United Rentals (URI) Competitors

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and United Rentals (NYSE:URI) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is STRL or URI more profitable?

United Rentals has a net margin of 16.11% compared to Sterling Infrastructure's net margin of 13.33%. United Rentals' return on equity of 32.01% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure	13.33%	27.93%	11.18%
United Rentals	16.11%	32.01%	9.85%

Do analysts recommend STRL or URI?

Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $355.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.11%. United Rentals has a consensus price target of $834.64, indicating a potential downside of 8.99%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than United Rentals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
United Rentals	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in STRL or URI?

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of United Rentals shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of United Rentals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, STRL or URI?

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Rentals has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, STRL or URI?

United Rentals has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. United Rentals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.12B	4.43	$257.46M	$9.20	33.52
United Rentals	$15.35B	3.85	$2.58B	$38.67	23.72

Does the media favor STRL or URI?

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than United Rentals. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 31 mentions for United Rentals. United Rentals' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.01 indicating that United Rentals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
United Rentals	29 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

United Rentals beats Sterling Infrastructure on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.