Johnson recommends buying the stock, raising his rating on Avis Budget to overweight, up from equal weight, and lifted his price target to $15 from $12. According to the analyst, "Avis Budget is near an inflection point on the demand side, with rental day comps expected to turn positive this year, based on the recent uptick in enplanements and hotel rooms sold.". MKM Partners analyst Christopher Agnew agrees that demand is rising for travel related services like car rentals. The analyst tells Forbes that Avis Budget took some cost cutting initiatives in late 2009 that have helped the company comeback after it took a hit in the heart of the recession last year. 
Share:  Johnson recommends buying the stock, raising his rating on <span class="company">Avis Budget</span> to overweight, up from equal weight, and lifted his price target to $15 from $12. According to the analyst, "<span class="company">Avis Budget</span> is near an inflection point on the demand side, with rental day comps expected to turn positive this year, based on the recent uptick in enplanements and hotel rooms sold.".<span class="sent"> MKM Partners analyst <span class="analyst">Christopher Agnew</span> agrees that demand is rising for travel related services like car rentals. The analyst tells Forbes that <span class="company">Avis Budget</span> took some cost cutting initiatives in late 2009 that have helped the company comeback after it took a hit in the heart of the recession last year.</span>...Johnson recommends buying the stock, raising his rating on <span class="company">Avis Budget</span> to overweight, up from equal weight, and lifted his price target to $15 from $12. According to the analyst, "<span class="company">Avis Budget</span> is near an inflection point on the demand side, with rental day comps expected to turn positive this year, based on the recent uptick in enplanements and hotel rooms sold.".<span class="sent"> MKM Partners analyst <span class="analyst">Christopher Agnew</span> agrees that demand is rising for travel related services like car rentals. The analyst tells Forbes that <span class="company">Avis Budget</span> took some cost cutting initiatives in late 2009 Tweet this 

She also declined comment on questions regarding compensation for the grounding of Toyotas Dollar Thrifty spokesman Chris Payne said the affected vehicles represent a "very tiny" proportion of the company's fleet He said the company doesn't anticipate supply problems Analysts consider the earnings impact for rental agencies to be small, even though some companies could end up juggling thousands of autos to meet customer demand "It's more of a customer experience and customer service issue," said Christopher Agnew, an analyst with MKM Partners 
Share:  She also declined comment on questions regarding compensation for the grounding of Toyotas <span class="company">Dollar Thrifty</span> spokesman Chris Payne said the affected vehicles represent a "very tiny" proportion of the company's fleet He said the company doesn't anticipate supply problems Analysts consider the earnings impact for rental agencies to be small, even though some companies could end up juggling thousands of autos to meet customer demand<span class="sent"> "It's more of a customer experience and customer service issue," said <span class="analyst">Christopher Agnew</span>, an analyst with MKM Partners</span>...She also declined comment on questions regarding compensation for the grounding of Toyotas <span class="company">Dollar Thrifty</span> spokesman Chris Payne said the affected vehicles represent a "very tiny" proportion of the company's fleet He said the company doesn't anticipate supply problems Analysts consider the earnings impact for rental agencies to be small, even though some companies could end up juggling thousands of autos to meet customer demand<span class="sent"> "It's more of a customer experience and customer service issue," said <span class="analyst">Christopher Agnew</span>, an analyst with MKM Partners</span> Tweet this 

"As we rotate our fleet quite frequently, we feel confident that our fleet is not affected" Analysts said the Toyota recall will have a minimal impact on earnings for all the involved rental companies "This is not impactful to earnings, it's more of a customer experience and customer service issue," said Christopher Agnew, an analyst with MKM Partners Agnew said rental companies typically run their autos to 30,000 or 40,000 miles, which is thought to be well under the mileage at which the Toyota accelerator defects begin to appear Spokesmen for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc ( DTG ) couldn't immediately be reached 
Share:  "As we rotate our fleet quite frequently, we feel confident that our fleet is not affected" Analysts said the <span class="company">Toyota</span> recall will have a minimal impact on earnings for all the involved rental companies<span class="sent"> "This is not impactful to earnings, it's more of a customer experience and customer service issue," said <span class="analyst">Christopher Agnew</span>, an analyst with MKM Partners</span> Agnew said rental companies typically run their autos to 30,000 or 40,000 miles, which is thought to be well under the mileage at which the <span class="company">Toyota</span> accelerator defects begin to appear Spokesmen for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc ( DTG ) couldn't immediately be reached..."As we rotate our fleet quite frequently, we feel confident that our fleet is not affected" Analysts said the <span class="company">Toyota</span> recall will have a minimal impact on earnings for all the involved rental companies<span class="sent"> "This is not impactful to earnings, it's more of a customer experience and customer service issue," said <span class="analyst">Christopher Agnew</span>, an analyst with MKM Partners</span> Agnew said rental companies typically run their autos to 30,000 or 40,000 miles, which is thought to be well under the mileage at which the <span class Tweet this 

Analyst Christopher Agnew of MKM Partners maintains his "neutral" rating on Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NYSE: HTZ).  
Share:  <span class="sent">Analyst <span class="analyst">Christopher Agnew</span> of MKM Partners maintains his "neutral" rating on Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NYSE: HTZ). </span> Tweet this