United Rentals
About: United Rentals is the world's largest equipment rental company, principally operating in the US and Canada. It has 16% share in a highly fragmented market serving general industrial (49%), commercial construction (46%), and residential construction (5%). The company operates a $21 billion fleet of equipment, including aerial platforms, forklifts, excavators, trucks, power generators, and various other materials serving local and national accounts from nearly 1,600 locations in North America and 100 abroad. It has pursued a strategy of bundling specialty rental capabilities to offer its customers more advanced solutions in addition to its core equipment rental business, supporting its ambitions to become a one-stop shop for customers and enhance and maintain its margin profile.
Employees: 27,900
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
79% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 161 | Existing positions closed: 90
24% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 514 | Existing positions reduced: 415
23% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $36.2B [Q1] → $44.8B (+$8.51B) [Q2]
16% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 25 [Q1] → 29 (+4) [Q2]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,277 [Q1] → 1,322 (+45) [Q2]
2.81% more ownership
Funds ownership: 88.61% [Q1] → 91.42% (+2.81%) [Q2]
6% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $715M | Put options by funds: $676M
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Keybanc
Ken Newman
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$1,075
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Overweight
Maintained
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29 Aug 2025 |
Morgan Stanley
Angel Castillo
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$955
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Overweight
Maintained
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28 Jul 2025 |
Truist Securities
Jamie Cook
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$952
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Buy
Maintained
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25 Jul 2025 |
UBS
Steven Fisher
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$835
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Neutral
Maintained
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24 Jul 2025 |
B of A Securities
Ross Gilardi
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$900
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Buy
Maintained
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24 Jul 2025 |
Barclays
Adam Seiden
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$620
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Underweight
Maintained
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21 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan
Tami Zakaria
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$950
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Overweight
Maintained
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10 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup
Kyle Menges
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$810
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Buy
Maintained
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24 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about URI published over the past 30 days