United Rentals - URI Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Rentals in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" URI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in URI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for United Rentals' shares. Their URI share price forecasts range from $269.00 to $425.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $360.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.6% from the stock's current price.
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United Rentals' stock was trading at $332.29 at the beginning of the year. Since then, URI shares have decreased by 18.7% and is now trading at $270.12.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The construction company reported $7.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.57 by $1.29. The construction company earned $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.71 billion. United Rentals had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.79% and a net margin of 16.41%. The firm's revenue was up 21.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $4.66 earnings per share.
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United Rentals declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, January 26th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

United Rentals issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.40 billion-$11.70 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.26 billion.

144 employees have rated United Rentals Chief Executive Officer Matthew Flannery on Glassdoor.com. Matthew Flannery has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Matthew Flannery in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

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One share of URI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $270.12.

United Rentals (NYSE:URI) has a market capitalization of $18.91 billion and generates $9.72 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $1.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $24.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,400 workers across the globe.

United Rentals' mailing address is 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The official website for the company is www.unitedrentals.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (203) 622-3131, via email at tgrace@ur.com, or via fax at 203-622-6080.