United Rentals Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:URI)

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

United Rentals announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, April 18th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 9.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 17th. The construction company reported $4.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.48 by $0.26. The construction company had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.27 billion. United Rentals had a return on equity of 41.97% and a net margin of 12.32%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 21.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for United Rentals' stock. Their predictions range from $99.00 to $176.00. On average, they expect United Rentals' stock price to reach $150.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% 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 headlines about URI stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Rentals.

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United Rentals' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.91%), BlackRock Inc. (7.43%), BlackRock Inc. (7.43%), Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.88%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.67%) and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (1.35%). 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 Empire Life Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Rentals company stock in the last year include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Jessica Graziano, Michael Kneeland and Paul I Mcdonnell. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Rentals.

URI stock was acquired 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, Filippo Passerini, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of URI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $126.44.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $9.76 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]