Avis Budget Group Valuation

Is CUCA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CUCA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CUCA (€102.95) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€1297.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CUCA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CUCA?

Key metric: As CUCA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CUCA. This is calculated by dividing CUCA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CUCA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.7x
EarningsUS$396.00m
Market CapUS$3.82b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CUCA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CUCA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.8x
SIX2 Sixt
13.9x16.3%€3.0b
FRA Fraport
10.6x3.7%€4.8b
LHA Deutsche Lufthansa
6.7x14.0%€7.6b
HHFA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik
43.9x55.0%€1.4b
CUCA Avis Budget Group
9.7x14.4%€3.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CUCA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the peer average (18.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CUCA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Transportation Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CUCA 9.7xIndustry Avg. 13.0xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CUCA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the European Transportation industry average (12.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CUCA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CUCA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.7x
Fair PE Ratio13.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CUCA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CUCA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€102.95
€116.63
+13.3%
18.9%€143.10€81.09n/a8
Nov ’25€74.50
€118.94
+59.6%
23.1%€161.49€83.05n/a9
Oct ’25€78.12
€116.41
+49.0%
21.5%€157.24€85.36n/a9
Sep ’25€74.32
€121.47
+63.4%
21.1%€160.28€87.01n/a8
Aug ’25€93.02
€142.74
+53.4%
18.1%€189.54€110.95n/a8
Jul ’25€96.74
€146.82
+51.8%
16.3%€190.79€111.68n/a8
Jun ’25€102.15
€146.82
+43.7%
16.3%€190.79€111.68n/a8
May ’25€93.60
€154.22
+64.8%
23.4%€224.83€109.61n/a8
Apr ’25€113.25
€162.03
+43.1%
20.0%€221.42€108.87n/a8
Mar ’25€102.85
€166.34
+61.7%
21.8%€221.78€109.04n/a6
Feb ’25€150.55
€218.66
+45.2%
20.2%€281.39€151.31n/a6
Jan ’25€159.55
€217.32
+36.2%
20.3%€282.46€151.88n/a6
Dec ’24€166.40
€232.03
+39.4%
15.7%€284.44€181.86n/a5
Nov ’24€156.60
€227.45
+45.2%
12.1%€265.80€185.11€74.505
Oct ’24€169.95
€237.08
+39.5%
16.2%€299.16€182.87€78.125
Sep ’24€195.95
€233.80
+19.3%
16.3%€291.57€178.23€74.325
Aug ’24€199.20
€231.63
+16.3%
16.2%€290.45€177.55€93.025
Jul ’24€208.50
€234.55
+12.5%
17.1%€299.60€178.66€96.745
Jun ’24€155.45
€230.56
+48.3%
21.4%€305.97€170.30€102.155
May ’24€158.20
€233.58
+47.7%
19.5%€297.67€159.30€93.605
Apr ’24€170.60
€245.23
+43.7%
19.5%€308.43€165.06€113.255
Mar ’24€204.40
€245.23
+20.0%
19.5%€308.43€165.06€102.855
Feb ’24€181.80
€213.89
+17.7%
17.4%€247.43€146.62€150.555
Jan ’24€150.58
€225.00
+49.4%
19.0%€276.95€152.80€159.555
Dec ’23€211.65
€244.28
+15.4%
20.8%€297.34€164.05€166.404
Nov ’23€246.15
€220.05
-10.6%
19.9%€273.48€151.94€156.604

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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