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 stock repurchase 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 a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The construction company reported $5.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.22 by $0.38. The construction company had revenue of $2.46 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.41 billion. United Rentals had a return on equity of 42.34% and a net margin of 12.56%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.85 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for United Rentals' stock. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate United Rentals' stock price to reach $163.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% 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 headlines about URI stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage 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.

United Rentals saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 4,870,000 shares, a decrease of 5.8% from the January 30th total of 5,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Approximately 6.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View United Rentals' Current Options Chain.

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United Rentals' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $131.06.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $9.75 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]