Is United Rentals, Inc (NYSE: URI) The Best Stock To Invest In?

After Hours

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Stocks Info

United Rentals, Inc is listed on the NYSE in the Industrials sector while operating in the Rental & Leasing Services industry. The current market capitalization of United Rentals, Inc is $40.94B. A total of 0.52 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 689.04K shares.

In the most recent transaction, Grace William E. sold 1,100 shares of URI for 638.10 per share on Feb 24 ’25. After the transaction, the EVP, CFO now owns 6,880 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 24 ’25, WILLIAM GRACE bought 1,100 shares at 638.10 per share.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Leopold Anthony S. disposed of 900 shares on Oct 28 ’24 at a per-share price of $823.24. This resulted in the SVP holding 2,044 shares of URI after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Anthony Leopold bought 900 shares at $823.24 per share on Oct 28 ’24.

Dividend

The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. United Rentals, Inc pays an annual dividend of $6.68, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.07%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.18. URI’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.94% when it declared a $1.79 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/12/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/13/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.78%. The URI stock dividend was $1.63 per share in cash.

Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, URI has a high of $896.98 and a low of $585.27.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. URI’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $144.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $10.51B in debt and $2.60B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $132.03, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $5.99B.

Analysts Opinion

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for URI is Buy with a score of 3.58.

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