NYSE:URI - United Rentals Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 plan on Wednesday, April 18th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

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

United Rentals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for United Rentals.

13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for United Rentals' shares. Their predictions range from $150.00 to $214.00. On average, they expect United Rentals' share price to reach $186.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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, 3 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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News coverage about URI stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. 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 coverage optimism score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the construction company an impact score of 46.19 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

United Rentals' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.90%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.39%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.32%), Hexavest Inc. (0.24%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.22%) and Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.20%). 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 Dorsey Wright & Associates, Bremer Trust National Association, Amalgamated Bank, Guild Investment Management Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Boston Advisors LLC and Westpac Banking Corp. 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, James Investment Research Inc., Hexavest Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Selz Capital LLC, Fred Alger Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc. and Arvest Bank Trust Division. 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 $151.11.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $12.96 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]