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URI United Rentals, Inc.

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1,175 +5.37 +0.46% Close 11/2
Since 2024-12-02 +38.6%
Open
1,190
High
1,202
Low
1,175
Prev close
1,170
Volume
502K
Amplitude
2.33%
P/E
25.9
P/B
7.5
Revenue YoY (TTM)
+9.4%
52W 701.59 1,202

Is United Rentals, Inc. a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Quality: Good, Growth: Good, Momentum: Good, Risk / liquidity: Strong; Valuation: Pricey.

Valuation Pricey Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but Price / book is Expensive.
TTM P/E 25.91 64th percentile Pricey
Price / book 7.47 89th percentile Expensive
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 1.23 52th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Good ROE, TTM is Top; FCF margin, TTM is Good.
ROE, TTM (%) 29.47 87th percentile Top
Operating margin, TTM (%) 25.54 79th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 5.1 52th percentile Good
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Good All 2 indicators are Good.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) 9.45 59th percentile Good
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) 16.12 65th percentile Good
Momentum Good 240-day return is Top; 60-day return is Good.
60-day return (%) 0.81 71th percentile Good
240-day return (%) 41.15 83th percentile Top
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Strong 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 566,517,490 98th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 31.9 36th percentile Good
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

United Rentals, Inc. (URI) today

2 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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United Rentals, Inc. (URI) quant signal backtests

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

52-week adjusted-price high

Active

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

31 historical occurrences (since 2017-01-03)

Average forward return after 52-week adjusted-price high

20-day: Win 60%, Sample 30, Median +1.46%, Excess +1.08%, Beat mkt rate 46.7%

60-day: Win 50%, Sample 30, Median +0.9%, Excess +0.07%, Beat mkt rate 43.3%

120-day: Win 57.1%, Sample 28, Median +5.81%, Excess +4.19%, Beat mkt rate 42.9%

120 days after: historical avg +11.79%

20-day +1.86%
60-day +4.13%
120-day +11.79%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
60%
50%
57.1%
Sample
30
30
28
Median
+1.46%
+0.9%
+5.81%
Excess
+1.08%
+0.07%
+4.19%
Beat mkt rate
46.7%
43.3%
42.9%

Over 28 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 11.79%, beat the market by 4.19 pts; win rate 57.1%.

EPS surprise beat

Active · now 11.31%

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest
29 historical occurrences (since 2015-01-21)

Average forward return after EPS surprise beat

20-day: Win 70.8%, Sample 24, Median +5.12%, Excess +4.15%, Beat mkt rate 66.7%

60-day: Win 58.3%, Sample 24, Median +4.71%, Excess +5.58%, Beat mkt rate 58.3%

120-day: Win 73.9%, Sample 23, Median +24.47%, Excess +16.34%, Beat mkt rate 73.9%

120 days after: historical avg +21.71%

20-day +5.01%
60-day +8.34%
120-day +21.71%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
70.8%
58.3%
73.9%
Sample
24
24
23
Median
+5.12%
+4.71%
+24.47%
Excess
+4.15%
+5.58%
+16.34%
Beat mkt rate
66.7%
58.3%
73.9%

Over 23 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 21.71%, beat the market by 16.34 pts; win rate 73.9%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 59+197.5% +194.9% 100% +152.2%
20-40 48+104.9% +103.7% 100% +78%
40-60 476+56.4% +54% 100% +37.4%
60-80 430+32.6% +22.9% 89.5% +18.9%
80-100 You are here453+8.2% +6.2% 60.9% +0.4%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 25.91, placing it in the 95.2 own-history percentile, inside the 80-100 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Insufficient data
(7d)
+27.9%
Win rate 87.4% Excess +18.8%
340d
Now
+10.3%
Win rate 65.2% Excess +3.2%
667d
60-day momentum down
+67.9%
Win rate 100% Excess +46.4%
67d
+31.7%
Win rate 87.7% Excess +25.3%
269d
+13.8%
Win rate 79.7% Excess +8.4%
236d

Currently in “Expensive (own-history top third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 667 historical days, 120-day forward avg gained 10.3%, win rate 65.2%, beat the market by 3.2%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Pending

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest

28 times historically; 60-day forward avg +13.75%, win rate 73.1%, beating the market by +8.51 pts on average.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

10 times historically; 60-day forward avg -0.76%, win rate 30%, beating the market by -0.55 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.