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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 18th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

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

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

United Rentals will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 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.

United Rentals updated 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for United Rentals' stock. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect United Rentals' stock price to reach $163.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.2% 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 stories about URI stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United Rentals.

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United Rentals' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 $134.64.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $10.01 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]