Stock · URI · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1997 · Revenue 12 mo. $17.5B
Price as of 11/06/2026
United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates through two segments, General Rentals and Specialty. The General Rentals segment rents general construction and industrial equipment, such as backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, including boom and scissor lifts; and general tools and light equipment comprising pressure washers, water pumps, and power tools for construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and government entities. The specialty segment rents trench safety equipment consists of trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers, and line testing equipment for underground work; power and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment, such as portable diesel generators, electrical distribution equipment, and temperature control equipment; fluid solutions equipment for fluid containment, transfer, and treatment; surface protection mats; and mobile storage equipment and modular office space. This segment serves construction companies involved in infrastructure projects, and municipalities and industrial companies. The company also sells aerial lifts, reach forklifts, telehandlers, compressors, and generators; construction consumables, tools, small equipment, and safety supplies; and parts for equipment that is owned by its customers, as well as provides repair and maintenance services. It sells used equipment through its sales force, brokers, website, at auctions, and directly to manufacturers. United Rentals, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Summary
53.3 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €594.1M (2025), it supports €6.6B. The remaining €51.8B of the market value assume it grows more than 30% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
over 30%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 10.6×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 6.6× to 10.1×, median 8.5×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT margin, Net debt, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 27.81% | 13.10% | Rank 85 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 157.14% | 19.33% | Rank 98 |
| EBIT margin | 24.68% | 11.28% | Rank 89 |
| FCF margin | 4.11% | 8.50% | Rank 25 |
| Gross margin | 35.44% | 28.98% | Rank 65 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 4.91% | 5.15% | Rank 49 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 9.19% | 8.01% | Rank 52 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 25.90% | 12.89% | Rank 82 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 28.13% | 4.02% | Rank 97 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 3.66% | 4.42% | Rank 37 |
| FCF yield | 1.02% | 3.98% | Rank 16 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 5.04 | 2.08 | Rank 19 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 20.40 | 19.47 | Rank 47 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 15.31% | −0.01% | Rank 76 |
| Share price, 6 months | 13.14% | −1.43% | Rank 78 |
| Share price, 3 months | −4.09% | 0.53% | Rank 41 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −11.94% | −16.36% | Rank 66 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 2.32% | 1.39% | Rank 41 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.95% | −0.44% | Rank 84 |
| Dividend streak in years | 2 | 5 | Rank 34 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 5.05% | 0.27% | Rank 84 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 30.03% | 39.65% | Rank 27 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.24 | 1.38 | Rank 30 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.84 | 0.61 | Rank 11 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 43.08% | 32.95% | Rank 19 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5.8 | 25.3% | $614.0M | 87.8M | 7.5 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 24.5% | $341.0M | 85.6M | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 25.1% | $562.0M | 83.5M | 11.7 |
| 2019 | 9.4 | 23.2% | $674.0M | 77.7M | 12.1 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 21.7% | $1.5B | 72.9M | 10.2 |
| 2021 | 9.7 | 23.6% | $491.0M | 72.8M | 10.4 |
| 2022 | 11.6 | 27.8% | $743.0M | 71.0M | 12.1 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 26.9% | $634.0M | 68.7M | 12.3 |
| 2024 | 15.3 | 26.5% | $419.0M | 66.6M | 14.3 |
| 2025 | 16.1 | 24.7% | $662.0M | 64.6M | 16.0 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
United Rentals Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
United Rentals Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
3 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for United Rentals Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 27.3 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 7.6 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 27.8% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 30.0% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.84 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| URI | United Rentals Incthis page | |
| SUNB | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. | locked |
| AER | AerCap Holdings NV | locked |
| UHAL | U-Haul Holding Company | locked |
| SIX2.DE | Sixt SE | locked |
| TDG | Transdigm Group Incorporated | locked |
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