CARAvis Budget Group, Inc.
Is the business good?
Margins compressing. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.
Operating margin has narrowed over the past few years, profitability per dollar of sales is eroding.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is CAR?
Avis Budget Group, Inc. earns −22% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 31 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −5.0%
Operating margin · Rental & Leasing Services median 8.0% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +0.28%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −18% |
| FY2021 | 18% |
| FY2022 | 30% |
| FY2023 | 16% |
| FY2024 | −22% |
| FY2025 | −8.0% |
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- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- −5.0%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- −5.7%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $11.8B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$667M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −22%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Rental & Leasing Services
Ranks #12 of 13 by RyuScore