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

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 repurchase program on Wednesday, April 18th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The construction company reported $5.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $5.22 by $0.38. The construction company had revenue of $2.46 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.41 billion. United Rentals had a net margin of 12.56% and a return on equity of 42.34%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $4.85 EPS. View United Rentals' Earnings History.

United Rentals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Rentals.

United Rentals issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.4-9.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.58 billion.

10 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for United Rentals' stock. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate United Rentals' stock price to reach $163.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Rentals.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Rentals in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Rentals.

News articles about URI stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United Rentals.

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United Rentals' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.87%), Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.93%), Theleme Partners LLP (2.11%), FMR LLC (2.04%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (1.61%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%). Company insiders that own United Rentals stock include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Filippo Passerini, Jason D Papastavrou, Jeffrey J Fenton, Jenne K Britell, Jessica Graziano, Jose B Alvarez, Michael Kneeland, Paul I Mcdonnell, Shiv Singh 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 State Street Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Lodge Hill Capital LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., National Pension Service and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. Company insiders that have sold United Rentals company stock in the last year include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Jason D Papastavrou, Jeffrey J Fenton, 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 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Argent Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Capital World Investors, AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and KBC Group NV. 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 $151.41.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $11.26 billion and generates $9.35 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $1.17 billion in net income (profit) each year or $19.52 on an earnings per share basis. United Rentals employs 19,100 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]