Which is more profitable, Illinois Tool Works or United Rentals?

Illinois Tool Works keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Illinois Tool Works or United Rentals?

United Rentals grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Illinois Tool Works or United Rentals?

Illinois Tool Works costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Illinois Tool Works or United Rentals?

Illinois Tool Works would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Illinois Tool Works vs United Rentals stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Illinois Tool Works is more profitable, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt. United Rentals grows faster.

Side by side

	Illinois Tool Works	United Rentals
	$81.7 billion	$69.6 billion
	19.1%	15.5%
	+5.0%	+13.5%
	26.7×	27.9×
	1.8 years	2.1 years
	27.7%	13.3%
	2.6%	0.8%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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