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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
United Rentals (URI) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect
Equipment rental company United Rentals (NYSE:URI) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market hours. Here's what you need to know. United Rentals beat analysts' revenue expectations by 2.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.72 billion, up 6.7% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts' organic revenue estimates and a solid beat of analysts' EBITDA estimates. Is United Rentals a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it's free. This quarter, analysts are expecting United Rentals's revenue to grow 3.6% year on year to $3.91 billion, slowing from the 6.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bearish with revenue estimates seeing 4 downward revisions over the last 30 days (we track 13 analysts). United Rentals has missed Wall Street's revenue estimates three times over the last two years. Looking at United Rentals's peers in the industrial distributors segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Fastenal delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 8.6%, beating analysts' expectations by 0.5%, and MSC Industrial reported flat revenue, in line with consensus estimates. Fastenal traded up 4.2% following the results while MSC Industrial was also up 5.4%. Read our full analysis of Fastenal's results here and MSC Industrial's results here. There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial distributors segment, with share prices up 5.9% on average over the last month. United Rentals is up 8.6% during the same time. When a company has more cash than it knows what to do with, buying back its own shares can make a lot of sense–as long as the price is right. Luckily, we've found one, a low-priced stock that is gushing free cash flow AND buying back shares. Click here to claim your Special Free Report on a fallen angel growth story that is already recovering from a setback. StockStory is growing and hiring equity analyst and marketing roles. Are you a 0 to 1 builder passionate about the markets and AI? See the open roles here. Sign in to access your portfolio
Chicago Tribune
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
STEM-A-Thon is all fun and games for Boys & Girls Club members
From robots to a live version of Angry Birds, about 200 Boys & Girls Clubs members from throughout Lake and Porter counties got to try their hand at STEM activities Monday. 'They're learning something and may not even realize it, they're having so much fun,' Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana President and CEO Mike Jessen said. New this year at the second annual STEM-Thon was a chance to use a real surgical robot brought by Northwest Health. No one was operated on at Urschel Pavilion in downtown Valparaiso; the kids – grades 3 and up – got to test their manual dexterity in guiding the robotic instrument. Violinnie, an East Chicago club member, said her video gaming experience helped her control the robotic device well. Other groups, including Urschel Laboratories and the Valparaiso and Portage high school robotics clubs, also offered ways to interact with robots. Urschel's Esmerelda Torres was one of 50 volunteers at the event, guiding the kids as they raced robots across a playing field and spun the robots' heads 360 degrees. 'You may think it's easy, but it's a 360-degree control,' Torres said. 'It's fun. I like how it moves. It's kind of hard to control,' said Benjamin, a member of the Duneland club. 'You get to control it and make it do fun stuff.' Benjamin's brother Nolan, who also attends the Duneland club, enjoyed it when the robots collided. He found it easier to control, he said. The high school robotics teams allowed kids to use the robots the teams use in competitions. The kids also used claw bots to stack cones, testing their manual dexterity at the controls. The teams also set up three coding stations to allow kids to experience coding at a very basic level. Jonathan, a member of the VHS team, said the kids had to solve some errors intentionally included to advance the robots through the maze. James Kirk, a VHS robotics teacher, said it's important for kids to keep up with the progression of technology. Then there's the fun factor: 'Who doesn't want to play with robots?' Outside Urschel Pavilion, in front of Central Park Plaza's Northwest Health amphitheater, United Rentals volunteers helped students use a giant slingshot to shoot balls at a stack of cardboard boxes to see if they could knock them down, a game reminiscent of Angry Birds. No actual birds were involved. Little changes in the altitude of the slingshot make a big difference in the outcome, United Rentals representative Aishling Wigmore said. 'United Rentals likes to give back,' Wigmore said as she rattled off a long list of charities the company supports. 'We're big believers in giving back and teaching the community.' One of the other games involves shooting foam balls out of plastic pipes with various bends included as kids assembled them. Izayah, a member of the Portage club, enjoyed the game. 'I was trying to make it go really high,' he said, as others chased the balls flying far and wide. Marina Kirova, director of education and academic programming, is the architect of the event. 'It's teamwork, definitely, because all of our departments in this organization work together,' she said. Planning began soon after last year's event. 'This is not meant to teach kids in the moment,' she said, but to show them that STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – principles are in play in everyday life.' Signs at each table explained the concept behind each game, but Kirova doubted all the kids read them. They were too busy having fun. STEM experiences came naturally to Kirova. She's accustomed to finding screws, wires and other odds and ends in her pockets at the end of the day, the detritus from working with kids on STEM activities. When she was young, Kirova wanted to be a doctor. 'If I couldn't do it, at least now I can show it to someone else. At least they can do it,' she said as she discussed the Northwest Health exhibit. Kirova works with the Portage High School robotics team as a judge adviser. 'In the last 10 years, they always get to the world competition and win some kind of award,' she said. Jessen said the event is a fun end-of-summer activity. It's mid-July, but school starts in August in many communities. 'The goal is to bring all these kids together from our 10 different clubs' and let them interact with each other, Jessen said. The STEM-A-Thon allows the kids to learn and sparks their interest 'with a heavy, heavy dose of having some fun,' he said. 'They're engaged, they're listening, they're really respectful.' The event lasted four hours, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 'Hopefully, they'll be well educated and tired from the fun they've had' on the bus ride back to their home club, Jessen said. Summer is a busy time for the clubs. Kids can be there as long as 11.5 hours a day, from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Staff work hard to make sure their time at the club is interesting and fun. 'What I hear from the kids is they don't want to go home. They're excited to stay at the club,' he said.
Business Insider
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Barclays Sticks to Its Sell Rating for United Rentals (URI)
In a report released on July 18, Adam Seiden from Barclays maintained a Sell rating on United Rentals, with a price target of $620.00. The company's shares closed last Friday at $808.05. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. According to TipRanks, Seiden is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 11.1% and a 61.66% success rate. Seiden covers the Industrials sector, focusing on stocks such as MasTec, Caterpillar, and CNH Industrial. The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for United Rentals with a $770.36 average price target. Based on United Rentals' latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $3.72 billion and a net profit of $518 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $3.49 billion and had a net profit of $542 million Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 55 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of URI in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in April 2025, CRAIG ADAM PINTOFF, the EVP, Chief Admin. Officer of URI sold 4,449.00 shares for a total of $2,816,661.90.
Globe and Mail
10-07-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
United Rentals, Inc. Second Quarter 2025 Conference Call and Audio Webcast Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. (ET)
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) will hold its second quarter 2025 conference call with Matt Flannery, chief executive officer, and Ted Grace, chief financial officer, on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call is available live by audio webcast at where it will be archived until the next earnings call. The call is also accessible by dialing 800-579-2568 (international: 785-424-1222). The replay number for the call is 402-220-6053. The passcode for both the conference call and the replay is 72612. The company's second quarter 2025 press release will be issued and available at after the market close on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. About United Rentals United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world. The company has an integrated network of 1,601 rental locations in North America, 39 in Europe, 38 in Australia and 19 in New Zealand. In North America, the company operates in 49 states and every Canadian province. The company's approximately 27,300 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers a fleet of equipment for rent with a total original cost of $21.21 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, the Barron's 400 Index and the Russell 3000 Index® and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at
Business Wire
10-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
United Rentals, Inc. Second Quarter 2025 Conference Call and Audio Webcast Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. (ET)
STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) will hold its second quarter 2025 conference call with Matt Flannery, chief executive officer, and Ted Grace, chief financial officer, on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call is available live by audio webcast at where it will be archived until the next earnings call. The call is also accessible by dialing 800-579-2568 (international: 785-424-1222). The replay number for the call is 402-220-6053. The passcode for both the conference call and the replay is 72612. The company's second quarter 2025 press release will be issued and available at after the market close on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. About United Rentals United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world. The company has an integrated network of 1,601 rental locations in North America, 39 in Europe, 38 in Australia and 19 in New Zealand. In North America, the company operates in 49 states and every Canadian province. The company's approximately 27,300 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers a fleet of equipment for rent with a total original cost of $21.21 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, the Barron's 400 Index and the Russell 3000 Index® and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at
