BNET Industries

United Rentals Inc.

Market Cap:$588.2M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.2B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of over 650 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company?s approximately 10,400 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers for rent over 2,900 classes of rental equipment with a total original cost of $4.3 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor?s MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn.

Number of Employees 9,900

Contact Information

Five Greenwich Office Park

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

www.unitedrenta...

(203) 622-3131

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing: 532412

Company News

Recent Events

Fitch Rates United Rentals North America, Inc.'s New Senior Unsecured Notes 'B+'; Outlook Negative

11/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Sprint Nextel and Suntech Power Surge

11/16/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Investors Binge on Corporate Bonds

11/15/09 - New Investment - View Story
United Rentals URI Tops Q3 EPS by 16c, Revs Light

10/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
United Rentals employs senior RSC executive

9/06/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
SEC Zeroes in on Sale-Leasebacks

8/13/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story
United Rentals acquires Industrial Rental Company in Ohio

8/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
United Rentals Acquires Leasco Equipment Services

7/22/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

financial and united rentals inc. - All News and Analysis

United Rentals Announces Agreement for Sale of Traffic Control Business

- 2006-12-26

GREENWICH, Conn. -- United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its traffic control business to HTS Acquisition, Inc., an entity newly-formed by affiliates of private equity investors Wynnchurch Capital Partners and Oak Hill Special Opportunities Fund, L.P. Under the terms...

Tags: agreement, FINANCE, financial, Investment, SEC, United, United Rentals Inc.
United Rentals Amends Credit Facility.

- 2005-11-11

GREENWICH, Conn., Nov 11, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that the lenders under its secured credit facility have agreed to allow the company until March 31, 2006, to provide 2004 audited financial statements and final financial statements for 2005...

Tags: FINANCE, financial, SEC, United Rentals Inc.
United Rentals Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2005 Earnings, Raises 2005 Outlook and Provides Update on Special Committee Review.

- 2005-11-01

GREENWICH, Conn., Nov 1, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that it expects diluted earnings per share of $0.76 for the third quarter of 2005. The company raised its full year 2005 outlook for diluted earnings per share to $1.68...

Tags: earnings, FINANCE, financial, revenue, SALES, SEC, United Rentals Inc.
United rentals facing troubling times.(United Rentals Inc. to sue president John Milne )

- 2005-08-01

United Rentals Inc.'s board of directors recently warned company president John Milne that he could be fired for failure to perform his duties and for not cooperating with a committee examining a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into the co United Rentals Inc.'s board of directors...

Tags: company, financial, United Rentals Inc.