Hertz Global Holdings, Inc
$17.22B- Market cap
- $726.26M
- Debt
- +$17.05B
- Cash
- −$565.00M
Capital structure 4% equity / 96% debt · EV / Revenue 2.02x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: HTZ stock price at discount vs DRI $2.30 current versus $50.45 implied using P/S multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at DRI's multiple
Implied fair value · at HTZ's multiple
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: HTZ FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · DRI FY 2026 (ended May 31, 2026). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 4% equity / 96% debt · EV / Revenue 2.02x
Capital structure 91% equity / 9% debt · EV / Revenue 2.03x · EV / EBITDA 17.10x
DRI carries the larger enterprise value at $26.86B against $17.22B; HTZ trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (2.02x vs 2.03x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
-37.15x
1.06x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-26.30x
1.34x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$565.00M
$219.50M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe HTZ can materially reverse its revenue decline and restore positive margins, then the stock could warrant a higher multiple; otherwise, DRI is the more defensible relative valuation because its profitability, growth, and quality are all superior in the provided data.
HTZ trades at 0.1x P/S versus DRI at 1.9x, which creates a very large apparent valuation gap and drives the 2388.5% implied upside figure. However, that gap is not supported by HTZ's current earnings and margin profile, which is far below DRI's and helps explain why HTZ remains near the low end of its historical range.
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