Avis Budget Group Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Officer Ferraro Joseph A. acquired Company’s shares for reported $5.48 million on Sep 12 ’25. In the deal valued at $156.71 per share,35,000 shares were bought.
Then, Ferraro Joseph A. bought 30,000 shares, generating $4,648,800 in total proceeds.
Before that, Linnen Edward P sold 10,000 shares. Avis Budget Group Inc shares valued at $1,568,283 were divested by the EVP, Chief HR Officer at a price of $156.83 per share. As a result of the transaction, Linnen Edward P now holds 40,915 shares, worth roughly $6.01 million.
BofA Securities downgraded its Avis Budget Group Inc [CAR] rating to an Underperform from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Goldman’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early August from “a Neutral” to “a Sell”. JP Morgan also remained covering CAR and has decreased its forecast on July 31, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating. Northcoast revised its rating on November 18, 2024. It rated CAR as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of CAR
On Friday, Avis Budget Group Inc [NASDAQ:CAR] saw its stock jump 0.08% to $146.99. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.90%. Avis Budget Group Inc shares have risen nearly 67.49% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 82.35% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Avis Budget Group Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Avis Budget Group Inc stocks on 2025-09-30, dropping by 87257.0 shares to a total of 8.28 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 8.37 million shares. There was a decline of -1.05%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 19, 2024 when Barclays began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Equal weight”‘ rating along with a $105 price target.
