Analysts were expecting Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. (DTG) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.79 for last quarter, but DTG beat expectations with actual earnings of $1.15---36 cents above the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.89 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that DTG’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare DTG's 10.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 11.36% for the Rental & Leasing Services industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect DTG to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Rental & Leasing Services industry, you can see how analysts believe DTG will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like AerCap Holdings N.V. (AER) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Wesco Financial Corp. (WSC) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe AER's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 15.00% while WSC's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 0.00%.

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