CAR - Latest News
Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR), operates in Industrials / Rental & Leasing Services, trades on NASDAQ.
Market capitalization stands near $3.80B. Beta to the broader market is 1.90.
The article list below shows the most recent CAR headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent CAR Headlines
Lakefront Announces Sale of Preclinical CAR-T Programs to Armed Cell Therapeutics
globenewswire.com - Oct 14, 2026
Previously announced wind-down of the legacy cell therapy activities is substantially complete Mechelen, Belgium; October 14, 2026, 22. 01 CEST; Lake
Anixa Biosciences' Ovarian Cancer CAR-T Therapy Inventor to Deliver Keynote at Ovarian Cancer Midwest Focus Conference
prnewswire.com - Oct 13, 2026
Dr. Jose Conejo-Garcia will speak on immunotherapy for ovarian cancer at the November 2–3 conference SAN JOSE, Calif.
Hertz Rebounds 16% From a Record Low; Avis Climbs 5%, Ryder Ticks Up
247wallst.com - Oct 6, 2026
Beaten-down rental stocks are bouncing while the wider transportation sector slips, and Hertz Global Holdings (NASDAQ:HTZ) is leading the rebound from
Anixa Biosciences Announces First Case of Stable Disease for Three Months in Ovarian Cancer CAR-T Clinical Trial
prnewswire.com - Oct 5, 2026
First patient in current dose cohort exhibited no progression of her cancer three months aftertreatment Multiple patients have survived more than one
Can Higher Fleet Utilization Boost Avis Budget's Profitability?
zacks.com - Oct 1, 2026
CAR's stronger utilization and lower fleet costs lift second-quarter profits despite fewer vehicles and softer rental volumes.
How News Affects CAR Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track CAR's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked CAR news questions
- What is the latest CAR news headline?
- The most recent CAR headline (Oct 14, 2026) is "Lakefront Announces Sale of Preclinical CAR-T Programs to Armed Cell Therapeutics". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the CAR news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What CAR news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual CAR options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.