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 of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, April 18th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) released its 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 earned $2.46 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.41 billion. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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 updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (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.

11 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for United Rentals' shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate United Rentals' share price to reach $163.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Rentals.

11 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, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Rentals.

Headlines about URI stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a daily sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect 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 Bank of America Corp DE (1.28%). 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, Bank of America Corp DE, Lodge Hill Capital LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Theleme Partners LLP and Anchor Bolt Capital LP. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Argent Capital Management LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, KBC Group NV, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. 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 $156.86.