United Rentals (URI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $855.23 -6.03 (-0.70%) Closing price 08/7/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$864.20 +8.98 (+1.05%) As of 08/7/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock United Rentals Short Interest DataUnited Rentals (URI) has a short interest of 2.26 million shares, representing 3.53% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -58.53% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.8, indicating that it would take 3.8 days of the average trading volume of 673,995 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,260,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,450,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-58.53%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.81 billionShort Interest Ratio3.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares64,340,000 sharesFloat Size63,980,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.53%Today's Trading Volume431,782 sharesAverage Trading Volume673,995 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average64% Short Selling United Rentals? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for United Rentals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartURI Short Interest Over TimeURI Days to Cover Over TimeURI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time United Rentals Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/20252,260,000 shares $1.81 billion -58.5%3.5%3.8 $799.28 6/30/20255,450,000 shares $4.11 billion +165.9%13.8%1.9 $754.56 6/15/20252,050,000 shares $1.42 billion +6.8%3.2%3.3 $695.09 5/31/20251,920,000 shares $1.36 billion -7.3%3.0%3 $708.89 5/15/20252,070,000 shares $1.48 billion +27.0%3.2%2.8 $713.37 4/30/20251,630,000 shares $1.03 billion +5.2%2.5%2.2 $631.64 4/15/20251,550,000 shares $926.35 million -9.9%2.4%2.1 $597.65 3/31/20251,720,000 shares $1.08 billion -1.2%2.7%2.3 $625.97 3/15/20251,740,000 shares $1.08 billion -0.6%2.7%2.6 $623.35 2/28/20251,750,000 shares $1.12 billion +4.2%2.7%2.6 $642.49 Get the Latest News and Ratings for URI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for United Rentals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20251,680,000 shares $1.25 billion +1.2%2.6%2.7 $741.10 1/31/20251,660,000 shares $1.26 billion +5.7%2.6%2.8 $756.78 1/15/20251,570,000 shares $1.16 billion -5.4%2.4%2.6 $741.70 12/31/20241,660,000 shares $1.17 billion -5.1%2.5%3.1 $704.44 12/15/20241,750,000 shares $1.36 billion -7.4%2.7%3.3 $778.82 11/30/20241,890,000 shares $1.64 billion +1.1%2.9%3.7 $866.00 11/15/20241,870,000 shares $1.56 billion -11.4%2.9%3.8 $835.36 10/31/20242,110,000 shares $1.72 billion -10.2%3.2%4.6 $813.37 10/15/20242,350,000 shares $1.96 billion -13.9%3.6%5 $833.68 9/30/20242,730,000 shares $2.21 billion +4.2%4.2%5.5 $809.73 9/15/20242,620,000 shares $1.91 billion -6.4%4.0%5.2 $729.47 8/31/20242,800,000 shares $2.08 billion -2.1%4.3%5 $741.26 8/15/20242,860,000 shares $2.06 billion +11.3%4.4%4.9 $720.64 7/31/20242,570,000 shares $1.95 billion -10.1%3.9%4.3 $757.10 7/15/20242,860,000 shares $2.02 billion +4.0%4.3%5 $707.35 6/30/20242,750,000 shares $1.78 billion -14.9%4.2%4.9 $646.73 6/15/20243,230,000 shares $1.99 billion +3.5%4.9%6 $616.21 5/31/20243,120,000 shares $2.09 billion +14.7%4.7%6 $670.01 5/15/20242,720,000 shares $1.94 billion +8.8%4.1%5.3 $712.59 4/30/20242,500,000 shares $1.67 billion -0.8%3.8%4.7 $667.82 4/15/20242,520,000 shares $1.68 billion +4.6%3.8%4.3 $666.74 3/31/20242,410,000 shares $1.74 billion -5.5%3.6%4.2 $721.11 3/15/20242,550,000 shares $1.73 billion -5.2%3.8%4.4 $677.09 2/29/20242,690,000 shares $1.86 billion -15.7%4.0%4.3 $693.27 2/15/20243,190,000 shares $2.11 billion -2.2%4.8%4.9 $660.96 1/31/20243,260,000 shares $2.04 billion -12.8%4.9%4.7 $625.40 1/15/20243,740,000 shares $2.09 billion -3.9%5.6%5.3 $559.18 12/31/20233,890,000 shares $2.23 billion No Change5.8%5.2 $573.42 12/15/20233,890,000 shares $2.22 billion +11.1%5.8%5.1 $571.90 11/30/20233,500,000 shares $1.67 billion +0.9%5.2%4.9 $476.02Is Elon's empire crumbling? 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Click here to see the Tesla shock that could blindside everyone. 10/15/20211,740,000 shares $607.85 million +27.0%2.4%3 $349.34 9/30/20211,370,000 shares $480.77 million -6.8%1.9%2.2 $350.93 9/15/20211,470,000 shares $502.15 million +4.3%2.0%2.2 $341.60 8/31/20211,410,000 shares $497.24 million -9.6%2.0%2 $352.65 8/13/20211,560,000 shares $550.85 million +3.3%2.2%2.1 $353.11 7/30/20211,510,000 shares $497.62 million +22.8%2.1%2 $329.55 7/15/20211,230,000 shares $387.09 million -2.4%1.7%1.7 $314.71 6/30/20211,260,000 shares $401.95 million -13.1%1.8%1.7 $319.01 6/15/20211,450,000 shares $449.25 million -19.0%2.0%2 $309.83 5/28/20211,790,000 shares $597.79 million No Change2.5%2.6 $333.96 5/14/20211,790,000 shares $596.18 million -5.3%2.5%2.5 $333.06 4/30/20211,890,000 shares $618.65 million -16.0%2.6%2.5 $327.33 4/15/20212,250,000 shares $731.39 million -16.4%3.1%2.9 $325.06 3/31/20212,690,000 shares $896.33 million -9.7%3.7%3.5 $333.21 3/15/20212,980,000 shares $947.22 million -14.6%4.2%4 $317.86 2/26/20213,490,000 shares $1.03 billion +1.2%4.9%4.5 $295.11 2/12/20213,450,000 shares $965.38 million -5.0%4.8%4.4 $279.82 1/29/20213,630,000 shares $920.42 million -13.4%5.1%4.6 $253.56 1/15/20214,190,000 shares $1.09 billion -8.5%5.8%5 $260.37 12/31/20204,580,000 shares $1.05 billion -9.1%6.4%5.3 $230.06 12/15/20205,040,000 shares $1.20 billion -4.7%7.0%5.7 $238.89 11/30/20205,290,000 shares $1.23 billion -8.2%7.4%6 $232.91 10/30/20205,390,000 shares $933.66 million -13.5%7.5%6.3 $173.22 10/15/20206,230,000 shares $1.17 billion -3.4%8.7%7.7 $188.13 9/30/20206,450,000 shares $1.13 billion -1.8%N/A7.7 $174.50 9/15/20206,570,000 shares $1.16 billion -6.3%9.2%7.4 $176.56 8/31/20207,010,000 shares $1.24 billion No Change9.8%6.9 $177.05 8/14/20207,010,000 shares $1.26 billion +2.3%9.8%6.1 $179.33 URI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is United Rentals' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of United Rentals shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 2,260,000 shares of URI short. 3.53% of United Rentals' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on United Rentals' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for United Rentals? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. URI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on United Rentals's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting United Rentals? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of United Rentals: Simplex Trading LLC, Portman Square Capital LLP, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, IMC Chicago LLC, Quaker Wealth Management LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Millennium Management LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Twin Tree Management LP, HAP Trading LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, PEAK6 LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Garda Capital Partners LP, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Maven Securities LTD, Arrowpoint Investment Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd., Citigroup Inc., and Bank of Nova Scotia. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for United Rentals? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.53% of United Rentals' floating shares are currently sold short. Is United Rentals' short interest increasing or decreasing? United Rentals saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,260,000 shares, a drop of 58.5% from the previous total of 5,450,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is United Rentals' float size? United Rentals currently has issued a total of 64,341,000 shares. Some of United Rentals' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. United Rentals currently has a public float of 63,980,000 shares. How does United Rentals' short interest compare to its competitors? 3.53% of United Rentals' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to United Rentals: Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (7.93%), Arcosa, Inc. (2.65%), TopBuild Corp. (5.84%), Dycom Industries, Inc. (2.91%), Herc Holdings Inc. (7.61%), Owens Corning Inc (1.52%), Otis Worldwide Corporation (1.86%), Parker-Hannifin Corporation (1.48%), Champion Homes, Inc. (7.45%), Terex Corporation (6.49%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short United Rentals stock? Short selling URI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from United Rentals as its price is falling. URI shares are trading down $7.09 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against United Rentals? A short squeeze for United Rentals occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of URI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is United Rentals' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including URI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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