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 repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 18th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The construction company reported $3.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.45 by $0.40. The construction company had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.85 billion. United Rentals had a return on equity of 39.28% and a net margin of 21.18%. United Rentals's revenue for the quarter was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.37 earnings per share. View United Rentals' Earnings History.

United Rentals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for United Rentals.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for United Rentals' shares. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $214.00. On average, they expect United Rentals' stock price to reach $188.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Rentals.

12 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 and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Rentals.

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Media stories about URI stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the construction company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for United Rentals.

United Rentals' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.33%), Bank of America Corp DE (2.38%), FMR LLC (2.30%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.20%), Northern Trust Corp (1.14%) and Morgan Stanley (0.91%). Company insiders that own United Rentals stock include Brian Mcauley, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Filippo Passerini, Jason D Papastavrou, Jeffrey J Fenton, Jenne K Britell, Jessica Graziano, John S Mckinney, Jose B Alvarez, Lawrence Keith Wimbush, 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 FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Macquarie Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, QCI Asset Management Inc. NY and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Rentals company stock in the last year include Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Filippo Passerini, Jenne K Britell, Jessica Graziano, Matthew John Flannery, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Janus Henderson Group PLC, J. L. Bainbridge & Co. Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P., James Investment Research Inc., Hexavest Inc. and Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC. 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 $168.96.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $13.82 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.

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]