CAR - Latest News

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR), operates in Industrials / Rental & Leasing Services, trades on NASDAQ.

Market capitalization stands near $5.88B. Beta to the broader market is 1.87.

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

Powder Keg Stocks: 10 Most‑Shorted Names Primed For A Monster Squeeze

benzinga.com - Jun 29, 2026

Fresh short‑interest data for late June shows a tightly packed group of mid‑ and large‑cap names where bearish positioning has reached extreme territo

Anixa Biosciences Reports Positive Data from Completed Breast Cancer Vaccine Phase 1 Trial and Positive Survival Observations from Ongoing CAR-T Phase 1 Trial at New York Academy of Sciences' Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy Symposium

prnewswire.com - Jun 26, 2026

Breast cancer vaccine presentation includes final Phase 1 data showing all major primary endpoints were met and protocol-defined immune responses in 7

Avis Wins $650 Million From Hedge Fund That Bet Big on Its Stock

wsj.com - Jun 23, 2026

Pentwater Capital agrees to pay Avis Budget after it was accused of fueling excess volatility in the car-rental company's stock.

Reasons Why You Should Retain Avis Budget Stock in Your Portfolio

zacks.com - Jun 15, 2026

CAR shares jump 28% in a month as pricing improves, fleet utilization hits a 15-year high and earnings are projected to surge in 2026.

Legend Biotech Establishes Clinical Proof-of-Concept for LB2501, a Potential First-in-Class In Vivo CD19/CD20 Dual-Targeting CAR-T, in Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

globenewswire.com - Jun 15, 2026

Achieved 100% ORR and 83. 3% CR rate at dose level 2 following a single infusion in patients with relapsed/refractory B-NHL in an ongoing Phase 1 stud

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 (Jun 29, 2026) is "Powder Keg Stocks: 10 Most‑Shorted Names Primed For A Monster Squeeze". 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.