profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
United Rentals
$1,150.80+4.15% today
+34.6% in 1 year
1-year low $710.471-year high $1,198.68
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $28.57 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What United Rentals sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $11.6 billion in 2022 to $16.1 billion in 2025, with $2.49 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
United Rentals handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $2.0B
Free cash flow 2025$662M
Bought back its own shares$2.0B
Paid as dividends$464M
Cash vs. debt$459M vs. $15.7B
United Rentals vs. similar companies
United Rentals grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Rentals | 28.6× · Fair price | ||
 AerCap Holdings | 7.2× · Cheap | ||
 FTAI Aviation | 39.0× · Expensive | ||
 U-Haul | 132.3× · Very expensive | ||
 Ryder System | 21.6× · Fair price |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads United Rentals's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,530 | 9,716 | 11,642 | 14,332 | 15,345 | 16,099 | |
| 3,183 | 3,853 | 4,996 | 5,813 | 6,150 | 6,144 | |
| 1,800 | 2,277 | 3,232 | 3,855 | 4,068 | 3,974 | |
| – | – | 5,464 | 6,627 | 6,982 | 7,162 | |
| 890 | 1,386 | 2,105 | 2,424 | 2,575 | 2,494 | |
| 12.20 | 19.04 | 29.65 | 35.28 | 38.69 | 38.61 | |
| 37.3% | 39.7% | 42.9% | 40.6% | 40.1% | 38.2% | |
| 21.1% | 23.4% | 27.8% | 26.9% | 26.5% | 24.7% | |
| 10.4% | 14.3% | 18.1% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 15.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 17,868 | 20,292 | 24,183 | 25,589 | 28,163 | 29,866 |
| Cash | 202 | 144 | 106 | 363 | 457 | 459 |
| Total debt | 10,304 | 10,375 | 12,223 | 12,662 | 14,789 | 15,670 |
| Total liabilities | 13,323 | 14,301 | 17,121 | 17,459 | 19,541 | 20,898 |
| 4,545 | 5,991 | 7,062 | 8,130 | 8,622 | 8,968 | |
| 73 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 65 | |
| 9.6% | 11.0% | 13.3% | 14.6% | 13.8% | 13.0% | |
| 19.6% | 23.1% | 29.8% | 29.8% | 29.9% | 27.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,658 | 3,689 | 4,433 | 4,704 | 4,546 | 5,190 | |
| 197 | 3,198 | 3,690 | 4,070 | 4,127 | 4,528 | |
| 2,461 | 491 | 743 | 634 | 419 | 662 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 0 | 0 | 406 | 434 | 464 |
| 286 | 34 | 1,068 | 1,070 | 1,571 | 1,969 | |
| 70 | 119 | 127 | 94 | 112 | 134 |
Valuation
- 28.6×
- 24.5×
- 1.10
- 8.1×
- 4.4×
- 107.6×
- 12.1×
- 0.9%
- 3.5%
- 0.8%
Profitability
- 38.2%
- 24.7%
- 15.5%
- 39.8%
- 13.3%
- 14.0%
- 27.9%
- 8.4%
- 15.7%
- –
Growth
- +13.5%
- +25.9%
- +58.0%
- –
- −3.1%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 1.75
- 50.3%
- 5.7×
- 0.94
- 0.74
- 0.55
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 18%of 982
Top 5%of 988
Bottom 35%of 870
Top 24%of 985
Bottom 27%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $1,037.13
- Range
- $715.00 – $1,209.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | 9.71 | 8.95 | +8.5% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 11.09 | 11.79 | −5.9% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 11.70 | 12.29 | −4.8% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 10.47 | 10.51 | −0.4% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 8.86 | 8.78 | +0.9% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 11.59 | 11.68 | −0.8% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 11.80 | 12.48 | −5.4% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 10.70 | 10.54 | +1.5% |
0.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$8a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$5.92 in 2023 → $7.16 in 2025
How safe it looks
18.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 70.1%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
49No pass
Benjamin Graham
38No pass
Philip Fisher
71Pass
Peter Lynch
77Pass
Joel Greenblatt
30No pass
Charlie Munger
52No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about United Rentals
Is United Rentals a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the United Rentals AI analysis
What does United Rentals do?
United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates through two segments, General Rentals and Specialty. It is in Rental & Leasing Services, based in Stamford, CT, United States, with 28,500 employees.
Does United Rentals pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.8% a year, about 19% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $464 million in dividends.
Is United Rentals stock halal?
Yes. United Rentals passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 22% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has United Rentals stock done over the past year?
Up 34.6% over the past twelve months, to $1,150.80. It traded between $710.47 and $1,198.68 and is 4.0% below its high.
Who are United Rentals's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are AerCap Holdings, FTAI Aviation, U-Haul and Ryder System. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with United Rentals's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.