United Rentals, Inc (NYSE: URI) is -10.02% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $585.27 and a high of $896.98 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The URI stock was last observed hovering at around $597.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 35.98%.
Currently trading at $633.89, the stock is -7.82% and -11.32% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.2 million and changing 6.02% at the moment leaves the stock -14.07% off its SMA200. URI registered -9.52% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -14.48%.
The stock witnessed a -14.13% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -26.80%, and is -1.41% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.47% over the week and 3.34% over the month.
United Rentals, Inc (URI) has around 27900 employees, a market worth around $41.40B and $15.35B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.36 and Fwd P/E is 12.88. Profit margin for the company is 16.78%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.31% and -29.33% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.74%).
with sales reaching $3.62B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 3.58% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.20% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.84% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 65.31M, and float is at 64.95M with Short Float at 2.58%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 7.41 million shares valued at $4.79 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.0254 of the URI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS with 5.86 million shares valued at $3.79 billion to account for 8.7971 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 5.07 million shares representing 7.5396 and valued at over $3.28 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.7627 of the shares totaling 3.17 million with a market value of $2.05 billion.
United Rentals, Inc (URI) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at United Rentals, Inc (URI) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Grace William E., the company’s EVP, CFO. SEC filings show that Grace William E. sold 1,100 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $638.10 per share for a total of $0.7 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6880.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 28 ’24, Leopold Anthony S. (SVP) disposed off 900 shares at an average price of $823.24 for $0.74 million. The insider now directly holds 2,044 shares of United Rentals, Inc (URI).
United Rentals, Inc (URI): Who are the competitors?
One of the company’s main competitors (and peers) include Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI) that is trading -18.04% down over the past 12 months.Finning International Inc. (FTT) lies in the list of competitors of the United Rentals, Inc and is 18.11% higher over the same period from URIH&E Equipment Services Inc. (HEES) is 62.82% up on the 1-year trading charts.
