intralogistics segment engages in the development, production, sale, and short-term rental of new material handling equipment and warehousing equipment products, including automation; sale and short-term leasing of used trucks; and provides spare parts, as well as maintenance and repair services. The Financial Services segment engages in the sales financing and usage transfer of material handling and warehousing equipment products. The company's products include electric and hand pallet trucks, electric pallet stackers; order pickers; reach trucks; very narrow aisle trucks and EKX cold store high rack stacker; electric forklift; tow tractors, tugger train trailers, shuttles, and used forklift trucks. It also offers rental of fleet, and battery and charger; contract and event hire service; automated guided vehicles, conveyor technology, and stacker cranes; lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries; charging technology; powertrain solutions; electric drives/drivetrains; controllers; electromechanics components/control pedals/displays; electric mounting panels; and cable sets. In addition, the company provides warehouse racking and storage services; digital products and software solutions, including warehouse management system, fleet management system, device and process management solutions, and interface management; and wi-fi infrastructure, barcode scanners, and mobile workstations; as well as develops software applications. It distributes its products through its direct sales and service network, as well as through dealers. Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

About Avis Budget Group

Avis Budget Group, Inc. engages in the provision of vehicle sharing and rental services. It operates through the following segments: Americas, International, and Corporate and Other. The Americas segment includes the vehicle rental and car sharing operations in North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The International segment is involved in the vehicle rental and car sharing operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.