AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
boothcheck covers AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. (CAR) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 25, 2026.
• One line decides this company's profits, and it is not the rental price: ⟦"Fleet costs, excluding other fleet charges related to the disposal of certain fleet in our Americas reportable segment, represented approximately 21% of our aggregate expenses in 2025."⟧ • The financing of that fleet is where the pressure currently sits, with ⟦"Vehicle interest costs increased to 9.0% of revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to 8.6% during the similar period in 2025"⟧. • Sharehol
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279 institutional managers reported holding CAR in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 41 opened new positions that quarter. Held by UBS, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, among others. On the short side, 6.0M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 17% of shares outstanding (8.8 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
CAR has cut its share count 49.5% over the past five years, spending $5.80B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $835.00M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at CAR over the trailing three years: 2026: 1 buy totaling $40.06M. 12 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
CAR's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-02 | +1.9% | -24.0% |
| 2023-11-03 | +14.8% | -17.0% |
| 2024-02-17 | -22.9% | -9.4% |
| 2024-05-03 | +19.1% | -8.9% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
CAR's latest 8-K filings: 2026-09-01 (items 5.02); 2026-07-28 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-07-01 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-06-22 (items 8.01); 2026-06-12 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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