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Who Drives a Better Bargain?

                              Hertz    Avis*
                              Fiscal Year 1996
Sales (millions)             $3,668    $1,868
Net earnings (millions)        $159      $5.8
Pretax profit margins             7%      1.1%
Price/1996 earnings              23      52**
*pro forma      **indicated

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