HTZ
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
HTZ's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over HTZ overall, supported by stronger valuation and lower modeled downside.
HTZ Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
HTZ's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
HTZ PE Valuation
HTZ has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
HTZ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect HTZ's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for VRT, with profitability improving.
HTZ Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.27 | +$2.27 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.05 | +$7.25 |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.05 | +$8.12 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.43 | +$6.91 |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.54 | +$4.81 |
| Q2 2025 | -$8.30 | -$5.21 |
| Q1 2025 | -$10.17 | -6082% |
| Q4 2024 | -$9.34 | -772% |
HTZ is still losing money, but far less than before: $1.27 per share over the past year, against $11.44 at its worst in late 2020.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over HTZ on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
HTZ Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.6B | +5.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.4B | +9.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $2B | +11% |
| Q4 2025 | $2B | -0.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.5B | -3.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.2B | -7.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.8B | -13% |
| Q4 2024 | $2B | -6.6% |
HTZ's revenue is growing: $2.6B last quarter, up 5.6% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.3% | -6.1 points |
| Q2 2026 | 3% | +17 points |
| Q1 2026 | -15% | +14 points |
| Q4 2025 | -11% | +17 points |
| Q3 2025 | 9.4% | +72 points |
| Q2 2025 | -14% | +5.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | -29% | -1 points |
| Q4 2024 | -28% | -5 points |
HTZ's operating margin was 3.3% last quarter, down 6.1 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT has the edge over HTZ on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over HTZ on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
HTZ Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $572M | -29% |
| Q2 2026 | $353M | +9% |
| Q1 2026 | -$9M | -104% |
| Q4 2025 | $166M | -57% |
| Q3 2025 | $809M | -7.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $324M | -38% |
| Q1 2025 | $229M | -32% |
| Q4 2024 | $390M | -26% |
HTZ still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2022 peak: $1.1B over the past year.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over HTZ on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
HTZ Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +14% | +57M shares |
| 1 year | +30% | +111M shares |
| 3 years | +45% | +148M shares |
| 5 years | +197% | +315M shares |
| Available history | +306% | +358M shares |
HTZ has 475M diluted shares, up 30% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | $43M |
| Q3 2023 | $50M |
| Q2 2023 | $104M |
| Q1 2023 | $118M |
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over HTZ on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
HTZ Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 34.3x | High |
| Q3 2023 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2023 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2023 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2022 | 5.0x | High |
| Q3 2022 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2022 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2022 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
HTZ's net debt is more than 20 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 5.0 years a year ago.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has more cash than debt.
HTZ Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 34.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.0 | Oversold |
HTZ's weekly RSI is 34 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
HTZ PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | HTZ | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
HTZ has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
HTZ Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.79 | 14% below |
| 20 week MA | $1.94 | 21% below |
| 50 week MA | $3.87 | 60% below |
| 100 week MA | $4.69 | 67% below |
| 200 week MA | $7.35 | 79% below |
HTZ is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 79% below its 200-week average.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has the edge over HTZ on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
HTZ Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $24.0 | $24.0 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | $24.0 | $15.2 | -37% |
| 2023 | $15.2 | $10.4 | -32% |
| 2024 | $10.4 | $3.62 | -65% |
| 2025 | $3.62 | $5.36 | +48% |
| 2026 YTD | $5.36 | $1.54 | -71% |
HTZ has finished lower in three of the last five years. It's down 71% so far in 2026.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT has the edge over HTZ on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.