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

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 16th. The construction company reported $5.96 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $5.74 by $0.22. The construction company earned $2.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.46 billion. United Rentals had a return on equity of 42.89% and a net margin of 12.45%. United Rentals's revenue for the quarter was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $4.74 earnings per share. View United Rentals' Earnings History.

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

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

11 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for United Rentals' shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate United Rentals' stock price to reach $160.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Rentals.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Rentals in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 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 articles about URI stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Rentals earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.36%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.13%), American National Bank (0.05%), Cozad Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Winmill & CO. Inc. (0.04%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%). 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 Selz Capital LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, American National Bank, IFP Advisors Inc, Sciencast Management LP, First Hawaiian Bank, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Scout Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Rentals company stock in the last year include Andrew B Limoges, Craig Adam Pintoff, Dale A Asplund, 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 Winmill & CO. Inc., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, Centric Wealth Management, AE Wealth Management LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Legacy Capital Partners Inc. and Welch & Forbes LLC. 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 $158.72.

United Rentals has a market capitalization of $11.93 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]