Global car rental company Hertz (NASDAQ: HTZ) will be reporting earnings this Thursday morning. Here’s what investors should know.
Hertz beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.48 billion, down 3.8% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Hertz’s revenue to decline 2% year on year, improving from the 6.6% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Hertz has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Hertz’s peers in the ground transportation segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. XPO delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.9%, and Avis Budget Group reported a revenue decline of 1.7%, falling short of estimates by 2.9%. XPO traded up 13.4% following the results while Avis Budget Group was down 21.5%.
Read our full analysis of XPO’s results here and Avis Budget Group’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the ground transportation segment, with share prices up 5.7% on average over the last month. Hertz is down 17% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $4.75 (compared to the current share price of $4.47).
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