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 of Directors has approved 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The construction company reported $4.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.56 by $0.18. The construction company earned $2.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.03 billion. United Rentals had a return on equity of 39.46% and a net margin of 21.96%. United Rentals's quarterly revenue was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.25 EPS. View United Rentals' Earnings History.

United Rentals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Rentals.

United Rentals updated its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.77-7.87 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.75 billion.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for United Rentals' shares. Their predictions range from $99.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect United Rentals' share price to reach $168.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 49.6% 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 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Rentals.

Headlines about URI stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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United Rentals' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.31%), FMR LLC (1.87%), PointState Capital LP (1.28%), TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (1.07%) and American Century Companies Inc. (1.05%). Company insiders that own United Rentals stock include Brian Mcauley, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Filippo Passerini, Jeffrey J Fenton, Jenne K Britell, Jessica Graziano, John S Mckinney, Jose B Alvarez, Matthew John Flannery, Michael Kneeland, 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, AQR Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Harbor Spring Capital LLC, BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company . Company insiders that have sold United Rentals company stock in the last year include Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Jenne K Britell, Jessica Graziano, Michael Kneeland, Singleton B Mcallister and William B Plummer. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Rentals.

URI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PointState Capital LP, Capital Growth Management LP, Hexavest Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Man Group plc, CI Investments Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have bought United Rentals stock in the last two years include Jenne K Britell and Jose B Alvarez. 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 $112.54.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $9.32 billion and generates $6.64 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $1.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.59 on an earnings per share basis. United Rentals employs 14,800 workers across the globe.

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

United Rentals' mailing address is 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE 7TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The construction company can be reached via phone at 203-622-3131 or via email at [email protected]