Hertz Global Holdings

Hertz posts worse-than-expected loss after shrinking fleet

One culprit for missing estimates is a shortfall in revenue, which was US$1.8 billion when analysts expected US$2 billion

Pershing Square Capital Management has a 19.8% stake in Hertz comprised of outright share ownership and total return swaps.

Hertz wins over Ackman in a bet tariffs will boost value of cars

[NEW YORK] Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has amassed a nearly 20 per cent stake in Hertz Global in a bet on the rental car company’s turnaround plan and that tariffs will boost the ...

The company has said it plans to sell 30,000 EVs by the end of this year and get to a number that its customers want to rent.

Hertz falls on mounting losses from failed bet on Tesla EVs

HERTZ Global Holdings tumbled after the company reported a worse-than-expected loss stemming from the rental car company’s failed bet on electric vehicles (EVs) and heavy depreciation costs that have ...

Hertz has been exploring financing options after reporting the loss in April.

Hertz weighs US$700 million sale of secured debt, convertibles

HERTZ Global Holdings, seeking to bolster its balance sheet after an electric vehicles (EVs) blunder, is considering the sale of at least US$700 million in secured debt as well as a convertible notes ...

Hertz has been struggling under the weight of a strategic error it made in doubling down on EVs, sinking precious cash into 100,000 Teslas in 2021.

Hertz is exploring options for raising financing

HERTZ Global Holdings is exploring options to raise financing weeks after the company’s new chief executive officer pledged to get the company back on track following a failed bet on electric vehicles...

The car rental company took a US$195 million charge for the depreciation of an additional 10,000 EVs that Hertz is now holding for sale.

Hertz reports US$392 million loss as it unwinds Tesla fleet burden

Hertz lost US$1.28 a share, or US$392 million, against analyst expectation for a loss of 44 US cents a share

Hertz’s new owners were making a fully charged bet to swap Hertz’s petrol-powered rental-car fleet for EVs.

How Hertz’s bet on Teslas went horribly sideways

LIKE anyone habituated to the excesses of Wall Street, Tom Wagner and Greg O’Hara knew how to throw a party.

Hertz announced its EV sell-down plans in January, citing lacklustre demand, costly depreciation and expensive repairs.

Hertz’s CEO to step down as car renter unwinds bet on EVs

Hertz Global is replacing its chief executive officer in the wake of a disastrous bet on electric vehicles (EVs) that the company began unwinding in recent months.

Hertz plans to use some of the money raised by selling off EVs to buy petrol-powered vehicles.

Hertz to sell 20,000 EVs in shift back to petrol-powered cars

HERTZ Global Holdings plans to sell a third of its US electric vehicle (EV) fleet and reinvest in petrol-powered cars due to weak demand and high repair costs for its battery-powered options.

Hundreds of customers said in court papers that Hertz filed police reports against them and had them falsely arrested, often at gunpoint.

Hertz to settle most false-arrest claims for US$168m

Hertz Global Holdings will spend US$168 million to settle hundreds of claims that it falsely reported rental customers to the police for car theft when a vehicle was not returned on time.