BA
The Boeing Company
BA has the edge over CAR overall, supported by stronger fundamentals.
CAR
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
CAR trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
BA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure |
BA's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue and cash flow are stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
CAR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
CAR's revenue and profitability are currently stable, but its cash flow is weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
BA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 18x | $172 | — |
| Cheap | 51x | $496 | +189% |
| Fair | 82x | $790 | +360% |
| Expensive | 91x | $876 | +411% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BA's PE is 18x, but its earnings don't support one, so it isn't a reliable read right now.
CAR PE Valuation
CAR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
BA has the edge over CAR on the outlook, with more favorable revenue and profitability expectations.
CAR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect CAR's earnings to grow, but its profitability to weaken. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
BA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $9.66 | +$23.38 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.78 | +$19.33 |
| Q1 2026 | $2.53 | +$20.49 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.48 | +$20.84 |
| Q3 2025 | -$13.72 | -$0.83 |
| Q2 2025 | -$16.55 | -$10.93 |
| Q1 2025 | -$17.96 | -$14.42 |
| Q4 2024 | -$18.36 | -$14.69 |
BA has the edge over CAR on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
CAR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.19 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$22.96 | +$36.26 |
| Q2 2026 | -$18.00 | +$44.68 |
| Q1 2026 | -$18.91 | +$43.46 |
| Q4 2025 | -$25.25 | +$25.98 |
| Q3 2025 | -$59.22 | -668% |
| Q2 2025 | -$62.68 | -405% |
| Q1 2025 | -$62.37 | -300% |
| Q4 2024 | -$51.23 | -222% |
CAR is still losing money, but far less than before: $22.96 per share over the past year, against $62.68 at its worst in mid-2025.
BA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $24.2B | +3.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $24.6B | +8% |
| Q1 2026 | $22.2B | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.9B | +57% |
| Q3 2025 | $23.3B | +30% |
| Q2 2025 | $22.7B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $19.5B | +18% |
| Q4 2024 | $15.2B | -31% |
BA has the edge over CAR on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.5% | +22 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.6% | +1.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 37% | +61 points |
| Q3 2025 | -21% | +12 points |
| Q2 2025 | -0.8% | +5.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 2.4% | +2.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | -25% | -26 points |
BA's operating margin was 1.5% last quarter, up 22 points from the same quarter a year ago.
CAR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.4B | -2.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $3B | -1.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5B | +4.1% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.7B | -1.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.5B | +1.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $3B | -0.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.4B | -4.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.7B | -2% |
CAR's revenue grew through 2022 and has held roughly level since: $3.4B last quarter, down 2.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 9% | -4.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 36% | +36 points |
| Q1 2026 | -13% | +14 points |
| Q4 2025 | -28% | +77 points |
| Q3 2025 | 13% | +4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 0.5% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | -28% | -22 points |
| Q4 2024 | -105% | -111 points |
CAR has the edge over BA on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
BA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $464M | +95% |
| Q2 2026 | $631M | +$831M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.5B | +$836M |
| Q4 2025 | $375M | +$4.5B |
| Q3 2025 | $238M | +$2.2B |
| Q2 2025 | -$200M | +$4.1B |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.3B | +$1.6B |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.1B | -239% |
BA has the edge over CAR on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
CAR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.2B | -15% |
| Q2 2026 | -$3.7B | -544% |
| Q1 2026 | $434M | -30% |
| Q4 2025 | $437M | -43% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.4B | +10% |
| Q2 2025 | $837M | -5.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $619M | +5.1% |
| Q4 2024 | $772M | -2.6% |
CAR's free cash flow has turned negative after years in the green: −$1.7B over the past year.
BA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +2.1M shares |
| 1 year | +4.3% | +32.8M shares |
| 3 years | +31% | +186M shares |
| 5 years | +35% | +204M shares |
| Available history | +40% | +227M shares |
BA has 793M diluted shares, up 4.3% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | — |
CAR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.8% | +300K shares |
| 1 year | +0.3% | +100K shares |
| 3 years | -4.6% | -1.7M shares |
| 5 years | -45% | -29M shares |
| Available history | -52% | -38.8M shares |
CAR has the edge over BA on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2M |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $7M |
| Q4 2025 | $3M |
| Q3 2025 | $1M |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $3M |
| Q4 2024 | $45M |
CAR spent $12M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 76% from the year before.
BA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.0x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 5.7x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 6.0x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 6.9x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 361.8x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 36.1x | High |
| Q4 2023 | 36.4x | High |
| Q3 2023 | 96.1x | High |
BA's net debt is about 3.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from more than 20 years a year ago.
CAR Net Leverage
CAR's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
BA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 31.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 9.6 | Oversold |
BA's weekly RSI is 31 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
CAR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 47.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 36.8 | Neutral |
CAR's weekly RSI is 47 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 37 (neutral).
BA PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | BA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 18x | 24x | 26% below |
| PE % | 0 | 58 | 58 pts below |
BA is trading at 18x earnings, a 26% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x, though its earnings don't support one.
CAR PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | CAR | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
CAR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $184.6 | 7.1% below |
| 20 week MA | $203.8 | 16% below |
| 50 week MA | $215.5 | 20% below |
| 100 week MA | $205.9 | 17% below |
| 200 week MA | $200.6 | 14% below |
BA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 14% below its 200-week average.
CAR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $110.3 | 14% above |
| 20 week MA | $130.1 | 3.4% below |
| 50 week MA | $147.2 | 15% below |
| 100 week MA | $134.8 | 6.8% below |
| 200 week MA | $143.6 | 12% below |
CAR has the edge over BA on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
BA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $330.1 | $217.2 | -34% |
| 2021 | $217.2 | $204.2 | -6% |
| 2022 | $204.2 | $189.1 | -7.4% |
| 2023 | $189.1 | $260.7 | +38% |
| 2024 | $260.7 | $180.7 | -31% |
| 2025 | $180.7 | $216.4 | +20% |
| 2026 YTD | $216.4 | $171.6 | -21% |
BA has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's down 21% so far in 2026.
CAR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $32.4 | $36.9 | +14% |
| 2021 | $36.9 | $223.9 | +507% |
| 2022 | $223.9 | $161.4 | -28% |
| 2023 | $161.4 | $177.3 | +9.8% |
| 2024 | $177.3 | $81.0 | -54% |
| 2025 | $81.0 | $131.9 | +63% |
| 2026 YTD | $131.9 | $125.7 | -4.7% |
CAR has the edge over BA on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.