United Rentals Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:URI)

United Rentals trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "URI."

United Rentals announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock 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 purchase up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) issued its quarterly earnings results 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 had revenue of $2.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.46 billion. United Rentals had a net margin of 12.32% and a return on equity of 41.97%. The firm's revenue was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.74 EPS. View United Rentals' Earnings History.

United Rentals updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.25-9.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.29 billion.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for United Rentals' shares. Their predictions range from $99.00 to $175.00. On average, they anticipate United Rentals' share price to reach $143.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Rentals.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Rentals in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United Rentals.

Headlines about URI stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news 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 news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.35%), American National Bank (0.07%), Selz Capital LLC (0.06%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.04%), YHB Investment Advisors Inc. (0.04%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.04%). Company insiders that own United Rentals stock include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Donald C Roof, Filippo Passerini, Jenne K Britell, Jessica Graziano, Jose B Alvarez, Matthew John Flannery, Michael Kneeland, Paul I Mcdonnell, Shiv Singh, 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 Scout Investments Inc., Selz Capital LLC, Summit X LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., First Hawaiian Bank and Bremer Bank National Association. Company insiders that have sold United Rentals company stock in the last year include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, Jessica Graziano, Michael Kneeland and Paul I Mcdonnell. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Rentals.

URI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Northpointe Capital LLC, American National Bank, Winmill & CO. Inc., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, YHB Investment Advisors Inc. and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $121.67.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $9.39 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]