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 authorized a stock buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 9.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 16th. The construction company reported $5.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $5.74 by $0.22. The construction company earned $2.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.46 billion. United Rentals had a net margin of 12.45% and a return on equity of 42.89%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $4.74 earnings per share. View United Rentals' Earnings History.

United Rentals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Rentals.

United Rentals will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for United Rentals' stock. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect United Rentals' share price to reach $160.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% 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.

Media coverage about URI stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 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 a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Strs Ohio (0.56%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.36%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.13%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.11%) and Empire Life Investments Inc. (0.10%). 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 Selz Capital LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, American National Bank, IFP Advisors Inc, Sciencast Management LP, First Hawaiian Bank, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Scout 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, 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 Strs Ohio, Empire Life Investments Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Benson Investment Management Company Inc., Winmill & CO. Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, James Investment Research Inc. and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. 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 $151.65.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $11.40 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]