Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and DSV (OTCMKTS:DSDVY) Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for DSV and Avis Budget Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DSV	0	2	1	1	2.75
Avis Budget Group	3	5	1	0	1.78

Avis Budget Group has a consensus price target of $137.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.72%. Given Avis Budget Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than DSV.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares DSV 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
DSV	$24.24 billion	2.40	$1.47 billion	$2.94	41.15
Avis Budget Group	$11.40 billion	0.41	-$1.82 billion	($59.80)	-2.24

DSV has higher revenue and earnings than Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DSV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of DSV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

DSV has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DSV	4.23%	10.92%	4.63%
Avis Budget Group	-17.95%	N/A	-0.48%

Summary

DSV beats Avis Budget Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DSV

DSV A/S offers transport and logistics services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. It operates through three segments: Air & Sea, Road, and Solutions. The company provides air freight, air freight compliance and carrier, and rail freight services; sea freight, and sea freight compliance and carrier services, as well as freight containers. It also offers road freight services, such as part and full loads, groupage, specialized transport, express, and online and document handling services; and workshops. In addition, the company provides logistics solutions for automotive, technology, healthcare, energy, industrial, retail/ fashion, and chemical sectors; and inventory management solutions. Further, it offers special project transport services, such as industrial projects, renewable energy, government logistics, ship charter, and air charter services; and courier and warehousing services. The company was formerly known as DSV Panalpina A/S and changed its name to DSV A/S in September 2021. DSV A/S was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.

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.