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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000723612-26-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAR"
cik: "0000723612"
company_name: "AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-28T20:10:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-28T20:12:09.512656+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avis Budget Group reports Q2 2026 revenue of $3.0B, net income $63M, Adjusted EBITDA $286M

## Summary
- Revenue $3.0B, net income $63M, Adjusted EBITDA $286M for Q2 2026.
- Total Company vehicle utilization 72.6% (+1.9 pts YoY); Americas utilization 73.2% (record).
- Per-unit fleet costs $290/month, down 4% YoY.
- Issued $300M add-on Senior Notes due 2031; refinanced $2B revolver to 2031 maturity.
- Waymo autonomous partnership launched in Dallas on June 1, thousands of trips in first month.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000723612-26-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAR
- cik: 0000723612
- company_name: AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-28T20:10:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723612/000072361226000037/0000723612-26-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723612/000072361226000037/car-20260728.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723612-26-000037.txt

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