United Rentals, Inc. (URI) Stock

About United Rentals, Inc.

United Rentals, Inc., founded in 1997 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, functions as a prominent equipment rental firm through its various subsidiaries. The company's operations are divided into two main divisions: General Rentals and Specialty. The General Rentals segment offers a broad selection of construction and industrial machinery, including heavy equipment like backhoes, skid-steer loaders, earthmoving machinery, and forklifts, alongside aerial work platforms such as boom and scissor lifts. This division also provides general tools and lighter equipment, ranging from pressure washers to power tools. Its client base is diverse, encompassing construction and industrial enterprises, manufacturers, utility companies, municipalities, government bodies, and individual homeowners. Conversely, the Specialty segment focuses on more specialized construction products. This includes comprehensive trench safety gear, such as trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, and construction lasers, designed for underground work. It also supplies power generation and climate control equipment, featuring portable diesel generators, electrical distribution units, and temperature management systems. Additionally, the segment offers fluid solutions for containment, transfer, and treatment, as well as mobile storage units and modular office spaces. This segment primarily caters to companies undertaking infrastructure projects, municipalities, and industrial clients. Beyond rentals, United Rentals also sells new equipment, including aerial lifts, telehandlers, and compressors, along with construction consumables, tools, small equipment, and safety supplies. It further provides parts for customer-owned machinery and offers repair and maintenance services. The company remarkets its used equipment through its dedicated sales force, brokers, its website, direct sales to manufacturers, and auctions. United Rentals maintains an extensive network of 1,360 rental facilities across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

United Rentals, Inc. is led by CEO Matthew J. Flannery, employs 27,900 people, headquartered in Stamford, US, publicly traded since 1997.

United Rentals, Inc. (URI) stock trades at $1055.11 with a market capitalization of $65.67B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.24, price-to-book of 6.81, price-to-sales of 3.67. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $693.78 and $1170.39, and currently trades 9.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.76%.

On profitability, United Rentals, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 27.81% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 44.31%, an operating margin of 24.68%, a net profit margin of 15.32%.

In its most recent fiscal year, United Rentals, Inc. reported annual revenue of $16.1B, net profit of $2.5B, revenue has compounded at 13.5% a year over the last five years, profit at 22.9% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 0.94, total assets of $29.9B, $459.0M in cash and equivalents.

URI has an average daily trading volume of 579,981 shares, a beta of 1.82 (more volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.unitedrentals.com