With 1.24 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.27 million shares. During the session, the Rental & Leasing Services company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $72.16 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $68.34. The 52-week range on CAR shows that it touched its highest point at $132.25 and its lowest point at $54.03 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $111.62. CAR paid its most recent dividend on 1702512000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1702512000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.14.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CAR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 10.88%, but this was up by 17.74% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.69% while six-month performance fell -16.06%. The stock lost -39.25% in the past year, while it has lost -13.53% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CAR yields -51.80 with Next year EPS estimates of 14.96. For the next quarter, that number is -5.52. This implies an EPS growth rate of -62.62% for this year and 71.52% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 35.00 million CAR shares are outstanding with a float of 34.02 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 5.45 million, which was 1547.9999999999998 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. Jagdeep Singh Pahwa as the firm’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Joseph A. Ferraro serves as its CEO & President.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.0157499 of CAR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, CAR reported revenue of $2663000000.0 and operating income of -$243000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $815000000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CAR since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CAR analysts setting a high price target of 138.0 and a low target of 95.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 111.625. Based on these targets, CAR could surge 97.99% to reach the target high and rise by 36.3% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 60.15% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $6.48228 being high and $2.66519 being low. For CAR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.16718. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.91 and the low estimate is $0.75. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.62.
