United Rentals (URI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Rentals in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" URI shares.
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12 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for United Rentals' stock. Their URI share price forecasts range from $320.00 to $527.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $455.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price.
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United Rentals' stock was trading at $355.42 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, URI shares have increased by 20.0% and is now trading at $426.50.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The construction company reported $9.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $9.23 by $0.65. The construction company earned $3.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.45 billion. United Rentals had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.67% and a net margin of 17.34%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 28.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $7.86 earnings per share.
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United Rentals announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $1.48 per share on Wednesday, August 23rd. This represents a $5.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 8th.
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United Rentals (NYSE:URI) pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.33%. The dividend payout ratio is 18.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, URI will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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United Rentals declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, October 26th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

United Rentals issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.00 billion-$14.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $14.12 billion.

144 employees have rated United Rentals Chief Executive Officer Matthew Flannery on Glassdoor.com. Matthew Flannery has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Matthew Flannery in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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United Rentals trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "URI."

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One share of URI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $426.50.

United Rentals (NYSE:URI) has a market capitalization of $29.12 billion and generates $11.64 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $2.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $32.86 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 24,600 workers across the globe.

United Rentals' mailing address is 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The official website for the company is www.unitedrentals.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (203) 622-3131, via email at tgrace@ur.com, or via fax at 203-622-6080.