Yahoo Finance United Rentals (URI) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
United Rentals (URI) closed the most recent trading day at $389.61, moving +0.54% from the previous trading session. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.62%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.5%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 5.66%.
Coming into today, shares of the equipment rental company had gained 15.32% in the past month. In that same time, the Construction sector gained 5.29%, while the S&P 500 gained 3.44%.
Investors will be hoping for strength from United Rentals as it approaches its next earnings release. The company is expected to report EPS of $9.20, up 17.05% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $3.43 billion, up 23.96% from the year-ago period.
Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $39.70 per share and revenue of $14.15 billion. These totals would mark changes of +22.15% and +21.55%, respectively, from last year.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for United Rentals. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.65% lower. United Rentals is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Investors should also note United Rentals's current valuation metrics, including its Forward P/E ratio of 9.76. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 16.66, so we one might conclude that United Rentals is trading at a discount comparatively.
Investors should also note that URI has a PEG ratio of 0.6 right now. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Building Products - Miscellaneous was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.66 at yesterday's closing price.
The Building Products - Miscellaneous industry is part of the Construction sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 55, putting it in the top 22% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.
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