NYSE:URI - United Rentals Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

United Rentals declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, April 18th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 17th. The construction company reported $4.74 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.48 by $0.26. The construction company earned $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.27 billion. United Rentals had a return on equity of 41.97% and a net margin of 12.32%. The business's revenue was up 21.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.85 EPS. View United Rentals' Earnings History.

United Rentals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Rentals.

United Rentals issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.15-9.45 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.36 billion.

13 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for United Rentals' shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $190.00. On average, they expect United Rentals' stock price to reach $152.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Rentals.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Rentals in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Rentals.

Media coverage about URI stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for United Rentals.

United Rentals saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,421,700 shares, an increase of 7.3% from the June 30th total of 5,052,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 6.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View United Rentals' Current Options Chain.

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United Rentals' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.91%), BlackRock Inc. (7.43%), Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.88%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.67%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (1.35%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.21%). Company insiders that own United Rentals stock include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Filippo Passerini, Jenne K Britell, Jessica Graziano, Jose B Alvarez, Matthew John Flannery, Michael Kneeland, Paul I Mcdonnell, Shiv Singh, Singleton B Mcallister and William B Plummer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Rentals.

URI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Invesco Ltd., PointState Capital LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Holocene Advisors LP, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Rentals company stock in the last year include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Jessica Graziano, Michael Kneeland and Paul I Mcdonnell. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Rentals.

URI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Lyrical Asset Management LP, Atria Investments LLC, Telemark Asset Management LLC, Impala Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have bought United Rentals stock in the last two years include Donald C Roof, Jenne K Britell, Jose B Alvarez and Shiv Singh. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Rentals.

Shares of URI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of URI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $107.99.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $8.33 billion and generates $8.05 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.26 on an earnings per share basis. United Rentals employs 18,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United Rentals.

The official website for United Rentals is http://www.unitedrentals.com/.

United Rentals' mailing address is 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The construction company can be reached via phone at 203-622-3131 or via email at [email protected]