Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CAR scored 11.2, SUNB scored 47.8 — SUNB leads.
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CAR
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · Quality-Growth
11.2
$105.98 · $3.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
36.6
SUNB leads
SUNB
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · Quality-Growth
47.8
$75.17 · $30.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthSUNB+3.4%
Highest qualitySUNB68 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CAR
stronger →← stronger
SUNB
20
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
68
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
52
5
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
30
SUNB is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CAR
SUNB
-$11.4bF
FCF
$1.2bC+
-1.8%D+
Rev
+3.4%C+
Negative equity
D/E
1.53C
0.3xA
P/S
—
0.17A
PEG
1.12B+
—
P/E
22.7xB+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CAR
SUNB
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
165% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~30%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-62%
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5-yr DCF upside
-62%
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10-yr DCF upside
-63%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CAR
No notable signals flagged.
SUNB
Why this score
Buying back stock
Short track record
The companies
CARAvis Budget Group, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · $105.98 · beta 2.11
Why now
Rental & Leasing Services · market cap $3.7b. Down 87% from 52-week high of $847.70 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.17 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $122.86 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$11.4b) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Currently unprofitable (margin -5.4%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Down 87% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
SUNBSunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · $75.17 · beta 1.67
Why now
Rental & Leasing Services · market cap $30.8b. 13% off the 52-week high of $86.68. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $88.57 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Beta 1.67 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where CAR and SUNB diverge
On the headline score the gap is 36.6 points in favor of SUNB. The widest single difference is Quality, where SUNB leads by 48.3 points.
QualityCAR 19.8 · SUNB 68.1SUNB +48.3
GrowthCAR 14.4 · SUNB 52.4SUNB +38.0
ValueCAR 5.0 · SUNB 30.5SUNB +25.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SUNB or CAR the better stock?
SUNB scores higher: SUNB 47.8, CAR 11.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SUNB and CAR differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where SUNB leads by 48 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. SUNB leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are SUNB and CAR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.